SouthernWestVirginia Preparedeness partnership

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Next Partnership Meeting - March 13, 2013

Our next quarterly partnership meeting will be held on Wednesday March 13, 2013 at the Raleigh County Commission on Aging on S. Kanawha St. in Beckley. Registration will begin at 11:45, with the meeting starting at noon.  Lunch will be provided by the Commission andthere will be a nominal charge of  $5.00 for the lunch.

Our guest speaker will be Gary Hartley who will offer a presentation concerning the upcoming Boy Scout Jamboree to be held at the Summit Betchel Reserve July 15-24, 2013. Full details concerning this event can be found at:  https://summit.scouting.org/en/Jamboree2013/Pages/default.aspx

It promises to be a very interesting and enlightening presentation, so make plans to attend. To register, please RSVP by calling the Beckley/Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce at 304-252-7328 so that they cankeep an accurate account of attendees as space is limited.

For more information, call KevinTaylor at 304-256-0034.





Social Media for Natural Disaster Response and Recovery 

A class entitled “Social Media for Natural Disaster Response and Recovery” will be held on March 13, 2013 at the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center in Beaver, WV.

This course will provide participants with the knowledge andskills of social media and its uses, as well as the current tools, methods, andmodels to properly make use of social media for crisis communication. Throughthe use of social media tools, participants will learn and master skills todisseminate information and monitor, track, measure, and analyze social mediatraffic.

To register for this class, you must first do so at the WV Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety training site at:

http://www.onlinelearning.wv.gov/dmapscm6/cm0670/home.html

You must also create an account with the institution providing the training and register for this particular class at:

http://www.onlinelearning.wv.gov/dmapscm6/cm0670/home.html

The class code you will need is 49801. Once registered, you will need to complete a brief pre-test before the class date.

If you have any questions concerning this class or needassistance with the registration proves, please contact Kevin Taylor at 304-256-0034.