COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE It has been a productive year for the Communication Committee. We continued to develop and seek ways to widen our communication with the CEO member firms and external stakeholders. One significant achievement we accomplished with CEO’s Communications Specialist, Diane Lee, was the launching of the association’s new website. The committee members participated in reviewing the functionality and readability of the new website prior to launch to make sure CEO’s members can use the website to find useful information. The revised website now has additional features, including daily industry news feeds and more robust information on the advocacy issues. Delivering CEO’s message across various media outlets was another priority for the Communications Committee. The committee actively discussed pressing issues within our industry to suggest viable interview and op-ed topics. As a result, CEO’s messages on strategic infrastructure investment, municipal asset management planning and Qualifications-Based Selection process were featured in the mainstream media. Barry Steinberg’s op-ed calling on the Province of Ontario to review the existing municipal asset management plan guidelines, in particular, was published in 10 different publications. Early this year, CEO launched a brand new e-newsletter. In addition to the improved layout design, the new e-newsletter now can be instantly shared on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. CEO has been receiving more subscription requests and this proves that CEO’s e-newsletter is an important source of information for our members. CEO’s presence on social media grew significantly last year. The number of CEO Twitter followers increased by 35 per cent over the last year as we continued to make informative and engaging tweets. CEO’s LinkedIn and Facebook pages also continued to serve as effective outlets for sharing information and communicating with members and industry stakeholders. Under the new Strategic Plan, the Communication Committee will turn into an advisory board. The board will provide strategic advice to CEO staff on new communications initiatives whenever necessary. It has been a great pleasure working with the committee members and CEO staff. I would like to express my sincerest thanks to all those who have contributed their time and effort to this committee. Christine Hill, Committee Chair XCG Consulting Ltd. Committee Members Steve Dyck SNC-Lavalin Inc. Paul Hudspith AECOM Norm Huggins CH2M Hill Canada Ltd. Mark Hunter Dillon Consulting Ltd. Stefan Kohnen KGS Group Stephen Panciuk Marsh Canada Ltd. Ian Robertson Meritech Engineering Pete Samson Eramosa Engineering WWW.CEO.ON.CA 15
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