Aux Challenge 2008

Tell the World About Coast Guard Auxiliary Safe Boating Classes

Pass Out Tools That Help Us Tell The World About Our Classes

Get Best Practices into Every Classroom

Make Our Classes So Good EVERYONE Will Want to Take Them

Instructor and PA Resources

Welcome to my Marketing and Public Education help page. There are over 112 ideas to help your Flotilla with Marketing and Boating Education Classes as well as Vessel Examinations, Marine Dealer Program and any other education or outreach effort.

Use the class aids that are appropriate for your class and teaching style. Not all marketing ideas will work for everyone.

Aux Challenge 2008 has over 71 ideas to help market your classes, hints on where to have classes, tips to make your classes more interesting, where to hold classes, instructor improvement and preparation hints and more. Aux Challenge 2008 can be used at a Flotilla or Staff meeting to challenge members to improve Marketing and Public Education efforts. This is the first 24 slides of the ABC / ABS Public Education Best Practices Presentation.

New Posters for publicizing classes are available, some posters are ready to use, all posters can be customized to your class and location, contact me for customized posters in PDF format. Label templates are available for peel & stick labels that are ready to print listing the District 13 Public Education Web Site, stick them on EVERYTHING you hand out.

Put posters and business cards any place boaters, fishermen, hunters, canoeists and anybody that spends time on the water shops, eat or spends time.

Other resources include: Help with the Intent to Teach Form, Seattle area special boating regulations handout and an improved Chapter 3 ATONS and Rules with revised instructor notes and Powerpoint files.

Please let me know if you find the ideas on this page useful or if you have any ideas you would like to pass on to others.

Thank you for your help with boating safety

Mike Brough

Instructor
Fl 23 Seattle
mikeb@zipcon.com

Aux Challenge 2008

Challenge the Entire Flotilla and Staff to get active and involved to promote Public Education.

Marketing Your Public Education Classes and Classroom Best Practices, Craig Smith and Mike Brough

Suggestions on how to Market and get the word out for your class, new posters, where to hold your class, where to get the word out, how to make your class more interesting, suggestions to personalize classes to your area.

Aux Challenge 2008 is outdated and has been replaced with Education Challenge 2009
There are also updated labels, Business Cards, Handouts and other Boating Safety Information
in my C.G.Aux. Class section of
captnmike.com

• Education Challenge 2009 (ppt): Help on how to Publicize our Boating Safety and Public Education Classes, 70 Ideas to help jump start your PE, PA, PV, VE or any Public Outreach program.
• 4 UP Handout of Education Challenge 2009 (pdf): Help on how to Publicize our Boating Safety and Public Education Classes, 70 Ideas to help jump start your PE, PA, PV, VE or any Public Outreach program.

Aux Challenge 2008

• PDF Handout 4 Slides per Page

GNATS 2008 ABC / ABS Public Education Best Practices

Suggestions on how to get the word out for your class, new posters, where to hold your class, where to get the word out, how to make your class more interesting, suggestions to personalize classes to your area. In the classroom suggestions there are 40 Class aids to help make your class more interesting or students to understand concepts better.

ABC / ABS Public Education Best Practices Handout (in PDF)

• One Slide Per Page
• Two Slides Per Page
• Four Slides Per Page

Late Breaking and Updated Help

This section contains additional information for Aux Challenge 2008. There are answers to questions that some people had about using the class aids and marketing ideas, there are new ideas to help your Public Education, Marketing, Marine Dealer Program and Vessel Examination Programs. Usage of some aids and Marketing ideas are expanded and explained. The date on the file indicates when the information was last updated.

• More Aux Challenge 2008 Information. June 30 2008
• GNATS Notes Notes from people in the Marketing PE Session

Handouts for Your Public Education Classes

• Important Seattle Area Boating Information: Includes Lake Washington, Lake Union and Speed Zones (2 pages)
• Bridges in the Seattle Area:Opening Information, Bridge Clearances and more (2 pages)
• Washington State Boater Education Card application. The application is also available from the Washington State Printing Office (1 page)
• Float Plan Central An Auxiliary web site with fill in the blanks electronic PDF Float Plan, also instructor information for teaching Float Plans and more.

Marketing or Get the Word Out - Labels and Posters (in PDF)

Printer ready posters and address style label templates that point to the web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes. The posters are ready to print or they may be customized for you or by you with local class and contact information. The Posters will scale from 4x6 to 8.5x11 inches in either color or B/W.

Business Cards and stick on labels to make everything we hand out an advertisement for our classes

• Take A Safe Boating Class The web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes is on the label. Stick on every piece of literature you hand out to advertise all our classes. Address style label. PDF Template for Avery # 8366; Avery # 5066 or Office Depot # 220-472 labels. ( 3.4375 inch wide 0.667 high )
• Congratulations on your new boat purchase. Stick on a packet given to new boat owners by dealers. The web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes is on the label. PDF template for Avery # 5262 Label ( 4.00 inch wide x 1.33 inch high )
• Get a FREE Vessel Safaty Check Stick on label, the safetyseal.net/GetVSC web site is on the label. Stick on literature you hand out to advertise your Vessel Safety Check Program. Address style label. PDF Template for Avery # 8366; Avery # 5066 or Office Depot # 220-472 labels. ( 3.4375 inch wide 0.667 high )
• Business Card Templates From National. Business Cards can also be ordered locally, see your Flotilla Commander or Materials Officer for help ordering preprinted cards. Have cards made saying "take a safe boating class" and the web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes also on the cards, put the cards on every bulletin board you can find.

Posters

All posters are available customized for your area, class location, cost and local contact information. PDF files ready to print in color or B/W. The Posters will scale from 4x6 to 8.5x11 inches in either color or B/W.

• ABC Poster The web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes is on the poster. Lists many locations our classes have been held.
• Generic Class Names Poster The web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes is on the poster. Lists many locations our classes have been held.
• Plain ABC Poster
• Learn Safe Boating Your Way Blank Poster.

Announcements

• A General Boating Class Announcement: Template for magazine and newspaper announcements listing many locations our classes have been held. Has the web page listing D-13 Public Education Classes. (M/S Word Document)

Help With Aux Forms

• Help with the Intent To Teach a7023s Form.

Revisions to Instructor Notes & Class Revisions

ABC Ch 3 Navigating with ATONs. D-13 and National Powerpoints were combined with additional slides for tides, Islands and the Swinomish Channel. Has several pictures of ATONs to let students practice identifying ATONs. The Instructor Notes were expanded to help Instructors. June 24,2008

• ABC Ch 3 Navigating with ATONs Instructor Notes
• ABC Ch 3 Navigating with ATONs Powerpoint file.

ABC Ch 3 Navigating with Rules. D-13 and National Powerpoints were combined. The Instructor Notes were expanded to help Instructors.

• ABC Ch 3 Navigating with Rules Instructor Notes.
• ABC Ch 3 Navigating with Rules Powerpoint file.