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18th World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto.Learn how to give fake news conferences just like the pros at FEMA?

Saturday, October 27, 2007

In light of the fact that the U.S. Emergency Management team, FEMA has demonstrated a fairly woeful response to disasters I thought it was time to have a look at what other countries were doing to ‘manage’ disasters.

It turns out that the ‘world’ has a plan to manage disasters. The 18th Annual World Conference on Disaster Managementis holding their meeting in Toronto, Ontario at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre June 15-18, 2008.

Come and “Network with your peers-there are solutions out there; you may even have the solution to someone [else's] problem.” says their beautiful Website.

The theme of the coming event is going to be: ‘Resiliency-Individual, Community and Business”.

The Resiliency of the individual is something we all need to pay close attention to and pack our own shoots. If we leave our safety in the time of a disaster in the hands of government and business we will be in for a rude awakening.

“This is one conference you can’t afford to miss.” touts the home page of the conference. “This is your chance to participate in a knowledge exchange unlike any other event of its kind.”

We can only hope no one is going to take back the knowledge of the FEMA team, unless it’s the knowledge of what they have learned doesn’t work. FEMA may demonstrate how to hold “fake” news conferences. They may teach “schilling” your own employee’s as actual news reporters. This way you may “field” only the questions you want to answer, and avoid those nasty follow-up questions.

Disaster relief teams from around the world could learn a lot from FEMA. Some things very helpful, and others ‘not so much’.

In 2007, this event ‘attracted more than 1,800 participants from Canada, and the U.S. as well as internationally. They expect this coming year to have even more attendees. So “Take Advantage now!”. “Reserve Space” so that you too may sell your disaster wears both at home and abroad.

Don’t miss the many mixers planned for the event either. You may even have the opportunity to watch the Heimlich Maneuver in action!

Labels: Canada, Censored, Censorship US Government, FEMA, Speak no Evil