Committee Leadership Council

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Committee Leadership Council Midyear
Meeting January 29, 2009 Internal and External
Communication Tools Matt Ries Managing Director,
Technical Educational Services
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WEF Committee Communication Tools

• Current Communication Tools
• Coming Soon
• Future Communication Tools

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WEF Committee Communication Tools

• Take full advantage of new wef.org
• New components include
• WaterBlog
• Todays Water Hero
• Library of resources

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WEF Committee Communication Tools

• Speaking of the WaterBlog..
• Each Committee Chair will be asked to have one
  blog on your subject
• Staff will assist in writing
• Schedule will be
• set soon

Thank you to Govt. Affairs Reuse Committee
Chairs for recent blogs
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WEF Committee Communication Tools

• Gateway Access Water Knowledge is intended to
  provide members access to the worlds best
  science,
• engineering,
• and technical
• practices

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WEF Committee Communication Tools

• As a Center of Excellence Access Water
  Knowledge Resource Areas
• Focus on appropriate balance of core business,
  specialty, and emerging topics
• Focus on knowledge areas WEF excels
• Focus on delivery mechanisms

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Current Website Communication Tools

• Access Water Knowledge
• Resource Centers The latest research, news, and
  education from WEF and other credible resources
  on 17 topics of interest to the water quality
  community
• WEF Library Searchable archive of WEF conference
  papers and journals

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Current Website Communication Tools

• Customized committee home pages
• Lists committee leadership
• Recruitment tool
• Announce current
• activities

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Current Website Communication Tools

• Discussion Forums
• Suggest topics to WEF
• Support discussion

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Current Website Communication Tools

• SharePoint Sites

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Current Website Communication Tools

• Committee Webcasts and Online Meetings
• Opportunity to share progress or recruit
• PCOC webcast on Feb. 12

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Current Website Communication Tools

• Committee Webcasts and Online Meetings

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Future Website Communication Tools

• New CMS functional by WEFTEC 09
• Dynamic new design, etc.
• Podcast potential
• Infrastructure, navigation and repository
• New AMS functional by January 2010
• Membership database
• On-line abstract submittal
• Marketplace
• Subscriptions
• Pretty much everything new

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Future Website Communication Tools By WEFTEC 09

• Launch next generation web site
• WEF published information available
• online via robust search function
• Core sector facts and statistics
• Distance learning (online training testing)
• Expand the amount of non-WEF info
• linked, posted, or accessible on line

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Questions Discussion