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Jan 12, 2012

NDPTC to Deliver Tsunami Awareness Training in American Samoa Using FEMA Guides translated into Samoan

Jan 11, 2012

Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture: Deepwater Horizon - A Case Study in Managing Risk with Dr. Donald C. Winter on Jan 17

Jan 05, 2012

NDPTC Delivers Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course at Lyon Associates' Training Facility in Honolulu, HI

Dec 30, 2011

NDPTC Press Release on Free Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Training Course on Jan 5th

Nov 30, 2011

NDPTC Attends SAA Conference in Anniston, Alabama

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT WINTER INSTITUTE

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) held their Disaster Management Winter Institute Jan 3 - 7, 2012 at the UH Manoa campus. The Winter Institute focused on the role of Social Media in reducing disaster risk in addition to providing an overview of social media tools and techniques. Participants had an opportunity to develop and test social media and communications strategies and learn from experts and practitioners involved in the uses of social media across all phases of the disaster cycle.

Dave Kozuki is the course developer and instructor of NDPTC's Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery course. See Dave's blog of the event.

Upcoming Training Courses

Feb 14, 2012
Volcanic Crises Awareness @ Anchorage, AK

Feb 16, 2012
Volcanic Crises Awareness @ Fairbanks, AK

Feb 22, 2012
Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery @ Oklahoma City, OK

Feb 23, 2012
Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery @ Tulsa, OK

Feb 27, 2012
Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery @ Charleston, SC

Feb 28, 2012
Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery @ Charleston, SC

Feb 28, 2012
Tsunami Awareness @ San Rafael, CA

Feb 29, 2012
Coastal Community Resilience @ Charleston, SC

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Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery

A performance-level course that enhances the participant's ability to build an organization's communications strategy for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. It will cover social media and its uses, current tools, methods, and models to utilize social media for crisis communication. This course is pending FEMA certification.

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As a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, the NDPTC is a DHS/FEMA training partner dedicated to providing critical all-hazards training throughout the United States and its territories with an emphasis on natural hazards and island and coastal communities.
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