Survival Mindset, Leadership, and Communication in Disasters

This course provides an in-depth look into the importance of developing a resilient mindset to mentally prepare and remain calm when a disaster strikes. Discover how you can be a leader of a disaster team in your community and to turn this leadership into new lead opportunities.

During the course we will examine various crisis scenarios and demonstrate how to develop communication plans, step-by-step. Having communication and collaboration plans will help calm the fears, anxieties, and stress levels for you as well as those around you. Knowing that you are not alone makes a big difference, and you can change fear and stress into positive actions by confidently preparing now for anything that potentially can come your way.

This course is part of the Crisis Knowledge Management (CKM) certification program. The certification was created to guide you to have a better understanding as to what you need to do to properly protect yourself, your family, your business and your community. By earning this Certification, you differentiate yourself in your community by being a trusted source and the person they turn to first. You will look like the rock star of disaster preparedness in your community.

Course Length: 3 hours

You will learn:

• How to develop a resilient mindset
• Stress versus challenge
• Resilience: why is it so important during disasters?
• Preparedness for individuals, businesses and communities
• Internal, external, persuasive communication
• How to develop a business continuity communication worksheet
• What a FEMA crisis communication plan is
• How to create a crisis management central command center
• How to design a survival and recovery communication plan that is successful
• What a family, business, and community communication plan look like