a pooling of resources and talents to advance rural policy
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RLPI 2013 - Dallas, TX A Pooling of Resources and Talents to Advance Rural Policy Beth Bingman, Board Member, AppalshopTRANSCRIPT
A pooling of resources and
talents to advance rural policy
The opportunity to join forces
was presented
Funding from the Rural Supporting Organization
made a collaboration possible and the Informing our rural communities
about the Affordable Care Act project was born…
We asked the question:
What do we have to work with?
The answer was…
A completed brochure explaining, in simple terms, certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act
http://southwestruralpolicynetwork.com/about-us/policy-areas/health/affordable-care-act/
Mailing lists of other public radio stations
Mailing lists of commercial radio stations
Lots of talent andskill
A network of networks to assist with distribution
of the PSA’s
Then we asked:
How do we pull this together?
The answer was…
Reliance upon the skills and talents within the
collaborationand
Efficient Project Management to assure the
project evolves smoothly
Skillful script writing
Great fact-checking
Creative productionWMMT’s Sylvia Ryerson, voice talent for 6 of the PSAs
Cross-country production…
Spanish Voiceovers were recorded in
Taos, New Mexico and sent to WMMT in
Whitesburg, Kentucky for post-production
Lessons LearnedThe team involved learned as we went forward…
Be ready to create an inventory of your assets and resources ~ all of them
Think creatively about how
partners can combine assets and resources
Know that involving more than one organization will increase the time needed to complete
the project
and
Different work styles and organizational resources need to
be considered in moving the project forward
If you are working on a project with an ever-changing policy landscape, such as the ACA,
Fact Checking
will be a challenge !
Where are we now?
• CDs with 12 PSAs in English and Spanish
• A website with the PSA audio and text and links to a range of other information
• A developing network of people helping with distribution
Be ready to create an inventory of your assets and resources ~
all of them
Ask your project partners to put together their inventory of
assets and resources
Think creatively about how
partners can combine assets and resources
We need your help getting the PSAs aired
across the countryVisit
www.acaexplained.org for additional information
Or fill out the card in your packet and we will mail you a copy of the CD
Project participants
Central Appalachia Regional Network, (CARN)
Southwest Rural Policy Network, (SWRPN)
National Alliance for Rural Policy, (NARP)
Members of the Rural People, Rural Policy
Family of Networks