BrainFuel

Ruth Dale
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Dec 15, 2023 • 10min

📚3 Recommended Books (a great secret santa)

Samuel Salzer recommends 'Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me' which explores justification of foolish beliefs. Melina Palmer suggests 'A More Beautiful Question' emphasizing the power of inquiry. Nedra Weinreich recommends 'Made to Stick' for effective communication. The podcast discusses starting a book club and the importance of asking the right questions.
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Nov 29, 2023 • 34min

E61: Rebecca & Ruth FE & HE Bootcamp Unveiled!

This episode takes a slightly different approach to our usual style. To celebrate our behind the scenes working together Rebecca & I interview each other and look back at top tips we would give ourselves and also we look forward to our future events. The title does give away the unveiling - but as they say the devil is in the detail so for more information go to www.behaviourchange.marketing/FEHE 🐓 Don't miss the Earlybird too! For more on Rebecca and to listen to her youth focussed podcasts go to https://www.threadandfable.com/podcasts   Summary Marketing and education news with Rebecca Roberts. 0:02  Teenage years, hobbies, and identity. 1:35 Marketing careers in higher education and public health. 5:14 TV shows, including "Stranger Things" and "Selling Sunset". 10:01  Self-belief and self-care for working mothers. 12:58  Work-life balance and career development for working mothers. 14:33 University decisions and the impact of cost and pressure on students. 19:20 Student debt, decision-making, and marketing strategies for higher education. 23:48 Using behavioural science in higher ed marketing. 28:20    
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Nov 16, 2023 • 33min

E60: How to use social proof with expert Jen Clinehens - Choice Hacking

This week we are joined by Jen Clinehens from Choice Hacking to chat all things social proof! She is an expert in applying behavioural science to marketing and you can check out Jen's work over at Choice Hacking, We chat canned laughter, the need to be part of a social group, how Apple took it a new level, why disaster preparedness never happens, The Bear and much more. Listen to understand how we use social proof to signal our social norms. Why it's important to think beyond messaging to product details - Jen talks through the classic Apple example. How social norms can be used to drive action.   Recommended book "Unreasonable Hospitality - the remarkable power of giving people more than they expect" by Will Guidara    Check out Jen's work  https://www.choicehacking.com/ The episode we chat about is Social Proof: The Persuasive Power of Crowds          
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Oct 20, 2023 • 8min

E59 Why you need to think like a detective to communicate change

This episode explores the murder mystery genre and how thinking like a detective can help you understand your audience - the first step to communicating change. The three key questions - 1. Do they have the means (to make the change)? 2. What is their motive?  3. Do they have opportunity!   Anyone near Plymouth, UK on 7 November - come along to our in-person live workshop to find out more!  Click here for more info Anyone not online - keep an eye out for our murder mystery meets behavioural science challenge - coming soon!        
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Oct 12, 2023 • 15min

E58 Stop making boring public health campaigns by using the science of habits

This episode talks through what habits are and how to write a behavioural statement so you can get clarity on the challenge you are working to solve. 3 AHA moments 💡 Your audience may not be aware of their habits. They are behaviours that take place on autopilot.  Habits are contextual so by focussing on the trigger and time before the behaviour takes place is key to changing behaviour. Once formed habits do not need rewards but they will use them when forming. When thinking about your audience's barriers and rewards ask if they are still relevant and if the barrier is now lack of reward.   Subscribe to BrainFuel 🧠 To get the Habit Worksheet join the podcast's sister newsletter 'BrainFuel'  www.behaviourchange.marketing/subscribe   Behaviour Change Marketing Bootcamp News ⚡ Final date for 2023 announced  Wednesday 13th December 2023    
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Oct 6, 2023 • 26min

E57 Top Mistake When Communicating Mental Health

Today's episode welcomes Nedra Kline Weinreich, president and founder of Weinreich Communications. Nedra has over 25 years experience delivering social marketing to create positive change on health and social care issues.    Quote from Nedra "I would say the the biggest issue that I see in campaigns that are trying to reduce stigma, whether it's around mental health issues, or any other kind of stigmatised issue is you want to avoid the S word, which is stigma. If you keep talking about how there's a stigma to mental illness, or to getting treatment, and that we need to remove the stigma, what that actually does is reinforce that there's a stigma. We shouldn't be talking about the stigma over and over again." What is social marketing? Nedra explains what social marketing is in 60 seconds and how it is different to a traditional behavioural science research approach.  Social marketing Mental Health Campaign Nedra shares the campaign "Take Action for Mental Health" a campaign designed to help you check in, learn more, and get support for your own mental health or the mental health of someone you care about.  3 aha moments 💡 Stigma is not the main barrier. Tools to talk are. Talking about stigma normalises stigma. Avoid the 's' word When talking about suicide, don't normalise it as an option instead talk about the hope and help. Hope that it can be stopped. Help - where the services are. Who people can turn too.   Nedra's book recommendation Made to Stick by Chip &  Dan Heath  Links Take Action for Mental Health - https://takeaction4mh.com/ Take Action for Mental Health evaluation - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2101-1.html Suicide prevention messaging toolkit -https://www.suicidepreventionmessaging.org/  Nedra's website includes free social marketing resources - https://social-marketing.com/   Few seats left! Join us at Behaviour Change Marketing Bootcamp  The next Bootcamp training takes place on 31st October 2023.  ➡️Click here to find out more. ⬅️  
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Oct 3, 2023 • 12min

E56 Bootcamp training explained!

