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How to Make a Persuasive Public Statement for Historic Preservation

Your public statement for historic preservation must do two things: be highly persuasive, and draw listeners into your cause.
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How to Choose Effective Speakers to Deliver Your Historic Preservation Advocacy Message

Your advocacy group's message for historic preservation will have more impact if the people who deliver know how to be clear, rational, and appealing.
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Why Your Historic Preservation Group Should Adopt a Public Relations Mindset

Your historic preservation group can boost its public profile by incorporating a public relations mindset into daily communications.
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Communicate Your Historic Preservation Message

Learn how to make a case for historic preservation and use multiple tools to share your preservation message with different audiences.
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How to Turn a Historic Preservation Problem into a Public Relations Opportunity

The best way to handle a historic preservation problem that gets a lot of public exposure is to turn it into a PR opportunity.
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How to Avoid Committing Slander and Libel in Your Advocacy Group's Communications

Get tips on how to handle communications when opponents to your cause become unpleasant.
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How to Create a Public Relations Plan for Your Historic Preservation Group

A public relations plan can serve as a roadmap for your historic preservation group to effectively communicate your story and message.
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How to Use an Awards Program to Promote Historic Preservation

An awards program is a fun and inexpensive way to proactively promote historic preservation in your community.
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Why Your Advocacy Group Might Want to Hire a Public Relations Professional

When your advocacy group is feeling the pinch of its small labor force, a public relations professional can be a good investment.
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How to Use Broadcast Media to Share Your Historic Preservation Message

Television and radio provide great opportunities to share your historic preservation message and attract large numbers of supporters.
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How to Plan a Publicity Event for Your Historic Preservation Group

Organizing a Publicity Event, Part 2 of 2
Learn how to plan the details to ensure your historic preservation group's event is a success.
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Five Tools to Help You Craft a Convincing Historic Preservation Advocacy Message

Use these five tools to craft a convincing message to advocate for historic preservation in your community.
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How to Make a Case for Historic Preservation After a Disaster

To avoid losing your community's historic resources during a disaster, you must prepare in advance and act quickly as the disaster unfolds.
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What You Can Do After a Preservation Loss in Your Community

How You Can Win When You Lose
You may not win every historic preservation campaign, but you can use your foundation of support to launch your next effort.
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Why Your Historic Preservation Group Might Want to Organize a Publicity Event

Organizing a Publicity Event, Part 1 of 2
A publicity event is an ideal way for your historic preservation group to communicate information about a newsworthy or milestone event
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How to Build a Press List for Historic Preservation Advocacy Work

A press list is an essential tool for you to develop a working relationship with members of the press.
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How to Alert the Media about Your Historic Preservation Event

Use press releases and media advisories to alert the media about your historic preservation group's newsworthy events.
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How to Make a Case for Historic Preservation in Your Community: Know Your Audience

To make a case for historic preservation in your community, you must understand your audience
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How to Use Online Videos to Share Your Historic Preservation Message

Your historic preservation group can make compelling arguments for preservation by creating videos and posting them online.
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How to Attract Good Publicity for Historic Preservation by Thinking Like a Journalist

Preservation is very much about people, and many reporters are looking for human-interest stories that inspire others. Learn how to create those stories.

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