CESA2010 Conference: Upcoming Highlights! Register now..
Hi All,
Below are some of the great highlights for the upcoming CESA2010 Conference. This is the professional Emergency Managers conference for the State of California. It’s happening September 14-17 in beautiful Monterey, California — there is still time to register! www.CESA2010.org.
As the Social Media Evangelist, I’ll be leading trainings on using social media for all aspects of emergency services. Whether you are an ‘early adopter’ or part of the ‘vocal resistance’ — the CESA2010 Social Media trainings will help you to take advantage of the social media phenomenon, do more with less time and effort, and be more confident, connected and able to communicate using these dynamic tools. A few lucky participants will win some great social media training CDs. We will also have a CyberCafe — so you can immediately share and connect with conference participants and your colleagues back home. I’m passionate about social media and how emergency managers can use it to reach, unite and prepare our communities!
Other great things happening at CESA2010…
- Amanda Ripley, award-winning journalist and author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disasters Strike — and Why, will be our featured keynote speaker. Among many things, you’ll learn about the 3 phases your brain goes thru in a disaster, and you’ll learn about the myth of panic. Amanda Ripley traveled the world researching this book, and this is a great opportunity to learn what really happens when people face emergencies, disasters and high-stress situations. Join us and allow this conference to transform how you share preparedness in your community.
- Jeff Burrow and Gary Watts of Valley Wealth, Inc. an SEC registered Investment Advisory Firm, will present “How Will You Deal With the Upcoming Financial Disaster?” We’ve always known about the POSSIBILITY of a financial crisis, but the PROBABILITY of it actually occurring has increased dramatically. This session will discuss the economy, the risks we all face, and how we can best prepare for the future.
- CEM/AEM Examination Preparatory Course Examination. If you are planning on becoming a Certified Emergency Manager, there isn’t a better place to do it! Join us in Monterey, surrounded by emergency managers of all levels!
- Emergency Management for Senior and Elected Officials (Pre-Conference Training): Taught by Texas A&M University, this course provides insight into their key roles in disaster operations. Includes a tabletop exercise “Shooter on Campus” that hightlights the need for pre-event coordination with public, private and non-governmental organizations. Only $75. Bring your entire team!
- ARkStorm: Going Where No One Has Gone Before with Anne Wein – USGS. Attendees of this session will gain critical insights on how they can prepare their organization for participating in the Golden Guardian 2011: ARkStorm Statewide Exercise. Increase your organization’s preparedness and response for a variety of humanmade and natural disasters.
- Next Generation Communications: The Joint Information Center and New Media with Karen Terrill. An explosion has occurred in the sleepy town of Central City California. This humorous, hands-on session will bring “volunteers” from the group into a Joint Information Center (JIC) that is set up to address the crisis. The participants will simulate a few of the 21 functions of a JIC according to the NIMS model for Emergency Public Information. Lucky participants will receive a copy of the award winning Go Book.
- “The Prime Directive: Ethics and Moral Guidance for Decision Makers During Disasters” — Keynote by Dr. Harvey Kayman. Every natural and man-made catastrophe presents unique challenges to affected institutions and agencies. Finding one’s way ethically is particularly problematic. Issues of professional conduct and responsibility, of civil rights and civil liberties, and of conscience, are bound to appear. In the midst of catastrophe, hard decisions will have to be made rapidly under anxiety filled and emergency conditions.
And so much more…Register Now! www.CESA2010.org. Please also link to us on www.Twitter.com/CESA2010 and on Facebook at www.TinyUrl.com/FacebookCESA.
