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CirclePoint to Present at League of CA Cities, WateReuse, and ICLEI Conferences in September
CirclePoint will be sharing best practices and real-life examples of the work we've done to help clients implement communications strategies that encourage behavior change and stakeholder engagement.
For those planning on attending any of these conferences, we hope to see you at our sessions.
25th Annual WateReuse Symposium
Desalination Decision-Making: Aligning the Board, Staff, and the Community
Desalination projects can create controversy. Explore a real-life strategy that created understanding of water supply planning and options, increased transparency, and effectively engaged community members such that the board of directors could make decisions in the face of controversy.
Presenter: Charles Gardiner, Principal
Tuesday, September 12, 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
League of California Cities Annual Conference
Riding the Green Wave: Engaging Your Community in Sustainability Planning
Learn strategies to change behavior in your community and mobilize the private sector towards sustainable progress. See examples from local municipalities and regional planning agencies that have initiated community programs.
Moderator: Charles Gardiner, Principal
Friday, September 17, 1:30-2:45 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Strategic Sustainability Partnerships for Small Communities
Individual lifestyle changes are critical to reduce a community's impact on global warming. Learn how to build community support and enthusiasm, manage outreach efforts, and implement proven methods to reach sustainability goals.
Presenter: Kristy Ranieri, Senior Project Manager
Saturday, September 25, 2:00-3:15 pm.
Hyatt Regency Washington Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
CirclePoint Hosting Brand Identity Development Webinar July 15
Your brand impacts the effectiveness of your communications efforts, relationships with your stakeholders, and your bottom line. CirclePoint will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, July 15 featuring branding expert Michael Llewellyn-Williams, Ph.D. Michael has helped organizations such as VISA, Hewlett-Packard, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and Santa Clara University develop strong brand identities. Attendees will learn brand development strategies and explore the connection between strong brand identity and public sector project success.
What is branding? And does it hurt the cow?
Webinar Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/307850753
Thursday, July 15, 2010
12 - 1 p.m. PDT
CirclePoint Brings Home the Gold at the SiOC Awards
CirclePoint won two Gold Awards for our work with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Projects at this year's California State Information Officers Council (SiOC) Awards. We submitted entries in two categories - Media Campaign and Web Site - and we took home the highest honors in both. The judges honored CirclePoint's Bay Bridge team for its communications work leading up to and during the closure of the Bay Bridge during Labor Day weekend 2009.
Visit the Bay Bridge website.
Read the SiOC Awards press release.
CirclePoint Presenting Behavior Change Strategies at Online Climate Conference May 13
In a typical municipality, 95 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions are created by residents and businesses. In order to have real impact, municipalities must affect change at the local level by promoting lifestyle changes and improved business practices.
Attendees of CirclePoint's session will learn how to lead a sustainability initiative in their own community, including new strategies and tools to affect lifestyle changes, build community support and mobilize the private sector to become more sustainable.
Riding the Green Wave: Engaging Your Community in Sustainability Planning
Engagement for Sustainable Communities and Climate Change Online Conference
Thursday, May 13, 2010
10:00-11:30 a.m. PDT
Presenters: Charles Gardiner, principal and Kristy Ranieri, senior project manager
CirclePoint Wins Big at TMCA Compass Awards
CirclePoint won four Awards of Excellence as well as Best in Show for Business-to-Consumer entries for our work with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Seismic Safety Projects at this year's Transportation Marketing & Communications Association Compass Awards. We submitted entries in four categories - Integrated Communications, Web-Based Marketing, Media Relations, and Communications Collateral - and were bestowed with the Award of Excellence (the highest honor) in each category. The judges honored CirclePoint's Bay Bridge team for its communications work leading up to and during the complex closure of the Bay Bridge during Labor Day weekend 2009.
CirclePoint's strategy, tactics and execution were judged against the best in transportation marketing and communications and came out on top. Members of CirclePoint's Bay Bridge team will attend the TMCA Marketing Conference & Expo in Fort Lauderdale in June to accept the awards and share the details of these award-winning initiatives at a "Best Practices Showcase."
Deconstructing the NEPA Public Participation Process at Environmental Conflict Resolution Conference
Participation by an engaged public in the environmental documentation process is key to creating better projects that improve our communities and world. At the Environmental Conflict Resolution Conference (May 25-27) CirclePoint will moderate a panel of experts discussing ways to rethink public participation in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and make public comment a more integral part of the NEPA process.
