5-Minute Message: Preparing Your Calendar
Now is the time (when calendars are still uncrowded) to make sure planning and preparedness activities are woven into 2010.
Some tips to make your calendar a structure for your success:
- Look at last year’s calendar for recurring items, and copy them to your current calendar. Include annual preparedness conferences, monthly emergency manager’s meetings, and other events where you share your preparedness efforts.
- Weeks before Daylight Saving Time, remind yourself to create and send action steps (e.g. rotating disaster supplies) out to your community.
- Note both major events targeting the larger community and small events targeting niche audiences, and see if your preparedness offerings can be included in the program.
Successful preparedness efforts take a bit of planning, so start the year with small manageable bits of preparedness prominently threaded throughout your calendar.
~~~ Save the Date: September 14th -17th 2010, CESA Conference, Monterey California ~~~
