{"id":15772,"date":"2016-11-04T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=15772"},"modified":"2016-11-08T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T17:11:55","slug":"five-year-strategic-plan-priority-communicate-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2016\/11\/04\/five-year-strategic-plan-priority-communicate-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Year Strategic Plan Priority: Communicate our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Read our posts highlighting priorities in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2016\/10\/31\/looking-ahead-five-year-strategic-plan\/\">strategic plan<\/a>\u00a0adopted in 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15503\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/WA-Bikes-logo-400x250.jpg\" alt=\"WA-Bikes-logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/>Each part of our work grows bicycling statewide and makes bicycling better for you and your communities. The more you know about <strong>your<\/strong> Washington Bikes, the more you can connect with the activities that fit your focus.<\/p>\n<p>Whether we\u2019re advocating for safe connected bicycle infrastructure, putting on bike challenges, endorsing candidates, or increasing elected officials\u2019 awareness of Washington Bikes and the policies and investments we support, we want you to know what Washington Bikes means for you, your family and your community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we will do: <\/strong>We will <strong>double<\/strong> the number of people who are aware of the full range of our mission and the value of our work by creating and implementing a comprehensive strategic marketing and communications plan. We will clearly defined and articulate the purpose of Washington Bikes and how we can help you, your family and your community. Specific analysis of elected officials will track awareness of our engagement in candidate campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our current level of success: <\/strong>We\u2019ll create a baseline measurement of mission awareness at the end of 2016 from people in the database. We\u2019ll also create a baseline measurement of awareness among elected city, county, state, federal and tribal officials.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our strategic priorities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2016\/11\/01\/five-year-strategic-plan-priority-support-election-bicycle-friendly-candidates\/\">Support the election of bicycle-friendly candidates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2016\/11\/02\/five-year-strategic-plan-priority-promote-bicycle-friendly-policies-investments\/\">Promote bicycle-friendly policies and investments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2016\/11\/03\/five-year-strategic-plan-priority-increase-ridership-statewide\/\">Increase ridership statewide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2016\/11\/04\/five-year-strategic-plan-priority-communicate-purpose\/\">Communicate our purpose<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read our posts highlighting priorities in our\u00a0strategic plan\u00a0adopted in 2016. 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