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Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposiums for 2013


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Crisis and Risk Communication

  • Course Syllabus - Crisis and Risk Communication
  • Session 1 - Course Introduction
  • Session 2 – Introduction to Communications in the Emergency Management Context
  • Session 2 – Power Point
  • Session 3 - Power Point
  • Session 3 - Risk Communication Overview
  • Session 4 - Risk Communication Structures by Social Sector
  • Session 4 - Power Point
  • Session 5 - Overview of Public Disaster Preparedness Campaigns
  • Session 5 - Power Point
  • Session 6 – Risk Perception
  • Session 6 – Power Point
  • Session 6 – 6-1
  • Session 6 – 6-2
  • Session 7 - Understanding the Need for Risk Communication
  • Session 7 - Power Point
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-1
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-2
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-3
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-4
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-5
  • Session 7 - Handout 7-6
  • Session 8 – Early Risk Communication Campaign Planning
  • Session 8 – Power Point
  • Session 8 – Handout 8-1
  • Session 9 – Forming a Planning Team or Coalition
  • Session 9 – Power Point
  • Session 10 – Risk Communication Strategies
  • Session 10 – Power Point
  • Session 11 – Power Point
  • Session 11 – Handout 11.1 Poster
  • Session 11 – Handout 11.2 Audio Book
  • Session 11 – Risk Communication Messages and Materials
  • Session 11 – Handout 11.2 Adventures of Squirrel, Rabbit and Possum
  • Session 11 – Handout 11-3 Billboard
  • Session 11 – Handout 11-3 Video
  • Session 12 – Power Point
  • Session 12 – Implementing and Evaluating the Campaign
  • Session 13 – Gaining Support For Risk Communications
  • Session 13 – Power Point
  • Session 14 – Case Studies
  • Session 14 – Handout 14-1
  • Session 14 – Handout 14-2
  • Session 15 - Crisis Communication in a Changing Media World
  • Session 15 - Power Point
  • Session 16 – Principles of a Successful Crisis Communications Strategy
  • Session 16 – Power Point
  • Session 17 - Application of Communications Principles to Four Phases of Emergency Management
  • Session 17 - Power Point
  • Session 18 – Crisis Communications Audiences
  • Session 18 – Power Point
  • Session 19 – Working with the News Media
  • Session 19 – Power Point
  • Session 20 – Building New Crisis Communications Capabilities
  • Session 20 – Power Point
  • Session 21 – Building and Effective Crisis Communications Capability in a Changing Media World
  • Session 21 – Power Point
  • Session 22 – Midterm Exam
  • Session 23 – Final Exam
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