CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

Presented by:Bolivar Nieto

The six question approach to designing a field and/or online recruitment strategy

to reach Latin@s

Objectives:

Understand socialization: what is social structure, what are social groups, and the definition of strong and weak ties.

Cultural Script: Latino/Hispanic Cultural Values, Beliefs and Characteristics.

Explain the 6 question approach to develop a social media recruitment plan.

To illustrate how effective client interaction on social media platforms are key to good engagement.

Breaking down the “Socials”

What is Socialization?What is Socialization? What is Social Structure? What is Social Structure? What are Social Groups?What are Social Groups? What are Social Ties?What are Social Ties?

The Basics:

LATINOS/HISPANICSUnderstanding the Similarities and Differences

Cultural Script: Latino/Hispanic Cultural Values, Beliefs and Characteristics.

Importance of Family: Family is the primary social unit and source of support. Family goes beyond parents and siblings, it includes the extended family (cousins, uncles, aunts, etc).

Respect: It indicates appropriate behavior towards others based on age, gender, social and economic position and authority. Formality is seen as a sign of respect. Use of suffixes are very important such us: Señor/Don, Señora/Dona.

Personalismo: Latinos/Hispanics tend to stress the importance of personalismo, personal rather than institutional relationships. Person to Person contact it’s very important to develop trust . It’s very common that Latino clients find uncomfortable to leave messages in office voicemails.

Trust: “Confianza” is built on mutual respect over time. Showing personal interest in Hispanics individual may help establishing trust.

Machismo: Hispanic Families are characterized by traditional gender roles. Men are expected to be rational, strong, authoritarian, independent and strong. Women are expected to be submissive, dependant as well as take care of children and household.

Similarities?

Cultural Script: Latino/Hispanic Cultural Values, Beliefs and Characteristics

Fatalism: Many Hispanics believe that events are meant to happen because of fate, because of power and that they can not control it. Many clients will say “It’s my cross to bear”, or “If God wishes so”. This may prevent them to seek for help.

Espiritismo: In Latino/Hispanic culture spiritual healers play an important role in helping people with physical as well as mental concerns. Curanderas, espiritistas, Santeria.

Religion: In general Latino/Hispanics are very religious. The church serves as a guide for perceptions and behaviors, influencing decisions and judgments. The church is often an important source for social support and interaction.

Belief in Bewitching: Some Latino/Hispanics believe that bewitching is often the cause of a change in behavior or illness.  Bewitching involves the use of magical acts and supernatural powers either by humans or supernatural beings.  This may simply involve the casting of a spell. 

Personal space: Personal space tends to be closer, Latino/Hispanic cultures are more open to physical contact and less aware of personal space

Time orientation Latino/Hispanics are generally more concerned with the present than with the future or planning ahead. Often times Latinos need to be reminded the day before of an appointment or activity.

Similarities?

What are the

differences?

Understanding Client Socialization

Social structure observe target population’s behavior patters both in real life and within social media.

Social Groups Assess which groups do they belong to if any and figure out if they mostly primary, secondary or reference groups.

Social Ties Assess the types of relationships individuals have with others in their social networks (real and virtual).

Client Connections

Defining your Recruitment Plan

Client

Formative Assessment:In the real world & virtual space

1. Review and summarize local epi-data2. Define priority target population3. Gather information from agency clients4. Survey those who have contact with priority

population5. Interview gatekeepers & conduct field observations 6. Interview members of priority populations7. Conduct focus groups7. Integrate and summarize information.8. Pilot intervention9. Make additional changes to the intervention.

Recruitment

• Definition:The implementation of specific strategies used to bring persons at risk for HIV infection or transmission into an HIV prevention intervention program.

Core Elements for Recruitment: Use information from multiple sources to describe common

characteristics of Target population Develop/deliver appropriate messages for the population,

intervention, and setting Recruit for specific services Track completion of referrals to monitor the effectiveness of

the referral strategy Revise strategies or venues as appropriate.

Recruitment

A SIX QUESTION APPROACH

Your Audience’s Profile

A SIX QUESTION APPROACH

• Who is being targeted through the recruitment?- Defining your recruitment objective

• Which/Where is the most appropriate place (physical or virtual) to recruit clients?

