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Applying education tools and techniques help natural resource professionals and agencies realize their water management goals. The Changing Public Behavior National Facilitation Project focuses attention on the application of social science tools to enhance the education process.Students doing biological stream test

Scientists, natural resource professionals, or educators can develop and use audience information to improve citizen involvement in community decision-making for water resources.

Choose topics from the right to learn:

  • What questions to ask
  • What tools to use to gather social science information
  • How to use the tools and how to analyze results
  • How to use results to select outreach techniques that satisfy audience needs

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Searchable Target Audience Database

How to Use Audience Information: Educator Self-Study Module

Background Information:

What type of action can citizens take?

Types of behavior that can make a difference

About social assessment tools: Purpose, use, selection, application
(Self-Study Module: Step #4)

Sample tools

Criteria for adoption

Sample intervention goals

Range and variety of potential techniques

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The Changing Public Behavior Project and resources are based upon work supported
by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2006-51130-03749.