December 2, 2010

Lewis C. Miller

Metropolitan Washington Council of Government

Office of Public Affairs

4 areas of focus

Social networking sites Podcasts Blogging Interconnecting all three

Social Networking Sites

http://www.mwcog.org/news/socialmedia/

PodcastsA few example episodes and guests:

• Fairfax County Vice Chair Penny Gross (then COG Chair) on the health of the Chesapeake Bay

• Dr. Kelly Woodward on the dramatic health disparities among the region’s five million residents

• District of Columbia Planning Director Harriet Tregoning discussing what her office is doing to make it easier to get around all parts of the city without a car

• Renette Oklewicz, Director of Foundation Programs at the Freddie Mac Foundation on the Adoption Expo it sponsored in November and the motivation behind the Freddie Mac Foundation’s focus on adoption.

http://www.mwcog.org/about/rss/podcasts.asp

Blogging

www.RegionForward.org

Interconnection

Bringing all elements of the social media strategy – social networking sites, podcasts, and blogs – together to increase the impact of all three.

http://www.facebook.com/kidsneedfamilies

Contact Information

Lewis Millerlmiller@mwcog.org / 202-962-3209