Choose a testing scenario
If you’d prefer a structured starting point, use the scenario that matches your role.
You don’t need to use one of these scenarios. If you have a real communication challenge you’re facing right now, bring that instead—it will produce richer feedback for us and more useful output for you.
- Scenario for staff
You are a communications coordinator—or the person who handles communications—for a small or rural municipality. Your council has just approved a new stormwater infrastructure project and you’ve been asked to prepare three key messages for a public information session next month.
Use the toolkit to develop those messages. Start wherever makes sense to you.
As you work, notice:
- Could you find the right tools for this task?
- Were the instructions clear enough to follow without a communications background?
- Did the messages you ended up with feel usable—something you could actually say at a public meeting?
- Was there anything missing that would have helped?
- Scenario for elected officials
You are a mayor or councillor in a small or rural municipality. A local journalist has just called and asked for a comment on what your municipality is doing about climate change.
Use the toolkit to get ready for that call. Start wherever makes sense to you.
As you work, notice:
- Could you find what you needed quickly?
- Did the toolkit help you develop language you felt confident using?
- Was anything confusing or hard to follow under time pressure?
- Was there anything missing that would have helped?