D647 Evaluating a Communications Strategy sample papers, task by task

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D647 teaches communicators to prove whether their strategy worked and improve it. The samples on this shelf set KPIs for a composite credit union's member engagement campaign and then evaluate results and recommend improvements.

How this shelf works

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your course of study and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. D647 is WGU’s Evaluating a Communications Strategy course. It centers on how communicators choose KPIs tied to organizational goals, read results with data visualization and iterate on a strategy. Searches like "d647 task 2 assignment example", "D647 sample paper", and "D647 task samples" land on this page.

What D647 is really about

Evaluating a Communications Strategy introduces key performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of strategic communications plans. Students develop metrics that align with organizational goals, analyze results, present outcomes with data visualization and recommend continuous improvements, working with peers to decide which KPIs matter and how to iterate on strategy.

The competencies describe creating KPIs to evaluate a strategy, evaluating a strategy's effectiveness through them, and planning how to iterate on KPIs for improved progress, and student work shared online includes a second task recommending KPI improvements for engagement. The samples follow that sequence: first choosing measures that connect outputs, such as posts published, to outcomes, such as members who act, and then reading a quarter of results and recommending changes. The credit union on this shelf is a composite; the evaluation frameworks cited are real.

What D647’s tasks ask for

Across D647's tasks, you are generally asked to create KPIs aligned with a communications plan's goals, evaluate the strategy's effectiveness using results data and visualizations, and recommend improvements to the strategy and to the KPIs themselves.

Why D647 tasks come back for revision

Evaluation tasks are returned when KPIs measure activity rather than results, such as counting emails sent without measuring what recipients did, or when targets have no baseline. Charts presented without interpretation are another common gap. Evaluators also look for recommendations that follow from the data, and for honest discussion of what the metrics cannot show, such as whether a sign-up was caused by the campaign.

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Task 1

D647 Task 1 communications KPI plan example

KPIs with baselines and targets are tied to a plan's goals. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Task 2

D647 Task 2 KPI evaluation and recommendations example

Results are read against KPIs and improvements recommended. On request, free, 24-48h.

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How these samples are written

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D647 questions, answered

What is the difference between an output and an outcome in D647?

Outputs are what the team produced; outcomes are what the audience did or believed as a result.

Is the D647 credit union real?

It is a composite built for the samples.

Do D647 KPIs need targets?

Yes. A KPI without a baseline and target cannot show progress.