Vaccination Communication Special!
Struggling to convince a loved one to get vaccinated?
Do you have a loved one who’s reluctant to get vaccinated? Are they ignoring your arguments and evidence? Are you feeling hopeless about protecting them and others from COVID?
Don’t despair. You can still help your vaccine hesitant friends and family.
How to increase your influence with the unvaccinated:
Mandates and passports are all the rage right now, but when it comes to motivating your friends and family to get vaccinated, forget about threats and guilt-trips — they’ll just make people defensive and angry. And while you’re at it, put down your well-crafted arguments — your loved ones will just come up with new reasons for avoiding the jab. Instead, use motivational interviewing, a guiding communication style that empowers people to change themselves by honoring autonomy, respectfully highlighting ambivalence, and offering information when desired.
Here are two Progressively Speaking pieces that explain how you can use motivational interviewing to better communicate with unvaccinated loved ones — PLUS, you can sign up for a live, interactive vaccination-conversation webinar, Tuesday, August 17, 8–9:30 pm ET, hosted by Dr. Karin Tamerius!
Articles
3 Ways You Won’t Persuade the Unvaccinated
Why your attempts fail — and what to do instead.
To convince loved ones to get vaccinated, stop making these mistakes and start doing what works.
Worried About Unvaccinated Loved Ones?
The scientifically-proven method you’re probably not using.
Medical science made the Covid-19 vaccination possible, but social science holds the key to getting people to use it.
Special Event
WEBINAR: How to Encourage Loved Ones to Get Vaccinated
When: August 17 at 8–9:30 pm ET
Want hands-on learning and practice with motivational interviewing? Dr. Karin Tamerius will teach you to navigate people’s natural resistance to new ideas, avoid triggering defensiveness, and help them to change their own minds about vaccination, and answer any questions you may have.
Tickets are available on Eventbrite. (Donation optional.)
That’s all for this edition. Thanks for being a subscriber. If you want to learn more about Karin Tamerius and Smart Politics, visit us at JoinSmart.org. In the meantime, keep reaching out to people who disagree with you. It may be hard, but it’s the easiest way to change the world.
