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PrepTalks: New perspectives for emergency managersPrepTalks are given by subject-matter experts and thought leaders to spread new ideas, spark conversation and promote innovative leadership for the issues confronting emergency managers.



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      PrepTalks: Dr. Sophia B. Liu “Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science as Force Multipliers”
Dr. Sophia Liu highlights the important role of social media in disasters and how citizens can assist with data collection, processing, and analysis.
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    PrepTalks: Dr. Howard Kunreuther “Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters”
Dr. Howard Kunreuther discusses how common human biases affect decision-making under uncertainty and how these biases result in people underpreparing for disasters.
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    PrepTalks: Kate Konschnik “Left in the Dark: Power Outages in an Interconnected World”
Kate Konschnik explains how electricity is generated in the U.S.  and offers considerations for emergency managers to prepare their communities for extended power outages.
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    PrepTalks: Dr. Carolyn Kousky "Harnessing the Power of Disaster Insurance"
Dr. Carolyn Kousky demonstrates the essential role of insurance in disaster recovery and offers suggestions for how to overcome challenges to increasing insurance coverage across America.
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    PrepTalks: Aaron Titus "Let the Community Lead Rethinking Command and Control Systems"
Aaron Titus challenges emergency managers to acknowledge the limitations of command and control systems and to rethink how we interact with the community.
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    PrepTalks: Jan Peelen “Living with Water: How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters”
Jan Peelen explains the Netherland’s historic battle with flooding and shares a framework for creating flood risk mitigation programs.
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    PrepTalks: David Kaufman "Our Changing World: The Challenge for Emergency Managers
David Kaufman explains the pathways of success for emergency managers as our society continues to change and grow.
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    PrepTalks: Stuart Tom "Using Codes and Standards to Build Resilient Communities
Stuart Tom explains the importance of building codes, how codes are developed, adopted and enforced, and how the community can be involved in the process.
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    PrepTalks: Daniel Homsey “Neighborfest – Building Resilience from the Block Up!”
Daniel Homsey shares his tools empowering neighborhoods and shows how preparing neighbors to help themselves prepares the community.
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    PrepTalks: Brian Fennessy "Building a Mission-Driven Culture"
Chief Brian Fennessy discusses his path to leadership and why a mission-driven culture is critical to organizational success.
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