Top ANR Outreach Tools

ANR offers a variety of outreach tools to help you get your message out clearly and effectively to your target audiences.

Blog system With ANR’s blog system you can easily create your own blog, joining the others that are getting tens of thousands of direct hits. The blog system can also be used to create and archive newsletters, and feeds seamlessly into ANR websites created using Site Builder 3 to maximize exposure.
Branding Toolkit The Toolkit is a collection of resources and tips you can use to create a look that reflects ANR’s branding themes. It includes logos along with templates for posters, slide presentations, newsletters and more.
News and Information Outreach in Spanish NIOS provides assistance in preparing and disseminating research-based information and public outreach findings to Spanish-speaking audiences in California.
News releases ANR’s experienced public relations team can help create and distribute media releases to publicize research results, meetings, new publications and more.
Peer-reviewed publications ANR peer review helps ensure that educational materials such as books, pamphlets, videos and online courses are technically accurate, useful and timely. After peer review, ANR produces, markets and distributes publications via its online catalogue, extension offices and bookstores.
Recommended websites To optimize search results for ANR websites, enter key words to bring your website to the top of ucanr.edu searches; find in the ANR Portal.
Site Builder 3.0 This website-building tool provides built-in branding and consistent navigation, and integrates with other ANR communication tools such as the blog system.
Social media - YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Request placement for your research, event or special issue on ANR’s social media tools.
Surveys The ANR survey tool is useful for gathering many types of information: feedback, meeting registration, orders and program evaluations.
UC Delivers Post important research and outreach results to UC Delivers, a collection of capsule examples of the hundreds of ways ANR research, programs and outreach are making a difference for Californians.
URL squisher and QR codes The Squisher allows you to create shortened URLs (similar to bitly). QR codes are easily scanned from mobile devices, allowing users to quickly capture the location of a web address; access both through the ANR Portal.
Writing style guide ANR’S online guide steers you clear of common editorial pitfalls that can distract from clearly communicating core messages.

Contact: Jeannette Warnert, (559) 646-6074, jewarnert@ucdavis.edu