Wanted: Job Description Samples
(11/15/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor Fairley Mahlum, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, has a favor to ask: Would you mind sharing certain of your agency’s job descriptions? Continue reading →
Is your ACI membership current?
(11/15/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor Every July, our esteemed Treasurer, Judy Stokes Weber, sends invoices to the members for Awards Contest entries and dues renewal. Continue reading →
President’s Column – Hunting Season is Upon Us
(09/16/19) By Jenifer Wisniewski, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Join me in a Making It Last FB group! You can see some of the ways that states are using the campaign and post your own. Lots of great ideas there. Click … Continue reading →
2019 Conference Highlight – An Agency Approach to Managing Communications in Your Agency
(09/16/19) Keynote Address by Andrew McKean Summary by Dan Dennison, Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources “Relevance – Rethinking the role of Conservation Communication,” was the title of Andrew McKean’s keynote address to the annual meeting of the Association … Continue reading →
2019 Conference Highlight – A First-timer’s Impression
(09/16/19) By Elysabeth Kierl, Little Blue Natural Resources District, Davenport, Neb. This Nebraska country girl embarked on a momentous adventure to attend the Association of Conservation Information conference for my first time in historic Savannah. Continue reading →
Website Metrics – What Do You Measure?
(09/16/19) By Heather Feeler, Missouri Dept. of Conservation Missouri is interested in gaining more insight and information into how other states measure their website metrics. Continue reading →
President’s Column – Post-conference Challenge
(07/17/19) By Jenifer Wisniewski, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency The Conference by the Numbers 138 attendees | 33 states represented | 546 award entries | 104 awards given (several ties) Still have Georgia on your mind? Did you bring back any … Continue reading →
Post-conference Follow-up
(07/17/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor Continue reading →
2018 Conference Highlight – Wild Wisconsin’s “Real Results with Marketing Outreach”
(07/17/19) Summary by Meagan N. Thorpe, Pennsylvania Game Commission In the afternoon of the first day of ACI’s 2018 conference, attendees of the “Real Results with Marketing Outreach” breakout session heard from program administrators from around the nation on their … Continue reading →
President’s Column – Top 10 Reasons to Attend ACI This Year
(05/15/19) By Jenifer Wisniewski, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 10. Great location! Savannah, is an awesome city, whether you like art, history, culture, food, night life, haunted stuff or water. You can even tack on a day before or after to … Continue reading →
More Conference Info
(05/15/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor Now that you have so many good reasons to come to the ACI Conference, here are a few things to keep in mind. Continue reading →
2018 Conference Highlight – Video Production: Platforms and Standards
(05/15/19) Facilitated by Kipp Woods, Kevin Muenks and Lucas Bond, Missouri Dept. of Conservation Summary by Brad Parsons, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Three snowmobilers fly down a forest trail kicking up just the right amount of powder to create … Continue reading →
2018 Conference Highlight – From Field to Fork
(05/15/19) Presentation by James Worley, Missouri Dept. of Conservation Summary Tim Tassitano, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries The need to reach, and connect, to new audiences is more important than ever. While national trends show fewer and fewer … Continue reading →
Time to Update the Directory
(First published 05/15/19; always relevant!) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor It’s nice to be able to reach out to a fellow ACI’er from another state when the need arises. We have an online directory, in fact, just to make communication … Continue reading →
President’s Message – Communications are heating up! 3 Things You NEED to Know About This Spring
(03/15/19) By Jenifer Wisniewski, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency The weather is getting warmer, and we have some excitement in the air. There are 3 BIG things I’d like to share with you all. Continue reading →
Conference News
(03/15/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor Ask anyone who’s attended an ACI Conference and they’ll tell you – it’s not something you want to miss. This year’s conference is no exception. Continue reading →
Ground Zero: A Recovering Biologist’s Takeaway from Her 1st ACI
(03/15/19) By Aubrey Pawlikowski, Georgia Department of Natural Resources My supervisor mentioned “ACI” during my Day 1: Welcome to Georgia DNR Public Affairs meeting. I then went back to my office and frantically searched “What is ACI?” Continue reading →
2 ways a little checkbox can bring big returns
(03/15/19) By Amy Bulger, Wyoming Game and Fish Department It was a Monday, and my to-do list was 10 items long. Not one of those had to do with growing our magazine readership, yet 49 new subscribers signed up that … Continue reading →
2018 Conference Highlight – Marketing: Reaching New Audiences with Existing Content
(03/15/19) Facilitated by Karen Hudson, Missouri Department of Conservation Led by K.C. Dahl, Account Executive and Amy Winder, Director of Strategic Marketing, Learfield News Summary and photos by Karen Grimes, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Repurposing content keeps great stories … Continue reading →
Awards Contest – Judges Needed
(03/15/19) By Scott Ball, TBW Editor This issue of The Balance Wheel is published on March 15, which also happens to be the deadline for entering the ACI Awards Contest. Continue reading →
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