This document lists a number of different types of reports and suggests appropriate audiences for each report.

This U.S. Department of Transportation worksheet from the "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" website identifies specific primary and secondary audiences for a communications plan. It may be a useful example for educators.

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This Education Leadership Toolkit document offers five guidelines for effective public engagement. The Education Leadership Toolkit was a project of the National School Boards Foundation under a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Not everyone may be receptive to the message being conveyed. This document provides five recommendations for presenting difficult messages to audiences.

This Biodiversity Project document offers ten tips for crafting effective messages for communications plans.

Writing effectively for an audience with a wide variety of backgrounds is difficult. This page provides several resources to help writers craft their message to reach the widest possible audience.