• When should recruitment be done? • What messages should be delivered during

recruitment? for retention? • How should the messages be delivered?• Who is the most appropriate person to do recruitment?

Agencies developing a recruitment and retention social media strategy should answer the following six questions related to their target populations:

WHO is being targeted:

African American MSM, age range 21 – 51+, unprotected sex.

Latino MSM, age range 21 – 51+, IDU

Young MSM, age range 18 – 24, HIV+

African American Women, age range 21 – 45+. HIV+

HIV Prevention Programs are designed with a target population that’s based on: gender, age, risk exposure to or transmission of HIV, surveillance data; This could be as follows:

WHO is being targeted through the recruitment?

Is simply creating a more specific profile of your target population. Establishing characteristics. These may include demographic, social and cultural features such as:

SEGMENTATION OF TARGET POPULATION

Race/ethnicity, Gender, Education Sexual activity, sexual role Drug use pattern, relationship to another person, etc.

Characteristics can also include virtual social interaction and access to new technology

Internet monthly, weekly, daily activity Facebook use Twitter Blogging Youtube Smart phone “hook up” applications

WHO? Segmentation starts by giving a range of characteristics to our assigned target population.

Creating our Audience’s Profile.

Age Range: 21-30,31-40, 41-50, 50+

HIV +, HIV-, Unknown

Language: English, Spanish, Bilingual

Education High School, GED, Some College, etc.

Owns smart phone

Single / with partner

WHO?Remember:

Create a profile of who will be your target audience on cyberspace

Think of all potential characteristics of your assigned target audience, including online activity.

Select from those characteristics and formulate a create a target audience profile.

If new segmented target population seems too complex, revise and eliminate potential challenging characteristics.

Characteristics of your new segmented target population will inform the questions that follow: the which, the when, the what, the how and the who.

1. Goals and objectives need to be specific and measurable.Make them SMART!

Define Your Objectives

o Provide informationo Highlight programo Encourage a health behavioro Reinforce health messageso Encourage interactiono Etc.

SSpecificMMeasureableAAttainable/AchievableRRelevant/RealisticTTime bound

2. Since social media is not direct marketing, some examples of social media objectives can be to:

Time BoundDoes your objective have a clear target date? Yes – the objective is scheduled to be completed by December 31, 2008

MeasurableCan you measure success of this objective? Yes! I can measure the success of this objective by administering pre and post test surveys to program participants.

Relevant / RealisticIs this goal realistic to complete given the time frame? Yes! The program is confident that they will be able to recruit 50 participants and provide 6 educational workshops in the time provided.

By December 31, 2012, increase knowledge of safer sex strategies by 60% in fifty (50) Latino MSMs, ages 15-35, who are currently at risk for HIV and are not linked with a primary healthcare provider.

SpecificDoes the objective clearly define the outcome indicator, number of participants targeted and target population? Yes! The program is measuring knowledge of safer sex strategies, is aiming for a 60% increase in knowledge and is targeting a total of 50 participants.

Attainable/ AchievableIs this goal action oriented and contain “do-able” steps? Yes! Given the time frame set, the project can provide an educational workshop once per month from July – December 2008 and have a reasonable group size of 8-9 participants per workshop.

Example of a SMART Objective

WHERE/WHICH and WHEN?

To conduct a Field and Virtual Community Mapping would be the ideal first steps. This mapping process will help identify:

1. The internet sites that target population (audience) access, social network tools they use to socialize or meet partners, chat, get information.

2. When and which of these virtual sites are people more receptive to what you are offering

Assessing the most appropriate social media tools to recruit clients.

1. Who is our target population

1. Where can our target population be found

2. What are the needs of our target population

3. What’s the best way to market services to our target population

In the Field In the Virtual Realm

• Observation: field and web (exploring)• Spot interviews: field and online• Surveys: field and web-based• Key Informant Interviews.

Field and online via chat, emails, skype with: * Websites/Social media tools developers if possible * Audience.

• Web Analytics (also used for evaluation)

Getting the data…Field and virtual community mapping

Field Observation

• Record what you see; the time, date, location and weather.

• Pay attention to groups of people in the area.

• Observe during different times of day.

• Describe what you see in your notes – don’t interpret until later.

