NAWMA Weed Control Managers Public Relations Checklist
A part of the payoff of a personal improvement program is a feeling of confidence and
pride in what you are doing. It is important to the success of your program that others
also perceive you as a professional carrying out a worthy and effective program. To
accomplish this you must tell your story. This is public relations. Following is an
outline to aid you in your public relations efforts.
Public Relations is Communication
Two-way communications between us and the people we serve, and the people who observe.
- Organization informs public:
- If it is good, organization thrives
- If it is not, organization dies
- Information Sources
- Association training meetings
- Chemical application guides
- Conferences
- Crop Watch
- Educational meetings
- Farm magazines
- Industry meetings
- Industry newsletters
- Information Kits
- Noxious Weed Newsletter
- Pesticide newsletter
- Research papers
- University publications
Internet weed information sites such as:
Colorado Weed Management Association - http://www.fortnet.org/CWMA/cwma.
Weed Management Resource Library - weedlib@webaccess.net
Build Your Public Relations Reference Library With The Following:
- Possible Categories
- Crop Watch
- Educational meetings
- Exhibits
- Farm magazines
- File of photographs and slides
- Industry newsletters
- Information kits
- List of available videos
- News contacts
- News releases
- Noxious Weed newsletter
- Pesticide newsletter
- Public agency contacts
- Published articles
- Vocational Agriculture
- Weed Management Resource Library
- Weed Science Journals
Dispensing Information
- News Releases to Print Media
- Newspapers
- Newsletters
