The Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) team is scheduling a Webinar/Conference Call on Wednesday, October 24, 12:00 – 1:00 pm CST to discuss and explore the following strategic needs classified as “Dynamic Partnerships”:
1. Empower individuals, neighborhoods and communities to play a greater role throughout all phases of disasters.
2. Proactively engage business in all emergency management phases and solicit its contribution to policy development in light of the critical nature of private sector capabilities.
Jeanie Moore, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Division of the Office of External Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency will present on FEMA’s focused efforts to engage the private sector throughout the spectrum of emergency management. Dynamic public/private partnerships are so important to emergency management, as they can bring additional resources or information to help better prepare for and manage a crisis. This presentation will cover some of the key challenges and potential solutions in developing dynamic partnerships, and offer key information on tools and resources available to you in your own partnership efforts.
Kevin M. Burr, Program Specialist, National Disaster Recovery Planning Division, Recovery Directorate at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will introduce the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF). The NDRF was written over the course of almost two years in collaboration with almost 40 Federal and National Level agencies and organizations. It is designed to provide a standard and coordinated way to focus the Nation’s resources on the needs of communities recovering from a disaster. Some of the NDRF’s core principles that support the SFI Strategic Needs include individual empowerment, local primacy, planning, partnership and unity of effort.
As part of the conference call, the SFI team will provide a brief overview of the strategic needs highlighted above and invite participants to share anecdotal information about how their programs/initiatives are meeting these needs, along with any challenges and solutions identified when implementing actions to meet the strategic needs.
To access the Webinar, please follow the following guidelines:
- To access the training, please go to: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/dynamicparnerships2/
- Please test the software on your computer before the training date at: https://demo.connectsolutions.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. You do not need any special adobe connect software, but you will need to make sure you have flash and ActiveX installed on your computer. You should be prompted to install ActiveX as soon as you pull up the adobe connect site. The installation process should only take a few minutes.
- When you are on the Adobe Connect homepage, please select "Sign in as Guest" and enter your first and last name.
- We will be using a conference call to communicate with participants during the webinar. Please call: 1-800-320-4330 and enter PIN 521468. Please note that your phone must be muted during the webinar.
- You can post questions to the presenters using the chat functionality of Adobe Connect. We will moderate the Q&A portion of the webinar by calling on particular participants to elaborate on their questions/ideas posted under the chat window.
For more information on the SFI, you can contact the SFI Project Team via email at FEMA-OPPA-SFI and you can visit the SFI web page to read the relevant research papers.
