Communication Toolkit

Credits and References

Based on a similar toolkit produced by the Technical Assistance and Services Center of the national Flex Program, this CRH Communication Toolkit is made available through the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.

The following sources were used, in part, for content of this toolkit.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Communication Toolkit
http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=385&NID=61&LanguageID=0

The sixty-second guide to Working Effectively with the News Media. Independent Sector. http://www.independentsector.org/members/60_second_guide.html

Research!America Advocacy Essentials Workbook, November 2005, North Dakota.

Research!America Advocacy Manual

Media Access Guide, The Seattle Times and Asian American Journalists Association-Seattle Chapter, January 24, 2004
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/contactus/media/media_access_guide.pdf

Create a Powerful PR ‘Fact Sheet’ in Just Four Steps by Rusty Cawley
http://www.icbs.com/Kb/PR/kb_create-powerful-PR-fact-sheet.htm

How to Create Fact Sheets and Action Alerts, Connecticut Health Policy Project
http://www.cthealthpolicy.org/toolbox/tools/fact_sheets.htm

How to Write Public Service Announcements, press-release-writing.com
http://www.press-release-writing.com/newsletters/t54-psa.htm

A Practical Guide for Developing Marketing Brochures for Heritage Tourism and Interpretive Sites & Attractions by John A. Veverka

And 10 Surefire Ways to Add Sizzle to Your Brochures by Shannon Cherry, Cherry Communications
http://www.webbuilderexpress.com/10-surefire-ways-to-add-sizzle-to-your-brochures.html