• Identify areas for walk-through or drive-through.

• Have a reason for being there.• Look at the big picture.• Hot Spots• Be safe!!

Important Aspects of Observation

Web site navigation and Observation

Use Search engine tools to locate websites* Best if you use key words in your search.

i.e. “Gay men networking sites” “Looking for men on the DL” “M4M Hook Ups”

If sign up is required, do so to be able to navigate the desired website.

Sign up at different times to assess level of activity and the audience. Some users’ profile provide you with demographics.

Write down your findings and discuss with staff.

Use web analytics for the sites/social media tools you found could be the best for your intended objective.

Practicing Field and Social Media Observation:

Another option: online surveys

In identifying venues, also look at factors such as: confidentially, safety, stigma, trust, drug use patterns, etc.

Important

www.surveymonkey.com

WEB ANALYTICSProvide you with the information you need to make better decisions about your online activity and/or which website/social media tools best fit your program or objective.

Website Specific Analytics (your Oganizations’ Website) Search Engines Analytics Social Media Analytics Mobile Application Analytics

WHICH/WHERE and WHEN?Depending on your research, you will choose where would be the most appropriate place to conduct recruitment, or which social media tool will be best to recruit and engage your audience. This is the tactic matrix!

Could be one or a combination.

Who, Where and When… Our Audience’s Profile.

Hourly use

Daily use

Weekly use

Monthly use

- Male, MSM- 21 – 26- HIV +- Latino: 1st generation- Spanish Speaking- Part time work- Part time school- Enjoys clubs/bars

- Female, single- 25 – 35- HIV unknown- Latina: 2nd generation- English Speaking- Sexually active- Part time work- Enjoys outdoors

or

WHAT & HOW

Once you know who is your target audience, where online could they be found and at what times, USE the same information to create your messages.

From the who, where and when: What can help us design our message?

messages should be delivered during: Engagement Recruitment Retention

Community Building

Content Sharing

Generating Buzz

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WHAT: WHAT: Characteristics of Effective MessagesCharacteristics of Effective Messages

Clear

Consistent

Credible

Attention-getting

Persuasive

Suggest a next step

Personally relevant

Appropriately appealing

Culturally relevant

Conveyed through appropriate channels

Developed in a variety of formats

Pre-tested

Messages should be chosen that effectively address barriers to accessing Messages should be chosen that effectively address barriers to accessing and using services.and using services.

Social marketing uses concepts from commercial marketing.

Using the 4Ps of Marketing

What is the benefit?

Fits lifestyle – wherewill the behavior change take place?

Awareness or testing?

Where will you place ads?

4. Message Development

Testing

What stageIs your targetPopulation in?

Be careful when selecting your images and developing your messages…

WHO?

Once we have crafted a

Recruitment strategy in

terms of who is the target

population, where and when

to find them; the messages

and medium we are going to

use, we now need to think

WHO will be delivering this

message.

is the most appropriate person to do recruitment

Peer vs. Staff Culturally Competent* Willing to Follow Protocols

WHO?

PROTOCOLS

Consider:– Confidentiality– Accountability – Availability to respond to client’s

inquiries– Agency or Program Messaging– Appropriateness of message, person– Accessibility for clients – Tone – Time commitment daily

When creating protocols….

Bringing it all together• Formative assessment can be conducted in the “real world” and in a virtual

space as well.

• A recruitment plan that also uses social media starts with a full understanding of who your target population is and how they socialize and seek for information in both, the real and virtual world and how they navigate/use this new technology.

• With the rise of new technology, recruitment plans that incorporate both real and virtual interaction is nowadays key to successful outreach and retention rates.

• Since technology is always changing, so will your social media recruitment tactic. It is an dynamic process, therefore constantly conduct assessment, process and outcome evaluation and quality assurance.

• Social Media are tools that help you stay in touch with your clients. They are also a gateway to access a diverse number of social networks. These tools can be a vehicle to disseminate your social marketing campaigns.

• There are some DOs and DON’Ts we are familiar with when doing Outreach. Same applies to social media. When using social media tools, it is important to keep in mind the difference between personal and professional use. Clear protocols will help differentiate these roles. Keep in mind the client’s privacy and confidentiality.

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