What Is Your Answer to These Five Important
H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Communications Questions?
Are you up-to-date on the CDC's social media and emergency communication strategies for H1N1 and the upcoming flu season?
Did you know that Google has a crisis response team and innovative tools such as Google Earth, a geographic information system that supports pandemic flu and all-hazards planning and response?
Which mobile communication tools will you be using before, during, and after a H1N1 or seasonal flu outbreak if it were to occur?
Are you tapped into Microsoft's innovative communication network Microsoft Vine, which instantly connects communities through an individual's preferred medium (e-mail, text, or phone)?
Does your H1N1 or seasonal flu plan include social media strategies for a best case, worst case, and most probable case scenario of a flu outbreak?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions, then you need to immediately watch the webinar on this page.
Social Media and Technology Breakthroughs: H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Communication
You have questions on H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Communications and we have the answers!
Attain an update from the initial webinar on H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Communications and ask questions of the leading social media, technology, crisis communications and health experts. This webinar will provide more quick, proven and cost-effective ways to communicate with the public, your emergency response team and government officials during and after this H1N1 and seasonal flu outbreak.
Who should attend: Public health officials, healthcare practitioners (physicians, nurses, emergency medical services), emergency responders (fire and police), emergency managers, government communicators, public and private school officials, college and university health managers and industry representatives with an interest in H1N1 and seasonal flu communications.
Panelists include: Nathan Huebner of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide an update on the CDC's efforts.
David Stephenson of Stephenson Strategies
International reputation as creative e-gov. consultant, strategist, entrepreneur and theorist, emphasizing homeland security and disaster management. Focus on empowering public, creative technology use, leveraging Web 2.0 innovations including social media, and win-win public-private partnerships. Created first of their kind Web 2.0-based personal avian flu pandemic and disaster preparedness guides. Technical consultant on emergency preparedness plans for NPR member stations. Writing Democratizing Data to transform government, business and daily life book, author of numerous articles and op-eds on emergency planning and disasters, frequently quoted by media, speaker at worldwide e-gov conferences. Homeland security counsel capitalizes on prior award-winning crisis management on issues from chemicals to food product safety. Extensive health care, environment, and energy experience. Corrie Conrad, Senior Associate, Global Public Health, Google.org
Corrie Conrad joined Google.org in March 2007 and is the Google.org project lead for Flu Trends, a product that provides near real-time estimates of flu activity based on aggregated search queries. For the Predict and Prevent Initiative she manages a grant portfolio focused on digital detection efforts — using online signals for earlier detection of disease outbreaks. Prior to joining Google.org Corrie was a Program Officer with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative in Rwanda. Corrie was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a Master's in Public Affairs with a focus on International Development from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
David Cerino, GM, Microsoft Health Solutions Group As a general manager for the Consumer Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp., David Cerino is responsible for the ongoing evolution of Microsoft HealthVault, a simple, security-enhanced platform that enables people to gather, manage and share their personal health information.
Cerino oversees cross-group collaboration between the HealthVault business and technical teams, including the efforts of engineering, program management, product management and marketing, and service strategies. The role allows Cerino to draw upon his broad strategic and operational knowledge in developing software and driving marketing strategy for consumer credit cards, small business and a variety of other categories.
How do I submit questions? Registrants must pre-submit questions prior to the webinar. Participants can pre-submit questions during the registration process or they can send them afterwards to our email. Deadline to submit is Wednessday, October 28 by 5pm ET. Questions to be submitted to customerservice@hsoutlook.com.
Will I need to be approved to participate in the webinar? Registrants will be approved by the webinar administrator 24 hours prior to the webinar. There are only 1,000 access lines for participation. All those registrants beyond 1,000 will receive an email from the webinar administrator about being placed on a waiting list 24 hours prior to the webinar.
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE LEADING THE CHARGE ON H1N1 and SEASONAL FLU COMMUNICATIONS!
Workshop Details
October 29, 2009
2:00pm Eastern
Learn to communicate with quick, proven and cost-effective social media and technology solutions. Keep in touch with your key stakeholders before, during and after high-stress and high-concern events such as H1N1 and seasonal flu.
This webinar provides a suite of easy-to-implement social media strategies and tactics and the opportunity to have your questions adressed by the expert panelists.
Tim Tinker, DrPH, MPH
Director, Center of Excellence for Risk and Crisis Communcations
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Organization and Strategy
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 902-4519
Email: tinker_timothy@bah.com
