OR&R Outreach is offering Crisis and Risk Communication (CERC) training to take place on April 2, 2014 in NOAA Building 9 on the Seattle/Sand Point campus. The training will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It is free to all participants (not limited to OR&R) and is open to any NOAA staff in Seattle that day. First developed in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CERC training is a fast-paced, interactive course that gives participants essential knowledge and tools to navigate the harsh realities of communicating to the public, media, partners and stakeholders during an emergency.

The training will be taught by Richard Sheehe, National Public Health Information Coalition CERC Project Manager and Senior Research Fellow at George Mason University's Center for Health and Risk Communication. All we ask of prospective attendees is that if they sign up, to please come. Please add your name to the first column (CERC training) of the Google sign-up sheet. If you have any questions, email Vicki.Loe@noaa.gov. More CERC information at http://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/ and http://www.nphic.org/training/cerc. The CERC training will be followed by a three-hour media training for OR&R staff only the next day, on April 3, from 9:00 a.m. to noon (Pacific) for any OR&R staff in Seattle. It will be in the Jim Traynor room of Building 4, and will also available by webex. Please add your name to the second column of the Google sign-up sheet for that. Go back to OR&R Weekly Report.