Transcript National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Education Joyce L. Winterton, Ph.D. Assistant Administrator for Education www.nasa.gov.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Education
Joyce L. Winterton, Ph.D.
Assistant Administrator for Education
www.nasa.gov
The Role of NASA Education in
Strategic Communications
Implementing a New Communications
Approach for NASA
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Strategic Communications
What does the public think about NASA?
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Strategic Communications
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Know what NASA is - 93%
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NASA does a good/excellent job – 86%
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Country is better of because of NASA’s work - 83%
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Personally better off because of NASA’s work – 75%
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Cannot name other things NASA does beyond Space – 42%
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Understand NASA extremely well – 6%
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Educators who said NASA does a “good” job
communicating its activities - 11%
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Teachers and educators have a positive association about
NASA but lack specific understanding, knowledge
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Most cannot name any specific NASA
spin-off technologies
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Strategic Communications
Serving internal and external customers.
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What are new opportunities to implement?
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Participate in Shuttle and Mission Launches:
STS 117 – Colorado, Texas, Virginia
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Summarize the major accomplishments of Space Grants
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Provide briefings to NASA staff
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Other?
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