Positive vs. Negative Images

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Apr 13, 2007 13:35 pm
In designing messages on prompts and other communications, we are advised to use positive wording that describes the behavior we want, rather than negative wording that asks peopl…

Psychological Study

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Gaye Foster Dec 18, 2007 6:34 am
Hello everyone, I am a 4th year Bachelor of Psychology student at Central Queensland University in Australia and I will be doing my thesis next year. My topic is based on the…

A Historical View of Scare Tactics

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Boyer, P. (1986). A historical view of scare tactics. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, January, 17-19.

Energy Conservation Campaign

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Terri Buckner Jun 2, 2006 16:08 pm
Hi, We are preparing to launch an energy conservation campaign for the school year that will start in August. I've been creating energy profiles for each of the buildings on …

Installing Efficient Faucet Aerators & Showerheads

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Meryl Brott Cambridge Nov 9, 2007 6:01 am
Hi, Looking for advice re: communicating to tenants in a letter (email) that the showerhead and the faucet aerators in their apartment will be changed out within the next few m…

"How to Nudge a Coronavirus Nonbeliever"

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Liz Foote Maui Jul 9, 2020 9:24 am
I came across this article by Cass Sunstein (“Nudge”) about the role of personal identity surrounding the issue of mask-wearing (or lack thereof…). It references the iconic “Don’t…

“Accurate, Honest and Transparent: How Leaders Should Communicate about Coronavirus”

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Liz Foote Maui Jul 9, 2020 11:27 am
As someone who watched NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefings pretty religiously, I enjoyed reading this opinion piece from Australia about how leaders should comm…

COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Strategies

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Julie Cook Kitchener Aug 26, 2020 16:23 pm
Hi all, The European Social Marketing Association recently shared an academic paper that was published in July 2020, entitled "Key Guidelines in Developing a Pre-emptive COVID-19…

Stand Against Corona Pledge and Study Results on Prosocial Messaging to Motivate Collective Action

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Liz Foote Maui May 28, 2020 1:40 am
Did anyone see, or participate in, the #StandAgainstCorona online pledge? So far over 2700 people have taken the pledge. It was actually created as an field experiment to test dif…

Emerging from COVID-19 lockdown

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jun 5, 2020 0:59 am
So many of us are thinking right now about how the world will transition out of COVID-19 lockdown. This blog post from Griffith University features Professor Jeff French, who is t…

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