4 Key Messages To Move Stakeholder From Armchair To Advocate

Key messages are statements you want to convey to a specific stakeholder that includes the action you want them to take after they listen to you, supported by the facts through statistics, trends, pictures and stories.

Here are 4 types of messages to convey to your intended audience:

  1. Fact/ Result  
  2. Problem/ Solution
  3. Advocacy or Call to Action
  4. Benefits

Stick to these 4 message types to deliver meaning messages to help move a stakeholder from armchair to advocate.



Daniel Cherrin

DANIEL CHERRIN |served the City of Detroit as its Communications Director and the Press Secretary to Detroit Mayor, Ken Cockrel, Jr. He is a public relations + affairs specialist who just happens to be a lawyer, with 20 years of experience providing senior public relations and government relations’ counsel to organizations on state and federal regulatory and legislative matters, as well as issues affecting corporate and individual reputation, crisis management and the media. Daniel is the founder of NORTH COAST STRATEGIES (Est. 2005) an independent public relations consultancy that combines the best of a big agency with hands-on executive-level experience and support. As a signatory company to the United Nations Global Compact, we are dedicated to addressing issues around human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption. We are also focused on redefining your brand and changing the conversation to create an impact.