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Lessons
learned from Katrina have shown us we are not ready for a
disaster in Washington State, either from an immediate survival
standpoint, or from a evacuee standpoint. This FREE brown
bag Webinar will give you hands on solutions and communications
tools to get you or your clients/students prepared. This website
will be on-line for and future trainings on Communications
needed before a disaster strikes.
Presenters:
Host:
Communities Connect
You can never have enough
communication in time of a disaster!
1. Matthew Mitchell -
Communities Connect
2. Ronda Evans - RECA Foundation Purpose of this Webinar Use a webinar to communicate and
train your students or clients.
A. Access to the Internet is no longer a luxury,
but a necessity.
B. Making sure that everyone has access to
technology, Bridging the Digital Divide. Imagine the flu
epidemic hitting the United States, and the experts want you to
stay at home to take care of the sick, in order to elevate
spreading. A webinar could easily be used to train people how to
take care of their own. Here are some other tools to use
to get your community prepared.
3. Misty Kesler -VISTA - RECA Foundation - Emergency
Training On-Line Cert
Training
A. Emergency Communication Kits generally only include a
portable radio and batteries.
B. We have come along way in developing
more advanced means of communications equipment, that can be
used in the event of a disaster.
4. Misty Kesler - VISTA - RECA Foundation - Email -
The only way that Katrina evacuees got help was through access
to the Internet.
A. All residents in our areas need to have at least one
Email
B. All residents that have a business Email also need to
sign up Personal Free Email
C. These are just a few of the companies that provide
FREE Email
- http://www.hotmail.com -
http://www.myway.com -
http://www.yahoo.com -
http://www.mail.com -
http://www.aim.com
- http://gmail.google.com
5. Ronda Evans - RECA Foundation: Know your cell phone.
As technology evolves more and more people will have Internet
cell phones that can receive text messages, and hand crank cell
phone and battery recharges. Even laptops are being
developed with hand crank recharges.
A. Providing Resources for hand held cell phones,
satellite phones, Internet phones,
and battery re-chargers.
6.Bruce McComb RECA Foundation
Back Up
Back Up Back Up
Providing resources to back up computer information and data
recovery. More resources at
https://www.tcfn.org/technology.html.
7.
Sandra Mears -
Puget Sound
Alliance for Community Technology (PSACT)
1)
Guidestar
- What is it and how does it benefit non-profits?
2) Why E-Mail
- Why do you need an
e-mail account and how do you get one?
3)
Organize Your Outlook Inbox using
Rules
8. Ronda Evans
RECA Foundation: Technology was the only
thing that worked after Katrina and agencies learned that no one
agency could handle the problem. Technology was used to:
Sign up for FEMA: Techies established wireless mesh networks and used laptops to
help people sign up and find their families. Phones did not
work, and neither did 911 or 211 crisis, information and
referral telephone numbers.
Find missing
persons: Over 50 websites were developed to find missing
persons, and a RSS feed was used to feed these sites into
one site. People looking for missing people only had to check
one website.
Case manage over
81,000 Katrina evacuees. See the National
CAN.org on-line Case Management
System. First time in history that major agencies, United Way,
FEMA, Red Cross, Salvation Army and others shared client
information, powered by
Tapestry/VisionLink.
On-LIne Community Resources
www.4people.org has
been using
Tapestry/VisionLink since 1998 and has become the premier
website to find community
resources in 19 counties in Eastern Washington.
4People Case
Management System is being used by Health Care Providers
to reduce the number of uninsured families, and by Homeless
Coalitions to reduce the number of homeless, and stand alone
agencies to manage their clients.
4People On-Line Shelter Tracking Tool: As part of the
Tapestry system, all
caseworkers that have signed up on the system and signed
releases get access to posting and finding shelter.
Imagine having the ability to find housing, rooms for over
100,000 people in less than a couple of days.
You can never have enough
communication in time of a disaster! Share this with a
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