Using the toolbox
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to do effective, engaging outreach. The Outreach Toolbox contains most everything you will need. Time and money are both valuable resources that are scarce in most communities. Many employees wear multiple hats, have widely-varied job responsibilities, and work across many programs and projects. With so many simultaneous water quality projects in the same region, consolidating messages and materials to provide strong, cohesive outreach and education across all watersheds is a good idea.
The Coastal Communities Outreach project offers coordinated outreach and education focused on a specific area with a common water quality issue. It allows communities of any size to access the foundational information and materials needed to conduct high-quality, engaging outreach to residents at low cost.
COMPONENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
This website and the many pages contained within it make up the Outreach Plan, Outreach Toolbox, and Outreach Roadmap.
Website
This website is designed to become a one-stop shop for local governments and residents to get tools, resources, and messaging to provide outreach resulting in residential behavior changes that improve water quality in their communities. The information on the website is targeted to local governments in coastal counties, schools and other educational groups, and residents looking for general water quality information. It is updated at least weekly.
H-GAC Materials
H-GAC has complied resources for all four pillars of the project to facilitate education and outreach activities. Permanent display materials are developed by H-GAC and are available for loan for events, demonstrations, and presentations. Display materials come with Instructors Guides so that volunteers can easily do outreach with them. Printed collateral materials and best management practices promotional items are available as supplies permit. Printable versions of all posters, pledges, and brochures are available on the H-GAC Featured Materials page. All materials owned by H-GAC are available for free use, but credit is requested.
Contact waterresources@h-gac.com for more information or to customize materials.
Partner Materials
There are many excellent other free water quality educational and outreach materials available through federal, state, local, and nonprofit agencies. H-GAC has compiled some of these on the website in the get tools materials dropdown. H-GAC staff can help locate materials for your specific education/outreach goal.
Outreach Roadmap
The Outreach Roadmap identifies two focused-topic messages for each month of the year. Messages are chosen for each month based on relevance to season, holiday, or common residential activities. Messages are available on the Roadmap Messages page where they are sorted by topic and suggested month. Contact waterresources@h-gac.om for customization of messaging (i.e. logos, phone numbers, websites, etc.) or alternative deadline requirements.
The Coastal Communities Outreach project offers coordinated outreach and education focused on a specific area with a common water quality issue. It allows communities of any size to access the foundational information and materials needed to conduct high-quality, engaging outreach to residents at low cost.
COMPONENTS OF THE TOOLBOX
This website and the many pages contained within it make up the Outreach Plan, Outreach Toolbox, and Outreach Roadmap.
Website
This website is designed to become a one-stop shop for local governments and residents to get tools, resources, and messaging to provide outreach resulting in residential behavior changes that improve water quality in their communities. The information on the website is targeted to local governments in coastal counties, schools and other educational groups, and residents looking for general water quality information. It is updated at least weekly.
H-GAC Materials
H-GAC has complied resources for all four pillars of the project to facilitate education and outreach activities. Permanent display materials are developed by H-GAC and are available for loan for events, demonstrations, and presentations. Display materials come with Instructors Guides so that volunteers can easily do outreach with them. Printed collateral materials and best management practices promotional items are available as supplies permit. Printable versions of all posters, pledges, and brochures are available on the H-GAC Featured Materials page. All materials owned by H-GAC are available for free use, but credit is requested.
Contact waterresources@h-gac.com for more information or to customize materials.
Partner Materials
There are many excellent other free water quality educational and outreach materials available through federal, state, local, and nonprofit agencies. H-GAC has compiled some of these on the website in the get tools materials dropdown. H-GAC staff can help locate materials for your specific education/outreach goal.
Outreach Roadmap
The Outreach Roadmap identifies two focused-topic messages for each month of the year. Messages are chosen for each month based on relevance to season, holiday, or common residential activities. Messages are available on the Roadmap Messages page where they are sorted by topic and suggested month. Contact waterresources@h-gac.om for customization of messaging (i.e. logos, phone numbers, websites, etc.) or alternative deadline requirements.
This program and website are funded in part by the TCEQ through a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Copyright H-GAC 2017 - All Rights Reserved.
Copyright H-GAC 2017 - All Rights Reserved.