1. December 2, 2010 Lewis C. Miller Metropolitan Washington Council of Government Office of Public Affairs

2. 4 areas of focus  Social networking sites  Podcasts  Blogging  Interconnecting all three

3. Social Networking Sites  http://www.mwcog.org/news/socialmedia/ http://www.mwcog.org/news/socialmedia/

4. Podcasts A 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

6. Blogging www.RegionForward.org

7. 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 http://www.facebook.com/kidsneedfamilies

8. Contact Information  Lewis Miller lmiller@mwcog.org / 202-962-3209 lmiller@mwcog.org