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Newsletter | SEPTEMBER 2009 Communicate Flu-Related Updates through Multiple Channels 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports of widespread influenza activity in September are typically unusual and already 26 states in the U.S. are reporting such. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CDC are strongly urging state and local health officials, educational institutions, parents and caregivers to plan and prepare for the 2009 flu season as cases of H1N1 are expected to intensify. The public looks to government health agencies for official health information. In an effort to reach the public with vital information regarding the H1N1 flu pandemic, government agencies send millions of official updates through GovDelivery's email and digital communication platform. Since the outbreak in late April 2009, over 22 million government email messages have been sent regarding H1N1 by CDC and HHS alone. With the expectation of an incredibly harsh flu season, it’s more important than ever for organizations to be prepared to leverage multiple communication channels (email, text messaging, social media, etc.) to reach the largest possible audience. Visit FLU.gov to sign up for email updates on vaccines, local government planning and response activities, and more. H1N1 Communication & Outreach: In the News
City of San Ramon, CA, Receives "Excellence in Communications" Award 
The Excellence in Communications award recognizes government entities that demonstrate innovation and leadership in proactive government-to-citizen communication. The City of San Ramon (CA) was recently recognized for its Excellence in Communications. The award was presented during the League of California Cities Annual Conference in San Jose, on September 17. Vice-Mayor Dave Hudson accepted the award “for best California city implementation using email and social media to quickly build awareness, promote city services, and engage and inform city residents; reaching over 35% of city households within first 3 months of service.” This is what happens when a city that is committed to communicating with their citizens works together with a strong company like GovDelivery," said Hudson. "We implemented GovDelivery in the matter of a couple of weeks and since that time our number of subscribers has continued to grow. GovDelivery is here to stay!  From left to right: Ron Gonzales, President and CEO of the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley; Zach Stabenow, Co-Founder and Vice President of GovDelivery; Dave Hudson, Vice-Mayor of the City of San Ramon The City of San Ramon’s website (www.sanramon.ca.gov) provides "efficient delivery of public services that are essential to those who live and work in San Ramon." San Ramon uses GovDelivery Email and Digital Subscription Management to promote its local services and improve communication with residents while fully leveraging its website. The City utilizes multiple communication channels (including a dynamic widget with critical, time-sensitive emergency alerts) through the GovDelivery solution to reach the largest possible audience. Since launching in May, more than 17,600 individuals have subscribed to City updates. San Ramon has sent over 103,000 email and text message alerts to residents, improving service and communication with the public. Since launching the emergency widget on June 30, it has been viewed more than 4,800 times by over 1,200 unique visitors.
GovLoop (the Facebook for Government) joins up with GovDelivery 
Have you heard of GovLoop? It's a place where anyone working in the government community around the world can connect to share ideas, solve problems, and make friends. In less than 1.5 years, GovLoop has gone from an idea to a vibrant community with more than 18,000 members. If you work in government, you’ll want to join and contribute to this community. You need it and it needs you. GovDelivery is pleased to announce that we have joined forces with GovLoop, the premier social networking site for government, to become one company. This is an exciting development combining two visionary companies with similar missions: GovDelivery aims to provide the best possible communications platform to the public sector and GovLoop connects government to improve government. Read more from GovLoop & GovDelivery:
More news on GovLoop and GovDelivery.
Event Summary: Mi-GMIS 2009 Annual Conference 
The annual Mi-GMIS (Michigan Government Management Information Sciences) conference was held on September 20-23 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. This year’s focus was "Succeeding in Challenging Times". Oakland County CIO, Phil Bertolini, presented on How to Increase Citizen and Business Traffic to your Website. With resident expectations at an all-time high, Oakland County uses innovative and cost-saving ways to increase citizen engagement, build community and offer better services on limited resources. Oakland County announced last February a first-of-its-kind collaboration project, offering the GovDelivery service to all 62 of its municipalities free of charge. Oakland County envisions the service will work effectively across all levels of government to improve communication with its 1.2 million residents. (Currently, 15 municipalities are in various stages of implementation.) Expanding this service to our municipalities is a great way for Oakland County to promote regionalism with local cities, villages and townships," Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said. "This service is also a great way to save taxpayer money by eliminating significant printing and mailing costs during these difficult times. GovDelivery has helped Oakland County fulfill its mission of “increased efficiency and reduced costs… while providing better, faster access to government services.” More than 42,000 citizens have subscribe to Oakland County email and text message alerts, and more than 460,000 emails have been sent. In addition to enhanced communications with residents, the County has experienced huge costs savings of $268,000 annually on printing, folding and postage costs of traditional mailings. To sign up for information updates from Oakland County, visit www.oakgov.com. For more information on how Oakland County officials and residents have benefited from GovDelivery’s subscription service, read this GovTech article. Visit www.govdelivery.com/oakgov to view Phil Bertolini’s presentation from the Mi-GMIS event and for more information on Oakland County’s unique implementation of GovDelivery.
Inc. Magazine Ranks GovDelivery as Fast Growth Company in Inc. 5000 
Inc. recently ranked GovDelivery No. 2,024 on the annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. "Savvy trend spotters and those who invest in private companies know that the Inc. 5000 is the best place to find out about young companies that are achieving success through a wide variety of unprecedented business models, as well as older private companies that are still expanding at an impressive rate," said Inc. 5000 project manager Jim Melloan. "That's why our list is so eagerly anticipated every year." Government agencies use GovDelivery to send more than 150 million emails and alerts each month to individuals who choose to receive official government information on topics of interest. Individuals can sign up to get up-to-date information on a variety of topics from various agencies, such as pandemic flu information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notification of interest rate changes from the Federal Reserve Board, or route schedule changes from Bay Area Rapid Transit. Read the full press release here. |
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