Communications Office Report October 09, 2017

Communications Office Report October 09, 2017

Please select the links below to check out DRS’ newly released 30 second public service announcements. These are DRS’ first new PSAs in two years due to the state budget shortfall. DRS Communications Director Jody Harlan wrote, cast and produced the PSAs, which were shot and edited by Jody Wickersham, owner of Brand Knew Media under annual contract to DRS. Mr. Wickersham generously discounted the production $2,421 to meet DRS’ limited production budget.

Twenty TV and 100 radio stations are airing our PSAs free of charge through Vocational Rehabilitation and Visual Services’ partnership with the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. In State Fiscal Year 2017, OAB stations broadcast DRS PSAs valued at $1,087,774.

The PSAs are posted on the DRS public web site at http://www.okdrs.gov/psa/home. As part of our commitment to “Access for All,” we have included descriptive audio recordings and transcripts with each PSA. Please select the Closed Caption (CC) icon to turn on the captions.

1)  DRS-AT-30-0717 "AT Connects Talent with Opportunity" – This PSA encourages employers to hire qualified jobseekers who use assistive technology to do their jobs. http://www.okdrs.gov/psa/at

2)  DRS-BEP-30-0717 "DRS Enterprising Oklahomans" – This PSA profiles the impact of Visual Services’ Business Enterprise Program on Matt Jones, one of about 25 Oklahoma food service businesses owners who operate in government buildings. http://www.okdrs.gov/psa/bep

We re-released one popular PSA for the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and Oklahoma School for the Blind to avoid additional production expenses. This PSA previously aired on TV and radio. The transcript posted for this PSA includes a full description of on-screen action.

3)  DRS-OSBD-30-0717 "Why We Came"- This PSA for Oklahoma School for the Deaf and Oklahoma School for the Blind showcases how students benefit from outstanding educational services. http://www.okdrs.gov/psa/why-we-came

Federal Fiscal Year 2017 Workload Report

10/01/16-09/30/17

Members of the DRS Communications staff are Communications Officer Brett Jones, Communications Manager Dana Tallon, Communications Administrative Assistant Cathy Martin and Communications Director Jody Harlan.

Completed Projects / FFY 2016 / FFY 2017
Media Releases/Publicity/Campaigns / 134 / 215
Publications/Graphics / 49 / 80
Oklahoma News Alert / 240 / 257
Special Projects / 36 / 57
Videos/PSAs / 11 / 14
Inquiries / 942 / 713

We report our total workload accomplished at the end of each federal fiscal year. For details, please check out our complete 21-page report posted on the Communications Office web pages on the internal iDRS web site at https://drs.okdrs.gov/supportservices/pio/default.aspx.

Check out http://www.okdrs.org/communications/home for marketing information about all the media, publications, web and video services available from the DRS Communications Office.