Strategic Communication Tactics
Don’t look for any single categorization style to suit every purpose. For one thing, there is a
significant amount of overlap in the conventional category systems. For another, none of the
classification systems is necessarily superior to the others.
Rather, use these various categories to analyze the pros and cons of each communication
tool you might consider as you put together your tactical plan.
Strategic Planning for Public Relations looks at the various media and communication
tactics in their complexity. In doing so, this book tries to avoid oversimplification, so you
won’t find media grouped according to any of the conventional categories described in the
section above. This is not a rejection of the conventional approach but rather an attempt to
go beyond the inherent limitations.
A better way to categorize communication media and tactics is to consider their
distinctiveness as they relate to the organization using them. Thus, this book presents a menu
of communication tactics in four categories