CAP Business Cards

[James Shaw]

I will be more than happy to send the PPT to others that would like to use the card I did.

[West MI-CAP-Ret]

No.  This info can be found on natl website, under benefits.  Search for OfficeMax

[Private Investigator]

I think most people should have a CAP business cards. Some law enforcement know CAP, others do not. So when you are out at oh dark thirty chasing an ELT you do not want the cops to think you are homeless people / drug addicts looking for copper wire to steal   

[krnlpanick]

Sadly - this is pretty true. In my experience - showing a picture ID (CAPID) does not carry the same weight as flashing someone a business card. I wish I was joking but sadly I am not. Business cards are the most cost effective way to gain access to any restricted area or closed doors and it isn't like anyone could ever fake a business card. 

I've had people question my various identification cards (even my DoD issued DBIDS before but I have *never* had my business cards questioned... 

[NCRblues]

gain access to any restricted area

must not work at a nuke base then 

[Eclipse]

Business cards are the most cost effective way to gain access to any restricted area or closed doors and it isn't like anyone could ever fake a business card. 

I've had people question my various identification cards (even my DoD issued DBIDS before but I have *never* had my business cards questioned...

[krnlpanick]

gain access to any restricted area

must not work at a nuke base then 

Although things have gotten a bit tighter in the last 10 years or so you would be surprised where you can still get with a well designed or well researched business card... I teach about that in my social engineering class

[Eclipse]

gain access to any restricted area

must not work at a nuke base then 

Although things have gotten a bit tighter in the last 10 years or so you would be surprised where you can still get with a well designed or well researched business card... I teach about that in my social engineering class

All hail Joel Bauer!

[Blues Brother]

those cards done on here look really nice.   the folks that do them on vista print or similar services,  do you just cut and paste the CAP shield logo and put it on the design? or does vista print have that artwork on file and you just select it from a list on their site?   

[EMT-83]

Download the high-res image from eServices; upload to Vista Print while designing the card.

[arajca]

I've long believed that National should provide a template or wizard (for Word) or three for members to print their own business cards. Maybe even work with Vistaprint/FedEx/OfficeMax, etc so they have a standard template or three that member can choose from instead of everyone designing their own.

[Pylon]

I've long believed that National should provide a template or wizard (for Word) or three for members to print their own business cards. Maybe even work with Vistaprint/FedEx/OfficeMax, etc so they have a standard template or three that member can choose from instead of everyone designing their own.

Would be nice is these resources existed for a lot of things.  But we're only a national organization with more than 60,000 members, so really we're just too small of an organization to bother with non-profit best practices, standardization, or just plain ol' worrying about presenting a professional image.

[/sarcasm]

[johnnyb47]

I've long believed that National should provide a template or wizard (for Word) or three for members to print their own business cards. Maybe even work with Vistaprint/FedEx/OfficeMax, etc so they have a standard template or three that member can choose from instead of everyone designing their own.

Would be nice is these resources existed for a lot of things.  But we're only a national organization with more than 60,000 members, so really we're just too small of an organization to bother with non-profit best practices, standardization, or just plain ol' worrying about presenting a professional image.

[/sarcasm]

"I'm picking up on yer sarcasm."
"Well you should because I'm laying it on pretty thick."

[arajca]

I've long believed that National should provide a template or wizard (for Word) or three for members to print their own business cards. Maybe even work with Vistaprint/FedEx/OfficeMax, etc so they have a standard template or three that member can choose from instead of everyone designing their own.

Would be nice is these resources existed for a lot of things.  But we're only a national organization with more than 60,000 members, so really we're just too small of an organization to bother with non-profit best practices, standardization, or just plain ol' worrying about presenting a professional image.

[/sarcasm]

"I'm picking up on yer sarcasm."
"Well you should because I'm laying it on pretty thick."

Welllllllll...
For those who don't believe National reads CAPTalk, check this out: Official CAP Business Card Templates. They are ten cards per page templates.

Additionally, they're working to get Vistaprint to carry the CAP templates.

According to Jim Tynan (Deputy Director of Creative Services, CAP-NHQ), he got this idea from this very thread and figured it was a great idea.

[abdsp51]

Business cards are the most cost effective way to gain access to any restricted area or closed doors and it isn't like anyone could ever fake a business card. 

I call bull a business card will not get you into a restricted area.... And if it does then that is a direct violation of AFI.

Here is the card I created for use;

[krnlpanick]

I call bull a business card will not get you into a restricted area.... And if it does then that is a direct violation of AFI.

While things have certainly tightened up over the last few year, all it takes is finding the guy - every group has one, be they military or civilian organization. It may take more than *just* a business card (these days) but I work pretty closely with teams of people that make a living exploiting human weakness during assessments to gain entry to secure and restricted areas from the expensive car dealership that sold Nick Cage his Ferrari to multi-national quasi government installations.

However, I think the real point is that a well-designed business card expresses a great deal of professionalism and lend credence to you in the eyes of other organizations that we work with.

[Private Investigator]

I call bull a business card will not get you into a restricted area.... And if it does then that is a direct violation of AFI.

While things have certainly tightened up over the last few year, all it takes is finding the guy - every group has one, be they military or civilian organization. It may take more than *just* a business card (these days) but I work pretty closely with teams of people that make a living exploiting human weakness during assessments to gain entry to secure and restricted areas from the expensive car dealership that sold Nick Cage his Ferrari to multi-national quasi government installations.

However, I think the real point is that a well-designed business card expresses a great deal of professionalism and lend credence to you in the eyes of other organizations that we work with.

As a P.I. I have one business card that just has my name and a phone number. It is on stock that appears to be 'organic, bio-friendly' and it gets me in everywhere including to serve a high price attorney who had been dodging a lawsuit. I got to his penthouse office while others could not access the property much less even enter the building. BTW, he still is crying