I need to develop an education program or outreach strategy:

Tree 1 – To tackle a specific water use or management problem.

Tree 1c: Solving this problem requires people to use a familiar practice or technology, or to adopt a new, and accessible, practice or technology.

 

The educator has assessed audience interests (or wants or needs) related to the practice or technology that you want people to adopt.

Follow advice for these situations, below.

• the target audience is aware:     NO    YES
• the target audience knows how to access the technology:     NO    YES
• the target audience can apply the technology:     NO    YES

 

The target audience is not aware that the practice or technology meets one or more of the needs they identified.

Use communication or technology transfer principles to provide information about the practice or to build knowledge about how the practice meets audience needs.

 

The target audience is aware that the practice or technology meets one or more of the needs they identified.

Use teaching strategies to build knowledge and skills about how to apply the practice or technology.

 

The target audience does not know how to access the technology.

Use communication or technology transfer principles to provide information or to build knowledge about how to access the technology.

The target audience knows how to access the technology.

Use teaching strategies to provide additional opportunities to build knowledge and skills about how to access the technology.

 

The target audience does not know how to apply the technology.

Use communication or technical transfer principles to provide information or to build knowledge and skills for how to apply the technology.

 

The target audience knows how to apply the technology.

Use teaching strategies to provide additional opportunities to practice applying the technology.