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From : W6HIR @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
To : RACES @ ALLUS
Msgid : $RACESBUL.183
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.183 DATE: August 19, 199
SUBJECT: PRESS-PUBLIC RELATIONS, Part 2/5
The point is that the world is looking at ham radio from a
new perspective. Hams have had their play.....and.....until new
Mt. Everest's have been conquered.....and....we can tell our
story in terms that are understood.
Hams in today's news environment need a "new peg" in order
to make the news pages. We need to tell our story. The story of
the good we do. The story of the public services we
perform.... with new and enlightened vigor...and patience.
Remember a few minutes ago when I told you about my public
utility feeding the press pablum? That's what we have to do.
Only ours needs to be oats and honey and perhaps a pint of warm
cream.
So how do we perform this miracle? "It ain't gonna be easy
McGee," as Molly used to tell the Fibber. But it can be done!
What we are fooling with here is the basis for a textbook
case in public relations. We don't need new twists in the PR
aspects, it is just that we have to understand the need to tell a
complicated electronics story in terms that a person with a
seventh grade education can understand. Preferably with
pictures.
Remember the old Chinese proverb...."A picture is worth one
thousand words?" If we can successfully "sell" a picture before
it is taken, then we have the basis for a "photo opportunity."
All we need to do is get hold of the local newspaper, radio and
television station and tell them in graphic terms what is about
to come down...or what is happening.
I have gotten the horse before the cart...but I have not
left the barn door open.
Good public relations for Amateur Radio begins by
cultivating the press. That is accomplished by careful care and
feeding. Very short telephone calls -- or personal --
conversations with the City Desk, or Assignment Desk of the local
newspaper or TV, or radio station.
That conversation might go something like this:
Ham: "Hi. This is Joe Doakes. I am an amateur radio
operator -- a ham -- and I thought you might like to know about
X, Y or Z." Make it short. Be credible.
(to be continued)
EOM