Strategies for Running a Successful Transit Campaign
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In this insightful webinar, Neha Bhatt, Deputy Policy Director at the Center for Transportation Excellence, discusses how to effectively run a winning transit campaign. She emphasizes the importance of SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound. Learn to refine your campaign's focus, establish clear objectives, and create a tactical plan that includes budget considerations and responsibilities. Bhatt also addresses common pitfalls in campaign planning and execution, ensuring your campaign achieves visibility and success by strategically engaging targets.
Strategies for Running a Successful Transit Campaign
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Running a Successful Transit Campaign Neha Bhatt Deputy Policy Director Center for Transportation Excellence Webinar Series February 21st, 2012
Campaigns are expensive. They must have a clear focus. • Specific goal • Time-limited • Victory is clear
Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic • Time-bound
NotSMART: Create support for transit in Springfield County.
SMART: Pass a ballot measure by December 2012 in Springfield County to increase the sales tax by$0.01 to generate $25 million per year for transit.
A tax levy of 6 cents per $100 of assessed property value Proposal to increase sales and use tax by 0.4% (to a total of 1%) to be used for transit
Campaign Plan Targets • Primary • Secondary • Strategies • Tactics • • Activities
Key Questions to Consider • What is your SMART goal? • Who are your targets? • Who will do the work to win and when?
Symptoms of campaigns lacking discipline • Multiple or confusing public messages • Suboptimal field operation • Over budget • Under staffed • Invisible • Unsuccessful • Not nimble
Neha Bhatt Deputy Policy Director eortiz@smartgrowthamerica.org (202) 251-9584 Twitter: @nehasbhatt