Workshop
Allopatric: An intense practice
for the EOC Information role in a disaster
Drop
your ego and title at the door. It’s time to enter the Emergency Operations
Centre to learn how to rapidly build a functioning Information Officer team. Be
immersed in scenarios where you are vulnerable to the unknown as the emergency
shifts and new challenges appear. Failure isn’t an option. It’s the default
setting for this disaster.
Prepare
to be challenged by Tim Conrad, APR President of Butterfly Effect
Communications Inc., a master of disasters and crisis communications leader who
has worked on some of Canada’s largest and longest disasters and crises. Conrad
is a globally recognized expert in emergency communications, backed by over 20
years of experience completing work from mitigation to recovery.
You
should consider whether you are ready before taking this workshop. Do you fear
the unknown, or does your adrenaline pump at the speed of an emergency? Maybe
you’ve managed information in a wildfire emergency. Are you willing to wear a
red vest when wildfires compete with more wildfires? Do you believe strategy
eats tactics or prefer a buffet of tactics?
This
workshop will take you outside your comfort zone, pushing you to function in
unfamiliar roles and instantly come up with solutions to challenges as they
appear. Expect to be gamed by the master, who constantly introduces new
elements and information to force you to feel what it is like inside a major
disaster.
Are
you ready? Not likely. Book this workshop today for a unique and engaging
preparedness workshop that will give you practice in a scenario that is likely
for many communities.
Three
outcomes:
1.
Practice at a fast pace
2.
Understand the impact of unknowns
3.
Learning the value of process improvement
Preferred
group size: 4 to 40 people
Duration:
3 hours