Today's episode explains why Behaviour Change Marketing Bootcamp training is not a course! Not because we don't love training. But because the training is designed to focus on skills development and for busy pros who are short on time. It accelerates your learning through a dedicated one-day where we can kick-start your application of behavioural science to your work.  This November we have four weeks follow up for everyone - so that when you get going back at the ranch you can check in with questions that you never thought of in the day. Plus we're all about stopping the duplication and starting to stand on each others shoulders by sharing our wins and hints and tips! That's why - once you have been through Bootcamp ALL MASTERCLASSES are then free! So you can keep learning and growing. This episode is late out and we missed the early bird - so for any Podcast fans reading this - use the coupon code PODCAST and it will give an extra 25% saving!        
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Sep 27, 2023 • 18min

E55 How to write killer messaging using uncertainty

Learn how to use uncertainty in messaging to drive behavior change. Understand the negative effects of uncertainty and the biases that impact messaging. Discover the importance of addressing audience perspectives and using concrete language. Find out about bonus masterclasses and the power of swapping objectives to influence decision-making.
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Sep 15, 2023 • 42min

E54 Behind The Scenes - Top Tips using COM-B with Alison Trout

This episode is a Behind the Scenes look at the reality of using behavioural science in the workplace. Alison Trout works with Ruth the host to run behavioural insight deep dives and shares the a behind the scenes look at the framework COM_B.   Quotes "you have to quite courageous to use this approach...!" Alison Trout   Three aha moments Be prepared to tell people what their real problem is! Be prepared to get comfortable - uncomfortably Be prepared to check for unintended consequences   Book Thinking Fast & Slow, Daniel Kahneman, 2011  Chapters     Applying behavioural science in public health. (2:35)   Applying behavioural science in local councils. (7:16)   Using behavioural science in organizational projects. (11:18)   Using behavioural science in marketing campaigns. (16:53)   Applying behavioural science in organizational change management. (22:59)   Using Combi and TDF for behaviour change insights. (29:58)   Applying behavioural science in the workplace. (35:43)
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Sep 7, 2023 • 23min

E53: Internal Comms Case Study: How to use COM_B to increase action by 89% with Josephine Graham

Case study - internal comms. 89% increase in actual change This episode welcomes Josephine Graham. Josephine is a communications and marketing writer and strategist with a couple of decade’s experience across the private and public sector. Josephine aims to raise the bar of how we communicate with sometimes neglected audiences, such as internally with colleagues, by using behavioural science and testing to achieve measurable results for stakeholders.  After Bootcamp she applied the theories to her day job with brilliant success. She saw an 89% increase in actual change! In this episode we focus in on COM_B and discuss the reality of using behavioural science in the workplace. Quotes …it was really satisfying to do something properly, and do something that made a difference. Because, you know, you know, what it's like when you're on that hamster wheel of just churning stuff out, and to actually be able to take the time to step back. And think through, like you say that the journey that people were going on, and, and, you know, what their blockers actually were… Josephine Graham Three aha moments 1. You can use COM_B as an effective prompt tool as an exercise at your desk. It doesn't need to be overcomplicated. The end result was the tone and messaging within two emails! 2. The upfront time means you have saved so much time for the future. Audience insight has a long shelf life. 3. Josephine had a clear measurable goal … so she can share it …and we can learn from it! Did I mention two emails! Josephine recommends to just get going - start small, use the skills regularly! Book The Inner Rebel came out of Josephine. She highly recommended a journal instead of a book! Chapters (time-stamp) Introductions. (0:01) Meeting John Peel and Bootcamp. (2:13) The importance of a COM-B. (4:24) What are the capabilities people are missing out on? (6:53) How did you build the email campaign? (9:07) The importance of content. (11:33) How much time did you spend on the course? (14:01) How to start with behaviour change? (16:21) One book that changed her life. (18:45) The power of journaling and the importance of memories. (20:15)   Join us at the final Behaviour Change Marketing Bootcamp of 2023! 🧠 Every training day has been booked out this year. The last one is 31st October 2023 with two extra bonus masterclasses. One on Internal Comms and one on Insight Mapping.  Check out the day here. 💗          

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