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Toolkit Distribution Guidelines

How to use the materials available in these toolkits

Below are guidelines for making the most of the materials made available to you on this site. Most of these can be used as part of tactics you already use to communicate with the people, groups and communities you serve. Please use these materials as soon as you can and continue to do so on a regular basis.

Fact sheets

  • Print out several of each sheet to have ready to hand out to individuals and groups interested in a specific topic.
  • Take several copies of each sheet with you when you visit locations to speak to or engage with groups in your community.
  • Keep a set of each fact sheet for reference at your front desk and other places you and staff members might chat with individuals and groups who rely on you for support.

Posters

  • Download, and print enough copies to hang one poster in all high-traffic areas of your building.
  • Hang posters at all entrances and exits to your building, at your front desk/welcome area, in waiting areas, on restroom doors, and next to vending/coffee machines.

Flyers

  • Download and print enough copies to distribute one to every person who visits your building, as well as to every person you engage with when you go “on the road” to visit members of our community.
  • Consider including a flyer in mailers you plan to send out, such as printed newsletters, seasonal announcements, and event invitations.
  • Print additional flyers and hang them in places that cannot accommodate the larger poster, such as on the restroom mirrors and stall doors, and bulletin boards.

Palm cards

  • Place palm cards on table tops and seats where customers/clients gather and meet.
  • Hand palm cards out at the exits and entrances of events and meetings.

Email blasts

  • Copy and paste the content provided into your own email template.
  • Email to your full database.

Newsletter/Website articles

  • Copy and paste the content provided into your own e-newsletter template.
    • You can send this content out as a stand-alone e-newsletter “special” or include it as part of your regular e-newsletter.
  • If you distribute a printed email, provide the Word document in your kit to your newsletter designer.
  • Copy and paste the content provided into a page on your website.
    • Use this as a blog or news article, or as part of your community health/resources section.

Messages for internal portals/intranet sites

  • Copy and paste the message and embed the link provided.
  • Share all messages at once or rotate the messages week by week.

Desktop wallpapers

  • Upload graphics on computer devices and set as desktop wallpapers.

Social media

  • Before you begin:
    • Download the social media copy and all images.
    • Save the images to your computer in an easily accessible place.
  • Facebook:
    • Go to your Facebook page.
    • Copy and paste the text from the copy document you downloaded in the “Write a Post” section.
    • Select “Add Image/Video.”
    • Upload the image you saved to your computer; please note that the image size for Facebook is 1200 x 600.
    • Select “Share Now.”
  • Twitter:
    • Click on the compose box at the top of your Twitter timeline.
    • Copy and paste the text from the copy document you downloaded into the compose box.
    • Select the photo icon and upload the image you saved to your computer; please note that the image size for Twitter is 1200 x 600.
    • Click “Tweet.”
  • Instagram:

    (Please note that these steps must be completed on a mobile device. We recommend that you email yourself the image you want to use and save it to your device’s photo library before completing the steps below.)

    • Open Instagram and select the “+” icon at the top.
    • Select the image in your photo library and click “Next” in the top-right corner.
    • Select “Next” in the top-right corner again.

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