CAP PAO Toolkit

Anniversary Planning Guide

Annual Report to Congress

Biographies

• National Commander
• National Vice Commander
• Executive Director

CAP NHQ PA Staff Contact Sheet

Civil Air Patrol Volunteer

• Important information  -- This page contains the magazine's mission statement, submission guidelines and deadlines
  
• Magazine inventory -- A list of all stories that have appeared in the magazine since its inception in 2006. Current as of the May-July 2009 issue.
  

Crisis Communications

• Sign in to eservices to see sample crisis communications plans.
• Public Affairs Crisis Policy
• Writing A Crisis Communications Plan -- pdf

Disaster response coverage

Events

• National Cadet Competition
• Wreaths Across America

Fact Sheets

• ARCHER fact sheet
• ARCHER technical fact sheet
• CAP Fact Sheet

General CAP Information

• CAP 101 briefing (pdf)
  
• CAP 101 briefing (ppt)

Grantwriting, Fundraising Guides

• Fundraising information
• Grant Toolkit

Graphics

• Seals, emblems, patches
• Posters -- 100 dpi posters available for download
  

Internal Communications

• PA Essentials -- the blog of National Headquarters Public Affairs
• CAP News Online -- The latest news about Civil Air Patrol
  • Final Salutes
  • Awards and Decorations
  • Submission guidelines
  • Submit news

Media Kits

• National Cadet Competition media kit
• Wreaths Across America media kit

Media Relations

• Air Force Association Media Guide
• Meeting the Media -- Pdf courtesy of the Air Force's Air University
• Media relations instructional videos

Multimedia

• CAPChannel.com -- CAP's multimedia resource
• What Makes a Good Photo and Video
• National Cadet Special Activities photo gallery

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News releases

• Hometown news releases -- Event-driven templates are updated often and available for downloading and adaptation
• How Do I Write A News Release for CAP? -- By Capt. Steven Solomon, Southeast Region director of public affairs. This presentation from the 2008 PAO Academy is for the new PAO who has never written a news release or the PAO with a little bit of experience who would like to confirm that they are on the right track.
• Prototypes-- These samples of news releases are downloadable in Microsoft Word for adaptation to your needs.
• What Should I Do with My News Releases?
  By Maj. Paige Joyner, Georgia Wing PAO, from the 2008 PAO Academy. Where? When? How? To whom? You have a press release approved and ready to go ... now what do you with it? Matching press releases with media outlets is extremely important. Determine your audience and get the release rates you desire.

News Writing Tips

• Feature writing tips
• Human interest story writing tips
• Interviewing tips
• News feature writing tips
• Personality feature writing tips

PA Planning Guidelines

• CAP Public Awareness Plan
• Crisis Communications planning
• Public Affairs planning
  
  • Region and Wing PA Plans

PAO Checklist

Press releases

PSA

• Wreaths Across America PSA (pdf)

Regulations

• CAP Regulation 190-1
• Old CAP Pamphlet 190-1 Vol. 1 -- This obsolete version of 190-1 contains a wealth of information about the Public Affairs specialty track
• Old CAP Pamphlet 190-1 Vol. 2

Reports -- CAP Annual Reports to Congress and financial reports

Submission Guidelines

• CAP News Online
• Civil Air Patrol Volunteer  -- This page contains the mission statement, submission guidelines and deadlines for the magazine
• Photos

 Training Opportunities

• Civil Air Patrol Public Affairs Officer Academy

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