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Volunteer Teams: “Neighborhood Preparedness Mapping”, Wednesday, September 8
Across the country, neighbors are coming together to prepare for disaster by mapping their neighborhood—building maps of the risks and resources that could mean the difference between tragedy and triumph during a disaster. This is a valuable task, but mapping can be cumbersome for the non-expert, especially when done with paper and pencil. In this webinar, learn how Depiction mapping software can make neighborhood preparedness mapping projects easier, more effective and even more fun.

Small and Medium Business Owners: “Prepare Your Business for Disaster”, Thursday, September 9
According to a Hartford Financial Services study, 40% of businesses, if they don’t have a disaster plan, go out of business after disaster strikes. If you’re a small business owner or manager, your employees, family and livelihood may depend on you finding the time—somewhere—to prepare sufficiently for disaster. Join Depiction president & founder Mike Geertsen, to see how you can, in minutes, combine your own spreadsheets with disaster data from the web to reveal relationships and risks that will affect your company in a disaster. Then, explore and create alternatives that fit your business—which employees should go to which alternate locations? How can I still make deliveries when the main roads are blocked?

Emergency Managers: “Technology Empowering Emergency Managers”, Tuesday, September 14
As an emergency manager, you need to be confident that any new tools you adopt will actually make your life easier and make you more effective in preparing your community. Join three emergency managers from across the country for a panel discussion about how they have used Depiction mapping software and other technology tools to make their lives easier and to make them more effective in their jobs. The panel consists of Peter Lamb, Fire Chief & Emergency Management Director for the town of North Attleboro, MA; Gordon McCraw, Director of Emergency Management for Tillamook County, OR; and Alan Woodward, an analyst for the Emergency Operations Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Volunteers: “Preparing Your Community with Personal Technology,” Thursday, September 16
Countless individuals across America have volunteered their time to prepare their communities. Many have gone through the typical steps—training, certification, etc.—and are asking “now what?”, looking for new ways to help their communities. This webinar will describe several discrete, concrete projects individual volunteers can do using Depiction, from smartphone preparedness mapping, to creating “personal PSA” YouTube videos and more.

Public Health: “Depiction for Epidemiological Surveillance and Public Health Preparedness”, Tuesday, September 23
Location is a vital factor in disease surveillance, epidemiology and public health preparedness, but many public health experts do not have traditional GIS and mapping capability. In this webinar, Chasey Reed-Boston, MA, an analyst with the Brazoria, Texas, County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Division, will show how Depiction can be used to assess geographic trends, demographic trends and disease propagation trends by bringing together multiple datasets, both publicly available and proprietary, in a dynamic, interactive environment.

Amateur Radio: “Depiction, EmComm and Preparedness”, Wednesday, September 29
Amateur Radio Users across the country use Depiction mapping software to help them prepare for and carry out their unique roles in emergency preparedness, putting Depiction to use for evacuation planning, resource mapping, search and rescue and more. Join hams from across the country as they discuss the ways they have put Depiction to work in this important task.