A discussion on ensuring your constituents get the information they need when disaster strikes. Is your organization resilient enough to continue operating when a natural disaster or crisis strikes—while also communicating critical information to stakeholders? In moments like those, communications experts like you need to act to ensure everyone stays safe and that what’s being communicated to the public is factual. If a hurricane i...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise - Civil Unrest General: EMI conducts a series of VTTX using a video teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences around the country and provide a virtual forum for disaster training. The VTTX process involves key personnel from the emergency management community of practice reviewing a pre-packaged set of exercise materials, then convening for a four-hour tabletop exercise discussion of a...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

As the national hub for situational awareness, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is tasked with communicating critical information to the public - often under urgent conditions.Join our complimentary webinar to hear how the DHS uses Granicus solutions to efficiently and effectively deliver communications and learn best practices when creating your organization's crisis communications plan.During this 60-minute webinar, you will learn h...

Objectives are to share knowledge across agencies of the challenges and successes of implementation within the federal government, to gain insight into industry improvements, combining to increase collaboration to reduce our country’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Exercise Description: The VTTX will simulate an active threat event taking place at a shopping mall and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. The VTTX differs from other tabletop exercises because it uses Video-Teleconference (VTC) technology not Adobe Connect® or Face Time©. It provides an opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion....

The Fall 2018 IPSA Symposium will bring together public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It will be an amazing networking and learning opportunity for everyone that attends. You will quickly see from the agenda-at-a-glance that we are planning up to seven educational briefings. We promise to bring high-quali...

Exercise Description: The VTTX will simulate an active threat event taking place at a shopping mall and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. The VTTX differs from other tabletop exercises because it uses Video-Teleconference (VTC) technology not Adobe Connect® or Face Time©. It provides an opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion....