Monday, September 1, 2014

Bilingual Strategic Communications Development Process

By Marlene Blevins


Strategic Communication has been established to be the measures that can be taken to facilitate proper planning on advertising, public relations and communications management. If it is available in English and French for example or any other two languages, then it is referred to as Bilingual Strategic Communications. In some jurisdictions, the use of two different dialects is prevalent and this makes it necessary for the firms operating in such areas to correctly prepare their plans in the two languages.

Professional Communicators may be necessitated by the layout of professional communications in the plans. This in itself gives confidence that a good image is portrayed and that the impression made is good and lasting. The communicators, an integral part of the organization, may come in form of language translators who are experts in the languages in question.

In building a good bilingual communications system, you should have a strong foundation. For continued growth and good performance, good communication strategies are of essence. A well defined communication course of action with clearly stated purpose, mission and the objectives aimed to be achieved will have many benefits to the company. Lack of clear communication can lead to confusion within the organization which is very costly in terms of money and time.

Proper management system is required in a complicated and integrated organization system to instill discipline among those working in it. The system gets more complicated in case it is bilingual environment. Everything, however, goes as per plan and is standard if bilingual communication system is used with easy understanding and following of communications from the management.

The next step is the development of excellent tools. The model to be employed is the what/how/who that offers the best basis for development of excellent tools. The "what" gives an idea of the messages to be made while the "how" part gives the ways and means of creating the messages. The "who" section outlines the best personnel to use in these processes.

The "what" captures decisions to be made on the reasons consumers should buy products from you and the information about your business that will be shared with the public. On the "How" weaknesses and strengths of different channels of communication at your disposal are explored. The audiences you are targeting are the "Who".

The development process then kicks off. This is a multi-step stage by stage process that begins with the approval of the plan where proofreading of the entire plan is done and the green light for the beginning of the process given. Initiating the project, development of concept and creative development are the next steps to the process. The final thing is to produce and distribute the plans to all the staff in the language they are proficient in. Clearly stated and included in the distributed plans are the governance and the performance metrics.

Creating the best of the bilingual strategic communication needs a dedicated team with the correct adornment in terms of skills required. Passionate employees will be better placed to develop excellent plans. This serves to reduce pressure on the leadership of the firm to make appointments for the most skilled leader in communication strategies for maintenance of the organization's system of strategic communication.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment