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Public Information Resources

On this page we list resources for PI work, some of which are available only from Narcotics Anonymous World Services (NAWS).  Contact Fellowship Services at NAWS for further information on obtaining these materials listed.  You may reach them through their web site at http://www.na.org.   You may also contact them through email at fsmail@na.org. Or you can contact them by postal mail, telephone or fax at:

Fellowship Services
NAWS, Inc.
PO Box 9999, Van Nuys, CA 91409-9999
USA
Voice: +1-818-773-9999
Fax: +1-818-700-0700

On the Trustee Bulletins page of our website you can see a partial list of  bulletins authored by the former World Board of Trustees and the current World Board.  You can access these bulletins by hyperlink to the NAWS web page by clicking on the highlighted text on that page. 

Also available on this web site are Published Abstract Papers approved by the former Board of Trustees for use by the Fellowship in PI presentations and on the Internet and others used for presentations to international organizations.

We always wish to expand the materials listed here. If you have any resources used for public information activities that you wish to have included on this site, please contact us.

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Phoneline Guide from Utah  - January 2006

Basic Do's & Don't for Display Booths - January 2006

Sample Presentation to Outpatient Clients at a Treatment Center - December 2004

Sample Regional PI Contingency Plan & Supplemental Guide - British Columbia Region,  May 20034

Phoneline Guidelines - Bremen, Germany, November 2003

12 Step Guide for Volunteers - Bremen, Germany, November 2003

Sample Web Guidelines - Hawaii Regional Service Committee, November 2003

Sample Web Guidelines - Capital Area Service Committee, March 2003

Sample PI Subcommittee Guidelines - Oahu Area Service Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2004

Sample PI Subcommittee Guidelines - Suffolk Area Service Committee, NY, November 2003

Sample PI Subcommittee Guidelines - Mid-Missouri (USA) Area Service Committee, October 2002

SCORE Presentation Papers: Created for presentation to Government and Non-Government organizations in Singapore, 1999

Presentation Format for Social Workers - Domestic Abuse Interest, October 2002, 6 pages

World Wide Web Resource Paper, WSC PI Committee, March 1998

Basic Public Information Guide: Created as a simplified, translatable guide for public information subcommittees, 6 pages:

Open Meeting Anonymity Statement: Open Meeting Anonymity Statement: Used for open meetings or PI presentations, 1 page

Booth Sitting Guidelines:  Used for training volunteers maintaining an information booth at public events by the Southern California Regional PI Subcommittee, 15 pages

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Disaster Contingency Plan: An aid to our fellowship following a natural disaster, from the Carolinas Regional PI Subcommittee, 14 pages

Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust: NAWS statement on copyright materials

Speaker Training: A list of commonly asked questions with suggested answers

NA Public Information Service Bulletin: “Public Information use of billboards and bus signs.”

Sample Radio Interview: Script of a mock radio interview

Public Information Contingency Plan: An article written on how to create a contingency plan for a regional or area PI committee

Considerations for Meeting Lists: Suggestions from WSC PI on creating meeting schedules, 1990

Sample Posters & Flyers: Samples gathered from World Services and PI Committees around the world

Just for Today Video: Video created by World Services in 1994 primarily to be shown to addicts in treatment centers but still useful in PI presentations

Public Service Announcements (PSAs:) Pre-recorded audio and video PSAs created by World Services

     Available on this web site are scripts for radio and video PSAs

Web Pages Resource Paper: WSC PI Paper, March 1998

Iowa Judicial Conference - One Good Panel Deserves Another & Court Cards--Contact and Cooperation: This article is from an issue of the PI News in the late 1980's submitted by the Iowa Regional Public Information Committee

Press Release Guide: Guidance from the former WSC PI Committee on writing a press release

Phoneline Technologies Resource Paper

Asia Pacific Forum Presentation Training Kit - Section 3 only - updated version that was presented at the Western States Learning Days Convention, November 2001