Today CMF hosted a briefing for congressional staff on how to improve online communications with constituents, based on what we saw in our recent reviews of congressional websites and social media. The program also paid special attention on learning from the policies and practices of Gold Mouse Award-winning staffers.

The program consisted of two panels – the first on websites and the second on social media. Each panel included a short CMF presentation on that awards category, followed by a Q&A with staff who won Mouse Awards for the 113th Congress.

If you missed today's program, or want to review the website examples cited in the presentation in more detail, the slides are available here:

Slides from "Lessons from the 113th Congress Gold Mouse Awards" Briefing(7 MB)

Additionally, CMF will be hosting webinars and posting videos of this information on our website in the coming weeks. Updates will be sent to congressional staff and posted on our blog and social media accounts (links at the top of our site). If you would like to be added to our Gold Mouse notification list, and receive periodic emails about these awards, please contact us.