Emergency Communications Agenda

Event Location Day 1:  Marriott Rancho Cordova  |  Event Location Day 2:  Cal OES State Emergency Operations Center 3650 Schriever Ave. Mather, CA

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration
 
 
 
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Welcome
 
Sonja Dosti, APR Bryan May
Sonja Dosti, APR - County of Fresno, Administrative Office
Bryan May - California Government Operations Agency (GovOps)
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
State of Emergency Response in California
California Ballroom
Caroline Thomas Jacobs
Caroline Thomas Jacobs - Cal OES
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Keynote: Handling Media Pressure When All Eyes Are On Your Incident
California Ballroom
Cathy Milhoan
Cathy Milhoan
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break
 
 
 
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel Session: When Lanes Merge
California Ballroom
 
 
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Message Mapping
California Ballroom
Elaine Jennings
Elaine Jennings - Jennings Consulting Group
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch & Networking
 
 
 
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Breakout 1 - The First 24-48 Hours - Putting your Emergency Communications Plan into Action
 
 
Candace Hadley - San Diego Fire-Rescue & Lifeguards, City of San Diego
Breakout 2 - Working with Electeds
 
Janna Haynes
Janna Haynes - Sacramento County
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Breakout 1 - When the World Comes Calling - How a small agency can scale up to handle nationwide media attention
 
 
 
Breakout 2 - Engaging Disaster Survivors in a Trauma-Informed Way
 
 
 
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Break
 
 
 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Breakout II
 
 
 
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Effective Social Media
 
Dr. Wendy Bohon Blair Hardcastle
Dr. Wendy Bohon - California Geological Survey
Blair Hardcastle - California Highway Patrol | Community Outreach and Marketing
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Day 2 Sneak Peak + JIC Prep
 
Bryan May
Bryan May - California Government Operations Agency (GovOps)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
No-Host Networking Reception
Formaggio Taverna (Hotel Restaurant & Bar)
 
 
6:30 PM
Dinner on your own
 
 
 
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