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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Distributing Information


Talk is cheap - or so they say!

Often we are overwhelmed with information and unsure about what to do. Other times we wish we had more information and then when we dive in and try to find it we struggle with it's accuracy and authority. Here at the WFM RD&A we spend a large amount of time trying to determine the best way to get timely, accurate, and helpful information our to our users and constituent groups. When we first started this blog the idea was that we would use it [heavily] to dynamically update our website with stories, project highlights, training notices and other helpful things. After taking a close look at our analytics (more on that in a future post and in our annual report) we realized that perhaps not as many people as we'd hoped were following our blog. Due to this fact we moved away from posting to the blog and tried other methods to reach out. 

What I would like to do with this post is try to determine a.) our current blog audience and b.) figure out if there are better ways we can get information out.

The Wildland Fire Management RD&A actually has a number of information outlets and I'd like to spend a few minutes outlining some of those before asking a favor of you...

WFM RD&A Websitewww.wfmrda.nwcg.gov
Most of you are likely familiar with our website. In fact you may have jumped into this blog from our website. This is currently our primary information outlet.

Application Websites
http://wfdss.usgs.gov and http://iftdss.sonomatech.com/
These websites are very specific and generally only contain information related to the applications they represent. You will likely notice that we sometimes host information on our wfmrda.nwcg.gov website about these applications. We tend to post more philosophical content about these specific applications on the WFM RD&A website.

Social Media
You may not realize it but the WFM RD&A Program has several social media accounts. If you haven't seen them you might want to check out:
YouTube Channels
WFDSS Support Videos (YouTube Channel)
IFTDSS Support Videos (YouTube Channel)
WFM RD&A YouTube Channel


Twitter
- WFDSS Twitter Account


As you can see we put a fairly large amount of content out there. Especially when you consider the depth of some of these resources. Some are just getting started while others are very mature and include a number of links to additional resources and tools.


Is it enough?
Think Bigger


What I am ultimately interested in knowing is how we can best get information out to you, our customers.

Please take a few minutes to jot down an idea (or two) using the comments feature below. Anything goes! If you'd like to see a newsletter; read more regular posts on this blog; perhaps you'd like to see us on Facebook or to use Twitter to it's full potential; maybe you prefer to get information via email and a Listserv would be best, whatever you have we're interested.

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