Product Development
 Argonne creates tools the effective communicator needs, for use before, during, and after a crisis. Our risk communication experts have designed and developed a wide range of multimedia products—from traditional to state of the art—and can take them from concept to completion.
Product development includes materials to enhance public outreach and education and to increase skills and knowledge. Argonne has extensive experience in:
- Video production
- Web sites
- Automated status boards
- Fact sheets
- Brochures
- Distance learning tools
- Computer based training systems
- Student activity books and teaching guides
- Practitioner field guides
- Workbooks
Product Development—Samples
Ready Business Mentoring Guide
Working with the Department of Homeland Security Ready campaign, Argonne used its expertise to develop and design mentoring guides that teach business owners and managers about affordable ways to protect their employees, operations, and assets in the event of an emergency. These guides assist business and community leaders in hosting and delivering preparedness workshops and training sessions.
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Risk Communication Ready Reference Guides
Argonne has developed a series of informative reference guides that address a range of risk communication topics. The Crisis Communication Guide will help you remember what to say and how to say it during a crisis. The Crisis Communication Legal Guide will increase your awareness of laws that could potentially affect crisis communication professionals. The News Briefing Guide will teach you how to organize and conduct an effective news briefing or news conference. The Joint Information System/Center Guide provides quick guidance on how to establish and operate an effective Joint Information Center.
CSEPP Public Affairs Workbook
The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) Public Affairs Planning Guidance Compendium Workbook is a resource prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for local, state, and federal public information officers (PIOs) and public affairs officers (PAOs) who work in communities with a chemical stockpile site. The guidance provides tools and information helpful to anyone wanting to develop a comprehensive community education and emergency public information program.
Download the workbook (2.29 MB)
Chemical Agent Safety Videos
People working at or visiting a military installation where chemical agents are stockpiled must be briefed on a range of safety issues before coming on-post. Together with technical experts from CSEPP, Argonne has produced new safety videos for Pueblo Chemical Depot, Blue Grass Army Depot, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Newport Chemical Depot and Anniston Army Depot. Each video is site-specific and contains important information about the installation and its chemical agents, proper use of a protective mask, and necessary medical treatment in the event of exposure.
The Argonne team was responsible for all aspects of video production, including writing, shooting, and editing. The videos have been widely praised by the Army for their ability to take technical and complex subjects and present them in a clear, understandable way.
"The Very Best Thing We Could Have Done"—A JIC Case Study
Following Hurricane Katrina, dozens of states around the country provided shelter to those forced from their homes by the storm. In Utah, dislocated residents were initially housed at Camp Williams, where a Joint Information Center (JIC) was established to handle the extensive news media interest. This educational video provides first-person accounts from reporters covering the story and officials responsible for providing information to the public and demonstrates the importance and value of a JIC for everyone involved in a crisis response.
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