General Planning
Publics
Objectives
Strategies
Tactics
100

A short, simple statement rooted in the organization's mission or vision acknowledging the issue and sketches out how the organization hopes to see it settled.

What is a goal?

100

This type of public is active on all possible issues.

What is an all-issue public?

100

This must be completed BEFORE writing objectives.

What is research?

100

In public relations planning, strategy explains the (blank) of reaching your objectives.

What is the how?

100

The aspect of tactics that differentiates them from strategies.

What are, specific actions or items used in the strategy.

200

A public relations plan should have no more than this number of goals.

What is five?

200
Three main categories of publics to address.

What are primary, secondary, and intervening.

200

The Barcelona Principles discourage this type of objective for this specific reason.

Outcome objectives, because they specify the number of press releases/materials created and do not accurately assess the success of those materials.

200

A category of strategy that includes publicity, newsworthy information, generating news, news pegs, and transparent communication.

What is communication strategy?

200

Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok fall under this category of the PESO model.

What is shared media?

300

These types of goals deal with the identity and perception of the organization.

What is reputation management?

300

This type of public is active on a limited number of issues.

What is a single-issue public?

300

SMART stands for this.

What is, specific / measurable / achievable / realistic / timely

300

This type of strategy refers to how a message reaches the desired public.

What is a communication strategy?

300

Billboards, sky writing, and and site advertisements fall under this area of PESO.

What is paid media?

400

This requirement for an objective is what differentiates it from a strategy.

What is, following SMART guidelines

400

Publics such as schools, charities, clubs and activist interests of the neighborhoods or metropolitan area(s) where an organization operates fall under this umbrella.

What are community relations?

400

Outcome objectives measure this.

Changes in awareness, opinions, behavior or support.

400

Each objective should have this many strategies.

What are several/multiple?

400

Newsletters and blogs fall under what area of PESO?

What is owned media?

500

These goals are concerned with getting certain things accomplished.


What are task management goals?

500

Publics can be grouped together by THESE traits (name as many as possible).

What are... (demographics, psychographics, motivating self-interests, status of current relationships with an organization, location)

500

Process objectives aim to do this.

To “inform” or “educate” publics.

500

The science and art of employing political, economic, psychological and military forces to support policies or achieve goals; to meet the enemy under advantageous conditions.

What is the military definition of strategy?

500

Pitch writing and press releases that get journalistic coverage fall under this area of PESO.

What is earned media?