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Getting In Step Building Blocks for Effective Outreach and Education Barry Tonning Tetra Tech

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Getting In Step

Building Blocks for Effective Outreach and Education

Barry TonningTetra Tech

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Six Minimum Control Measures for MS4s

Public Education and OutreachPublic Involvement/Participation Illicit Discharge Detection and EliminationConstruction Site Runoff ControlPost-Construction Storm Water

Management in New and RedevelopmentPollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping

for Municipal Operations

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Minimum Control Measure:Public Education and Outreach

• MUST:• Distribute educational materials to the community, or• Conduct equivalent outreach activities about the impacts of

storm water discharges on water bodies and the steps that the public can take to reduce pollutants in storm water runoff

• Determine the appropriate best management practices (BMPs) and measurable goals for this minimum control measure.

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That fact sheet is THE

BEST!!

I need to pick up after Fluffy! I want to

wash my car on

the lawn!

Oh no, does my house have an

illicit discharge?!

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Message

Audience

What Is Outreach?

Response

Communicate

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Phases of Behavior Change

• Awareness• Knowledge/Education• Action

OverTime

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Awareness

Education

Action!Outreach changes over time…

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Step 3: Develop a message

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Building Blocks for

Conducting Outreach Activities

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Step 1: Driving ForcesGoals and Objectives

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Driving Forces

• Why do you need outreach?– New regulations– Public pressure– Political pressure– Motivate action!

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Goals

• General statements that express the broad focus of the entire planning and management effort. – Vision– Problem– Mission

"Let’s keep our lake clean”

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Objectives

• Define outcomes that are:– S pecific– M easurable– A chievable– R elevant– T ime-sensitive

To Do:

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Goal• Improve the quality

of urban runoff in Cityville through better stormwater management.

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Objectives

• Over the next 2 yrs, reduce fertilizer applications to residential lawns by 30% through education, increased soil testing, and promotion of natural landscapes. – Develop and distribute 5

newspaper inserts on lawn management to MS4 residents in the next 12 months.

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Activities• Develop unifying theme and

logo by 4/04.• Identify newspaper outlet to

distribute inserts by 6/04.• Identify key topics for each

issue by 6/04.• Design layout and write text

for first issue by 9/04.• Send issue 1 to printers by

11/04.

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Step 2: Target Audience

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Understanding your audience

• Why do they do what they do?

• How can I change their behavior?

• How do I measure if they changed their behavior?

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Who Do We Need to Reach?

• Public Agencies• Elected and other

public officials• Non-governmental

organizations• Business and Industry• Students and others in

academia• Citizens, voters, the

public

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Target Audience

• Find and characterize your audience by. . . .– Relevance to & involvement with key issues– Awareness/knowledge of key issues– Motivational factors– Geographic location– Age– Ethnicity– Occupation

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Target Audience

• Information needed– Demographics– Knowledge of the

message– Communication

channels– Attitudes/

perceptions

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Target Audience

• Research the target audience– Focus groups– Phone interviews– Pre/post surveys– Public agencies– Community leaders– Trade associations

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Recent Survey of Tampa Residents

• Only 19% knew that they lived in a watershed.– No-35%– Don’t know-46%

• 36 percent of respondents left their pet’s waste on the ground.

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SC DHEC Survey

2002

http://www.scdhec.gov/water/ms4/pubs/

npssurvey.pdf

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Step 3: Message

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Message• Specific to target audience• Should have direct appeal or benefit to

target audience– “Improves/protects resources”– “Costs less”– “Improves health”– “It’s convenient”– “It’s free”

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Social Marketing

• Applying commercial marketing principles to social issues, such as seatbelt use, anti-smoking, to achieve a change in behavior

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Step 4:Format

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Format: Displaying the Message

Print “Stuff” Events

Newsletters Calendars FestivalsFact sheets Magnets Clean-upsFlyers Bumper stickers ConferencesMagazine articles Tote bags StencilingPosters, displays Frisbees TrainingBillboards Lapel pins Mini-coursesTransit cards Stickers Seminars

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Formats

• Brochures and Fact Sheets– Can be distributed

widely– Provide more

detail on issues– Different shapes

and sizes

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Displaying Data

• Use photos and maps

• Summarize data into easy to read formats

• Report cards• Explain the “so

what” of the data• Show trends

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Formats

• Stuff– Magnets– Stickers– Water bottles– Drink cozies– Mouse pads

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Format

• Events• Volunteer Monitoring• Field tours• Connect people to the

resource

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The Media

News Media Electronic Media Radio ListserversNewspaper Web sitesTelevision CD-ROMsMagazines

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Where Does the Public Obtain Information on Water Issues?

Local television news 47%Local newspapers 27%Radio news programs 18%Friends, family, neighbors 4%Environmental mailings 2%Community leaders 1%

Source: Lake Research Inc; for the Upper Mississippi Basin

92%

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• Web Sites– reach larger

audiences;– adaptable/

changeable

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Step 5: Distribution

• How will you distribute your materials?

• Who will distribute the message?

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Distribution

Delivering the message . . .

Mail PiggybackingPhone MediaDoor-to-door Stakeholder-stakeholderEvents Conferences/workshopsPresentations Targeted businesses

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Who is your messenger?

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Step 6:Evaluation

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When do you evaluate your program?

• Before program development

• During implementation• After implementation

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Why evaluate?• Program success justification

– Shows a cost-effective program– Show impacts and benefits

• Understand the good, bad and ugly– What went right? What went

wrong?• Program refinements and

improvements– Adaptive management

• Helps with your annual report!

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Adaptive Management

• Keeps you from – Blindly charging

ahead– Being paralyzed by

indecision• Helps you

– Learn from your mistakes

– Refine your program to achieve success

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Evaluation

Formative. Will the plan achieve the objectives? Process. Are the tasks assigned, resources adequate?Outcome. Did we do what we said we were going to do?Impact. Did our message reach the target audience? Did we achieve our objectives?

Before

During

After

Much Later

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Evaluation Tools

• Assessment tools include:– Focus groups– Surveys– Interviews– Water quality data

• Tools may be part of Before/After approach– Remember to get your

baseline data so you can measure success

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US EPA Resources on the Web: http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater

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www.epa.gov/nps/toolbox