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2023 Speakers and Presentations

Museum of Flight, Seattle

December 4-5, 2023


All Hands On Deck

Rob Nathan, Metro Oregon


Connecting with community through media; Tips to try and test! 

Mary Rabourn, King County Stormwater Services


The Poogooder Zeropoo Challenge: An unexpected approach to activate residents to help end wayward dog poo for people, pups, and the planet

Lori Kothe, Poogooder


Ready for Summer?

Julie Colehour, C+C & Kristen Haley, PNSMA Board of Directors


Conversations with Friends: How talking to primary audiences avoids assumptions, shapes messaging, and informs implementation strategies

Corie Bales, DH


Prevent Overdose WA: The use of a phased research approach to help save lives in Washington State

Chantel Wang, WA State Department of Health


Storytelling as a Social Marketing Tool: Addressing community stigma through the For Our Lives campaign

Megan Hatheway, DH


Using Audience Research to Tackle Washington's Litter Problem 

Francesca Davidson, C+C


Beyond Bans and Bylaws: Driving Progress on Food Scraps Recycling with Behavior Change Communications

Alison Schatz, Metro Vancouver


Building Partnerships for a Successful Reusables Campaign and Beyond

Gena Jain, City of Kirkland & Alejandro Paredes, Cascadia Consulting Group


Community based approaches to building vaccine confidence in Ukrainian Communities

Vadim Gaynaliy, WA State Department of Health


Reducing Gun Deaths & Injuries, A Social Marketing Approach

Nancy Lee, Social Marketing Services Inc, University of Washington, and C+C


Fostering Mutual Success: Win-Win Strategies with Multicultural Communities

John Inge, Puget Sound Energy & Andres Rodriguez, C+C


2022 Speakers and Presentations

Virtual

December 5-6, 2022


Centering Equity in Communications: A Framework in Action

Paj Nandi, WA State Department of Health


A Community-Centered Approach to Creating Campaigns with the Black/African American Community

DeeSha Connor, WA State Department of Health


Using Humor to Address Misinformation Among the Hispanic/Latino Community

Jennifer Gonzalez, C+C


The Hero’s Journey: When the Stakes get Raised, Will Scientists Learn to Speak Plainly and Tell a Story?

Josh Latterell, King County


Social Marketing, Generational Wealth and the Power of Trust

Annie Blake-Burke, DH & Esther Brown


Increasing Employer Willingness to Hire People with Disability: The Perspective of Disability Employment Service Providers

Rula Mahasneh, University of Wollongong Australia


How Can A Social Marketing Approach Help Prevent Mass School Mass Shootings

Nancy Lee, Social Marketing Services Inc, University of Washington, and C+C

Misinformation as an Obstacle to Science Communication

Brian Southwell, RTI International


Seeding the Change

Serena Li, Global Client Solutions at Essence


Co-creation and Visual Design in Social Marketing

Keiko Betcher, Cascadia Consulting Group


Voluntary Landowner Participation in Streamside Vegetation Restoration

Melanie del Rosario, Veda Environmental


 Yikes! More Clogged Pipes? Using Social Marketing to Improve System Outcomes

Lynn Knapp, Cascadia Consulting Group & Rachel Garrett, Brown and Caldwell



2021 Speakers and Presentations

Virtual

December 6-7, 2021

The Power of Persuasive Positives

Wesley Schultz, California State University

The Role of Social Marketing in Advancing Racial Equity

Sonja Martin Poole, University of San Francisco


WA Notify - Helping people use their smartphones to help fight COVID

Amy Reynolds, WA State Department of Health


Do you really want to hear what we have to say? Making community feedback an organic part of your social marketing approach.

Gerry Rainingbird, Washington State Department of Health & Alex Evans, Washington State Department of Health


In your Audience Research: Push Yourself, Listen, Be Flexible, Modify

Alejandro Paredes, Cascadia Consulting Group


Making Space by Letting Go: Power, inequity and community in COVID-19 social marketing 

Alethea Dumas, Better Health Together & Jessica Wade, DH


Wildfire Ready Neighbors: An All Hands, All Lands Approach to Wildfire Prevention

Commissioner Hilary Franz & Molly Brumley, Washington State Department of Natural Resources


10 Social Marketing Success Stories from Around the Globe

Nancy Lee, Social Marketing Services Inc, University of Washington, and C+C


Pump Out, Don’t Dump Out: Using Prompts, Incentives and Communication to enhance regulatory compliance

Justine Asohmbom, Department of Ecology


Behavior change and backsliding: it worked, but did it stick?

