Trachtenberg Office Attends February Community Outreach Forum

Wil Gutierrez from the office of Councilmember Trachtenberg gave a presentation of the various social media tools that we use to reach our residents at the February Community Outreach Forum.

The Community Outreach Forum is organized by the Office of Community Partnerships to bring together all of the County government departments and the staff responsible for outreach and public education in order to accomplish three goals: 1) coordinate outreach efforts, 2) build camaraderie among county staff, and 3) learn about best practices in outreach and related fields. Non-Profit Montgomery and other key partners in the non-profit community in Montgomery County, also attend. The Forum meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Executive Office Building Auditorium from 2-4pm.

Today’s meeting topic was: Using social media to reach our residents. Apart from Mr. Gutierrez, Lee Caughron, County Cable Program Manager and Bill Delaney, Fire and Rescue Community Program Manager also gave presentations. Blogs, Facebook and Twitter were among the topics discussed. All three panelists answered many questions from the approximately 30 attendees.

Wil Gutierrez manages social media for the Tracthenberg office and edits this blog.

The Trachenberg Office Attends Community Outreach Forum

Yesterday afternoon, Naomi Bloch, representing the Trachtenberg office, attended the Community Outreach Forum. This meeting takes place every month at the Executive Office Building, in Rockville and is organized and hosted by the office of Community Partnerships.

The goals of the Community Outreach Forum include:

1. Exchange and coordinate County Government outreach efforts.
2. Help build relationships among County staff and partners in order to foster collaboration
3. Inform ourselves about community issues and best practices.

At yesterday’s meeting Karen Plucinski and Shyana Taqi, the Human Resources Specialist Change Management Team, from the office of Human Resources gave us a very detailed overview of the soon-to-be-launched MC 311 system.

After the MC 311 presentation the meeting talked again about the upcoming 2010 Census and how everyone in the room could help spread the word in order to help make this project as successful as humanly possible. For more information about the Census: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/census.