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WebDROWNING PREVENTION Getting The Word Out Getting the Word Out Marketing 101 Effective Message Delivery Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t Go Reach Reaching the right audience Not everyone’s message Define the “Who” Know their demographics Use Lowest Common Denominator “The lady who peels carrots.” Webreach, throw, wade, row, and tow”, “reach and throw don’t go” (i.e. reaching assists)(Royal Life Saving Society Australia, 2006; American Red Cross, 2014). A variety of rescue equipment was identified as effective for reach or throw (i.e. ring buoy, rescue tube, rescue canister, rescue lines and ball, throw lines or life buoys, reaching and higherorder.in

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