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34 <br />APPROVED BY BOCC ON XX /XX /XX <br />UPDATED AS OF 944-5-l-&012015 <br />information about County programs, policies, and events. this one needs to be Formatted: Font: Bold <br />rewritten. I think I understand what you are trying to say here, but it took me two Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />or three reads to figure it out).. Formatted: Font: Bold <br />10. Establish a protocol for County communicators to follow so as to determine what <br />information is of sufficient importance to warrant being relayed to all members of the <br />Board of County Commissioners-Any information that is shared with one Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />commissioner should be shared with all commissioners. You may want to reword <br />this one to take the focus off of staff and put it on the commissioners, i.e.. Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />Establish an, appropriate method for commissioners to use when contacting Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />individual staff members for information [such as all requests go through the <br />county manager, who then contacts the appropriate staff person to get the <br />rmation and then responds to ALL commissioners,.], You don't want staff to Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />in the middle of a policy debate or to be perceived as playing favorites..) Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />PRIORITY B <br />11. Develop a set of performance measurement tools and task the ongoing <br />Communications Governance Team to conduct an evaluation (at least annually) of <br />Orange County communication efforts. <br />12. Develop and implement a training program for staff and county commissioners likely Formatted: Font: Bold, Font color: Red <br />to be involved in communication to audiences outside their departments. <br />13. Develop and promulgate a formal Orange County Media Relations program. <br />14. Formally amend this Plan as needed from time -to -time to take immediate advantage of <br />communications "lessons learned" and "best practices" gleaned from Communications <br />Governance Team debriefings. <br />15. Formally recognize and support the existing ad hoc group relationship among <br />communications professionals in various Orange County public sector agencies. <br />-13- <br />