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The City of Oakland Presents:
"Technology and Innovation in California Government Communication:
City of Sacramento and Sonoma County Case Studies"

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 8:30 am PDT
Oakland City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA

Join us for the latest information on citizen communications as California cities, counties and state agencies meet to discuss their citizen communication goals and best practices. This seminar and user group meeting serves as an open discussion for any agency interested in improving citizen communication, increasing web traffic and increasing citizen satisfaction.

This special event is a unique opportunity to gain insight and participate in a roundtable discussion with other California attendees.

At this conference you will:

  • Hear what other agencies are doing to improve citizen communications and information sharing
  • Learn about the future of information sharing through "Networking" with other agencies
  • Learn best practices and trends in email and digital communication, privacy, and security
  • Network with peers and learn from leading agency case studies

Who should attend:

  • E-Government Team Members (Web Managers, Web Content Managers, and others)
  • Communications and Public Affairs Staff (City Manager, County Administrator, PIO, Department Heads and others)
  • Information Technology Staff and Webmasters (CIO, CTO and others)

Space is limited so please register early!

Agenda

8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am Welcome & Overview
Karen Boyd, Communications Director, City of Oakland
9:15am - 9:45am Presentation Topic #1:
"Navigating your e-government and communications projects through a maze of obstacles"

Diane Hartline, Chief of E-Government, City of Sacramento and former Chief of E-Government and Business Services, Sacramento County
  • Overview and Importance of E-Government
  • Goals & Challenges Faced
  • Selling E-Government Internally
  • Where government websites are headed
9:45am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:15am Presentation Topic #2:
Sonoma County's Digital Subscription Management project: A Path to Increasing Website Usage

Dan Fruchey, Division Director, IS, Sonoma County
Zach Stabenow, Co-Founder, GovDelivery
  • About Sonoma County
  • County Communication and Website Priorities
  • Challenges - Then & Now
  • Objectives & Results - key metrics
  • Demonstration of Sonoma County's e-communication service
11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch & Networking
12:30pm - 2:30pm GovDelivery E-Communication Training Session

Sara VonBargen, Account Manager, Client Services, GovDelivery
  • Optimizing GovDelivery on your website: best practices
  • Q&A
Brett Berntsen, Director of Product Management, GovDelivery
  • New Product Features
  • Q&A

 

If you have questions or comments, please contact:
Beth Bigelow, Government Development Specialist
651-379-6220
beth.bigelow@govdelivery.com.

See you there!

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