Environmental Conflict Resolution Conference
Making NEPA documents better reflect public participation: How can we do it?
Wednesday, May 26, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Nicholas Dewar, CirclePoint
Loews Ventana Canyon Hotel, Tucson, AZ
Panel Discussion on Deriving Greater Value from Public Participation at DOI Conference on the Environment
CirclePoint will be participating on a panel of experts discussing innovative techniques for public comment analysis to improve communication and support learning by agencies and the public during the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
Department of the Interior (DOI) Conference on the Environment
Deriving Greater Value from Public Comment (Session 62)
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Nicholas Dewar, Senior Project Manager, CirclePoint
Parlor A & B, Ballroom Level
Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
Portland, Oregon
CirclePoint to Present on Social Media, Communications at AWWA and CAPIO Conferences in April
CirclePoint will be sharing best practices and examples of the work we've done to help clients in the public sector implement social communications strategies and social media usage policies at two conferences in April: the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2010 Sustainable Water Management Conference (April 11-14) and the 2010 California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) Annual Conference (April 13-16). Also at the AWWA conference, we'll be presenting on how to communicate the trade-offs in water agencies' water portfolios - a challenge facing many agencies today as they work to diversify their water supply.
For those planning on attending either of these conferences, we hope to see you at our sessions, below.
AWWA 2010 Sustainable Water Management Conference
Social Media Approaches to Engage Customers and Partners in Water Conservation
Learn how social media can be used to support public behavior change for successful sustainability and conservation programs.
Tuesday, April 13, 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Albuquerque Convention Center, Mesilla Room
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Risk, Reliability and Sustainability: Communicating the Trade-offs in Your Water Portfolio
We'll review a real-world case study and share lessons learned to illustrate the challenges of communicating about water resources planning - the risks, opportunities and trade-offs to all stakeholders.
Tuesday, April 13, 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Albuquerque Convention Center, San Miguel Room
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2010 CAPIO Annual Conference
Using Social Communications to Engage the Public
Learn how social media has changed the way we communicate and take away best practices for developing a social communications strategy and social media usage policy.
Thursday, April 15, 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, Anacapa Room
Santa Barbara, California
CirclePoint Named Finalist for 2010 CAPIO Excellence in Communications Award
CirclePoint's outstanding communications work for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Labor Day Weekend Closure was selected as a finalist in the Marketing/Communications Campaign category for the 2010 CAPIO Excellence in Communications Awards. Highlights of CirclePoint's work include extensive public outreach, media relations, advertising, creation of multi-media content for the project Website, and use of social media for real-time communications. Winners will be announced on Thursday, April 15 at the annual CAPIO Awards ceremony in Santa Barbara during the CAPIO Annual Conference.
CirclePoint at California AEP Conference March 15-17
CirclePoint will be exhibiting at the Annual California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) 2010 Annual Conference in Palm Springs, March 15-17. We will be showcasing how we help cities, counties, planning agencies, transit districts, special districts, and developers navigate the ever-changing waters of CEQA and NEPA. You can also learn more about how CirclePoint's unique approach helps our clients realize the best possible projects through proactive environmental planning and effective communication. If you plan on attending the AEP Conference, please be sure to visit us at booth #12 and enter to win a Flip Video camera!
CirclePoint's San Francisco Office Certified as Green Business
The folks at our San Francisco office have been working over the last couple of years with building management to install water-saving toilets and faucets, composting bins and other energy-saving programs. As a result, we were certified by the San Francisco Green Business Program and are listed in the San Francisco Green Business Directory. In addition to recycling and taking transit, here are some other reasons why CirclePoint is green:
- Our strategic communications teams help clients promote sustainability through education and outreach about issues like climate change, water conservation, emergency preparedness, recycling, and transportation
- Our environmental planning experts work closely with developers, urban planning and design teams to identify environmental constraints early in the process to help avoid impacts in the first place
- We use technology, like social media tools and online collaboration software, to help clients engage broader audiences while saving on paper and reducing the amount of travel required
- We partner with green vendors, such as printers that use 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper and soy-based inks, and make double-sided printing our standard practice
- Our virtual office helps make telecommuting seamless for our employees - so they don't always have to jump on the train, bus or drive a car.