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OUT8104 - Outreach Basics
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 Conservation professionals taking a comprehensive approach to natural resource management maintain strong education and outreach programs. This course gives all FWS employees the basic skills to make outreach an integral part of their projects. This course introduces education and outreach strategies that support the collaborative approach to conservation management. It is an introductory overview of outreach and the role it can play in resource conservation.
College Credit  
Who Should Attend: Conservation professionals who interact, to any extent, with public or private entities.
Objectives:
  • Define outreach and the employee’s role in education and outreach;
  • Explain why natural resource agencies should practice outreach;
  • List three goals of implementing outreach;
  • Identify three steps in building credibility with public audiences and partners;
  • Identify target audiences; and
  • Describe a basic education and outreach program planning process.
Length: 1 day/8 hours Availability: By request
Contact:
Susan DeStephanis
Email:
Susan_DeStephanis@fws.gov
Phone:
304/876 7494

 


Last Updated: June 12, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-9713
 
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