Ideas for Educating Your Employees
- Fact Sheet for Employees, encouraging them to stay healthy.
- Poster
for the workplace. - Send your employees e-cards to educate them about the flu and the importance of staying healthy.
- Send an e-mail
. - Share the US News and World Report Article (April, 30, 2009) with parents on how to prepare their family for flu season.
- Employees can sign up to receive updates on the flu from the CDC delivered to their phone via text message.
- Share a podcast about H1N1 with employees to educate them about the flu.
- Instead of music, upload an MP3 file public service announcement on your office sound system from the CDC’s library:
Public Service Announcements:
”PSA for Kids - Hygiene” from CDC
”The Spreading Flu” from CDC
”Hygiene Habits to Help Fight H1N1 (Swine) Flu" from CDC - Add a button to your Web site. Let your Web site visitors know how to stop the spread of novel H1N1 flu and where to get more information about novel H1N1 flu.

Choose a novel H1N1 flu Button in English
Choose a novel H1N1 flu Button en Español
For more information about using buttons and badges, visit CDC.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/ButtonsBadges.html
- Include in your organization’s newsletters:
- The latest information on the flu vaccine.
- General information on the H1N1 flu and what to do if they experience flu symptoms.
- Tips for taking care of someone with the flu in your home.
- Information about over-the-counter medications to treat the flu.
- Train your workplace using CDC tools:
- H1N1 Flu PowerPoint Presentation
: [1.10MB, 18 pages] Businesses can freely use this PowerPoint presentation to provide general information about H1N1 flu to employees, constituents and other partners. - H1N1 Flu Audio and Video Resources: CDC’s Audio and Video Resources page contains links to audio, video and podcasts.
- H1N1 Flu PowerPoint Presentation
- Add a “widget” or “button” to your web site so employees can access the latest information on the flu:
H1N1 Resources
- Help employees understand the symptoms of the flu.
- Sign your key staff up for e-mail updates from the CDC about the flu.
- Distribute a downloadable H1N1 Fact Sheet to all employees in English
or Spanish
. - Complete Communications Kit from the CDC