Announcing a New Webinar -
ADA Learning Session: "What Did They Say - Why Effective Communications is Critical in Emergency Management"
August 11th, 2022
Registration for this webinar is now open
Webinars begin at ET: 2.30pm, CT: 1.30pm, MT:12.30pm, PT:11.30am, Hawaii: 9.30am during mainland Standard Time; 8.30am during mainland Daylight Savings Time.
Registration: Free on-line at http://adapresentations.org/registrationEM.php
Registration closes at midnight, August 10, 2022.
All webinars offer captioning. Requests for sign language interpreters must be made the Monday before the webinar to support@adapacific.org. For all other accessibility questions about Zoom webinar conferencing software, go to https://zoom.us/accessibility.
This webinar reviews the importance of effective communication in emergency management. Using real life examples and from the field, the speakers will address what effective communication means and how emergency managers can improve their public communication to make it effective to people with disabilities.
Learning objectives:
- Attendees will learn what effective communication means.
- Attendees will understand how to apply it to their work in emergency management
Presenters:
Aaron Kubey is a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) and Communication Access Specialist with FEMA since 2017. He graduated with his Masters in Public Administration with a focus on emergency management in 2020. Aaron is a strong believer in effective communication access, especially in emergency management.
Gay Jones is a Communication Access Specialist with FEMA.
To view upcoming sessions, go to http://adapresentations.org/scheduleEM.php
To see previous sessions, go to http://www.adapresentations.org/archiveEM.php
The information presented in this webinar is intended solely as informal guidance, and is neither a determination of legal rights or responsibilities by NIDILRR.
