Introductory Workshop
The introductory workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to community-based social marketing and how it is being applied throughout the world to foster behaviours that protect the environment and promote health and safety. Those who attend the workshop will learn the five steps of community-based social marketing (selecting behaviours, identifying barriers, developing strategies, conducting pilots, and broad scale implementation) and be exposed to numerous case studies illustrating its use. As such, this workshop provides an in-depth exposure to community-based social marketing and provides participants with the knowledge they need to design and evaluate their own community-based social marketing programs. Further, attendees will have extensive opportunities to discuss the application of community-based social marketing to the design of actual programs. This workshop, or another introductory workshop delivered by Dr. McKenzie-Mohr, is a mandatory prerequisite for attending the advanced community-based social marketing workshop that follows this workshop one week later.
Note: Both the introductory and advanced workshops are being held virtually over Zoom and each workshop consists of three four-hour sessions spread over three days. To accommodate attendees from across New Zealand and Australia, the workshops begin at 8:30 am Australian Eastern Time and finish at 12:30 pm on each day. We encourage you to register early as space is limited and we expect both workshops to fill. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion following the workshop(s). Prices are in USD.
Advanced Workshop
The two-day advanced workshop provides an in-depth exploration of community-based social marketing. In this training, you will have the opportunity to apply this approach to a program that you are developing. Building on the introductory workshop, which is a mandatory prerequisite, participants will be exposed to advanced topics regarding fostering behavioural changes, with a particular focus on the formation of habits that protect the environment or promote public health and safety. You will also learn how to: 1) carefully select and "un-pack" the behaviours that you plan to target in your programs; 2) conduct barrier research that is representative of the audience you plan to target; 3) optimize the behaviour change tools that you utilize in your programs; and 4) evaluate your programs, including calculating return-on-investment.
The workshop also addresses the effective use of social media, apps, and websites. Participants will also be coached in making community-based social marketing presentations to their agency or community and will receive PowerPoint and Keynote presentations for this purpose. This workshop is restricted to individuals who have previously attended Dr. McKenzie-Mohr's introductory workshop. If you have not yet attended an introductory workshop, reduced rates are available for attending both sessions.
Note: Both the introductory and advanced workshops are being held virtually over Zoom and each workshop consists of three four-hour sessions spread over three days. To accommodate attendees from across New Zealand and Australia, the workshops begin at 8:30 am Australian Eastern Time and finish at 12:30 pm on each day. We encourage you to register early as space is limited and we expect both workshops to fill. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion following the workshop(s). Prices are in USD.
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Group Bookings
If you are interested in registering five or more people from the same agency, please contact us. For groups of 5 or more there is a $75 reduction per registrant.
Who Should Attend
If you design or fund programs to encourage individuals or businesses to engage in environmentally beneficial behaviours -- such as those involved in conservation, controlling invasive species, waste reduction, water and energy efficiency, and watershed protection, -- you will find these workshops invaluable. The workshops will also be invaluable for professionals working to foster a wide variety of health and safety behaviours (e.g., active lifestyles, healthy eating, smoking cessation, sun protection, immunization, blood donations, fire and work safety, etc.).
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