Tilan Copson, PIO
Major projects completed:
- Met with Grants Programs Officer to review data for EOY reporting
- Met with Program Development and Training Officer to review summary of activities, progress and data for EOY reporting
- Met with Special Initiatives, a new hire, to review progress for Maine Climate Corps activities and prepare information for EOY reporting
- Met with Executive Director repeatedly to collaborate and refine the annual report
- Curate and edit content for the annual report, researching data and fact checking
- Planned and supported staff with website updates to be consistent with EOY reporting
- Finalized 2025 Annual Report and had it printed and mailed to Legislators, others
- Supported GSA event committee, prepared a marketing and promotions plan
- Attended AC Recruitment Call other AC/ASN calls
- Worked with BPL to obtain permission for use of "Serve Maine"
- Attended meeting with director and other staff from agencies under the Main Office of Community Affairs
- Organized support and met with representatives if Riverview Psychiatric Center to provide information on incorporating volunteer opportunities for their supervised release program
Items to be aware of:
- Staff are sometimes unaware of how some of their KPIs are counted, relying on ED for quantifying work throughout the year.
- January will almost always be an extremely busy month for the PIO given the EOY report due to the Legislature. Tasks need to be adjusted to fit this focused effort.
Major focus of effort for the next month:
- Assuming tasks assigned by outgoing ED to aid in the transition process and allow for continuation of activities while new ED is sought
- Assisting GSA Event Committee with Promotion of the event on April 26th, soliciting nominations for volunteer awards
- Organizing the National and Community Service Day at the Hall of Flags event on March 13th
- Leading MOCA Communications and AV teams in developing policy and process efficiency for transition to Marquardt
- Deep dive into evaluating audiences for an ongoing newsletter, looking at past un-subscriptions and designing a format that works best for the kind of information we hope to disseminate to the public