Jessica Branom-Zwick, Cascadia Consulting Group & Peggy Campbell, Snohomish County Surface Water Management


Does your outreach include Ethnic media? Lessons from COVID

Mary Rabourn, King County Stormwater Services


The Diffusion of a Discipline: The Story of Social Marketing in the Pacific Northwest (and Beyond)

Liz Foote, Antioch University New England


The art of managing up: How to use social marketing strategies to navigate leadership approvals and the political landscape

Julie Colehour, C+C



2020 Speakers and Presentations

Virtual

December 7-8, 2020


Is it social marketing?...and why it matters

Heidi Keller, PNSMA Board Member & Cammy Mills, PNSMA Board Member


COVID IRL: Partnering with college students and centering their voice to empower them in adapting COVID-19 interventions ‘in real life’

Steve Bennett, Health and Human Development & Hunter Stuehm, Western Washington University


Public Health and the Private Sector: Partnerships that Support Behavior Change.

Nico Archer, DH & Elizabeth Hooker, Downtown Spokane Partnership


Testing social distancing messaging from afar: Rapid feedback through online user testing

Lindsey Maser, City of Portland


Breaking rules and saving lives: A social marketing strategy of Pandemic Proportions

Kristen Haley, WA State Department of Health


One size does not fit all. How to build a suite of messages that resonate with and reach everyone

Amanda Godwin, C+C


Leveraging humor, compassion and personal responsibility to encourage action and resiliency during COVID-19

Edie Jeffers, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department


Pharmacists at the front lines: Using commitment strategies in adopting prevention behaviors

Michelle Hege, DH & Melissa Thoemke, Washington State Health Care Authority


Introducing the new Fostering Sustainable and Healthy Behavior website

Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr, McKenzie-Mohr & Associates


Preventing Tokenism: How to Build Authentic Inclusion in Social Marketing Planning Processes

Crystal Borde, Vanguard Communications


Integrating race and equity into programing

Rob Nathan, Oregon Metro


Talking Trash for Water Quality

Laurie Devereaux, City of Bellevue


Building Green Cities with Social Marketing

Charlene Andrade, WA State Department of Commerce & Gretchen Muller, Cascadia Consulting Group


Show me the money (not the greenhouse gas reductions) – messaging to reduce food waste

Elaine Blatt, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality


Crash Course in Co-Creation

Nancy Hardwick, PNSMA Board Member



2019 Speakers and Presentations

Museum of Flight, Seattle

December 9-10, 2019


Social Marketing is Launched. A Dozen Actions to Get it in Orbit by 2025.

Nancy Lee, Social Marketing Services Inc, University of Washington, and C+C


Addressing Barriers to Using Hearing Protection... with a Surprising Motivator

Karen Crow, University of Washington


Just One Trip: Moving the Needle From Awareness to Behavior Change

Erin Cawley-Morse, C+C & Debbie Jaksich, King County Metro


Creating Community Connections and Building Cultural Traditions Through Local Events

Tere Carral, Bridge Latino LLC


Best of Intentions: Transcending Stereotypes to Connect with Cannabis Users in Washington State

Mallory Peak, DH


No One Wants Their Sewage Back: Motivating Seattle Residents to Keep Their Drains Clean

Rachel Garrett, Seattle Public Utilities


Bringing Multicultural Communities to the Table and Beyond

Alejandro Paredes, Cascadia Consulting Group


Recycle or Not?

Jill Hrycyk, Oregon Metro


10 Social Marketing Pitfalls

Julie Colehour, C+C


Effective Engagement Practices with Vulnerable Populations

Candy Castellanos, Radiant Consulting


Getting Pumped for Septic Tank Pumping

Leslie Banigan, National Environmental Health Association & Renee Johnson, Kitsap Public Health District


Middle Schoolers are Tough, BUT Research to the Rescue!

Francesca Davidson, C+C


Where Efficiency and Effectiveness Meet

Jessica Branom-Zwick, Cascadia Consulting Group


It's a Fine Line: Motorcycle Safety in Washington

Mark Medalen, Washington Traffic Safety Commission


A Tale of How Audience Research Changed the Course of a Government Incentive Program

Jessica Engel, King County’s Stormwater Services



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