AECA 2016 Keynote | Children in a Changing Climate: The Importance of Childcare Providers in Disasters

Dr. Lori Peek delivers the keynote address to the Arkansas Early Childhood Association (AECA) annual conference in Little Rock, AR. Resilient Children/Resilient Children Initiative (RCRC) project director and NCDP Deputy Director Jeff Schlegelmilch sets the stage by introducing the RCRC Initiative. In her talk, Dr. Peek focuses on the critical role childcare providers may play …

Covering Recovery- Finding News in the Aftermath of Disaster

On October 11, 2016, the Covering Recovery Project, a joint initiative of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, hosted its inaugural lunchtime colloquium at the Columbia Journalism School. The discussion explored innovative approaches to storytelling and under-reported policy debates. This is a live stream recording of the …

Evolutions in Emergency Management: Maximizing resources through the RCRC Initiative (Part 3 of 3)

This emergency management and childcare provider video series highlights 1) the importance of planning for children’s specific and unique needs in an emergency and how those plans build a more resilient community, 2) addresses how this planning gap evolved, and helps us understand the critical nature of bringing emergency management and child-serving institutions to the …

Evolutions in Emergency Management: Partners in Resilience (Part 2 of 3)

This emergency management and childcare provider video series highlights 1) the importance of planning for children’s specific and unique needs in an emergency and how those plans build a more resilient community, 2) addresses how this planning gap evolved, and helps us understand the critical nature of bringing emergency management and child-serving institutions to the …

Evolutions in Emergency Management: Prioritizing children on the planning agenda (Part 1 of 3)

This emergency management and childcare provider video series highlights 1) the importance of planning for children’s specific and unique needs in an emergency and how those plans build a more resilient community, 2) addresses how this planning gap evolved, and helps us understand the critical nature of bringing emergency management and child-serving institutions to the …

IRE16: Investigating in the Wake of Disaster - Special Message

As Dr. Redlener was unable to attend #IRE16 in person this year, he recorded a special message for all the attendees of the 2016 Investigative Reporters and Editors conference and in particular for the panel hosted by the Dart Center, Columbia University. This content is particularly pertinent for all journalists with an interest in covering …

Concepts in Social Media: Organizing social media using lists and dashboards

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Concepts in Social Media: Making sure information is up-to-date and relevant

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Concepts in Social Media: Channeling influential sources to build trust

Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content This project is grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness …

Concepts in Social Media: Empowering people to participate and share

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Concepts in Social Media: Gathering crowdsourced information

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Thought Leadership|The Power of Connectivity: Building your audience

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Thought Leadership|Disaster Operations: Thinking to the future

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products • Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response • Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This …

Thought Leadership|Disaster Operations: Sensemaking with social media

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Thought Leadership|Disaster Operations: Leveraging social media in the EOC

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Thought Leadership|The Power of Connectivity: Engaging through conversation

Project Homepage: http://bit.ly/20UyL7A Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles (http://bit.ly/1VwQt1j), reports/white papers (http://bit.ly/1UhqXaZ) , tools (http://bit.ly/1ZdCaxT) This project is …

Thought Leadership | The Power of Connectivity: Crafting your message

Associated Products Flagship On-line Course: COM3305 – Social Media in Preparedness and Response Thought Leadership Video Series: The Power of Connectivity + Disaster Operations Concepts of Social Media in Disaster Video Series: Managing & Organizing Crowd-sourced Content Social Media Resources: Peer-reviewed articles, reports/white papers, tools This project is grant funded by the U.S. Department of …

National Opinion Survey Data Release Webinar: Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Initiative

As part of the Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Initiative, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness designed and deployed a national survey modeled on prior work through the American Preparedness Project, which collected national data on attitudes and opinions on preparedness. This webinar event recorded on February 9 2016 released the data focused on children in disasters, …