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to California's only professional association especially for communications professionals.  Because good government requires good communicators.

CAPIO counts among its 300+ members the communications, marketing and outreach staff of cities, school districts, counties, water and air pollution control districts, parks and open space districts, private PR firms, municipal television channels, police and fire departments, and more—professionals who handle public information and communications duties for these agencies and organizations. 

     

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Friday
May112012

Central CA Regional Workshop

"Key Messages in a Changing Media Environment"

Wednesday June 20, 2012 - 10am to 3pm
San Luis Obispo City Hall
Council Chambers
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA. 93401
(2 garages for parking on Palm near Morro, first hour free and .75 each hour after)

Qualifies for PIO Credit - Strategic Communications

Lunch is on your own (options will be sent with registration confirmation)

View workshop flyer here
Register by Friday, June 8, 2012   Register here. 

$50 for CAPIO Members    $65 for CAPIO Non-Members
For more information contact Anne McGrath at mcgrath@ci.monterey.ca.us

Presenters
Scott Summerfield, Strategist, SAE Communications
Sheri Benninghoven, President, SAE Communications

Learn how to develop and deliver key messages.

Workshop Overview:

  1. Creating Key Messages
  2. Delivering Key Messages
  3. Controlling Interviews
  4. Your Rights & Responsibilities in an Interview

This workshop is for public agency executives, directors, managers and communicators.

Directions and additional information will be provided with registration confirmation.

 

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Thursday
Apr192012

Conference Recap

Thanks to Kerry Shearer for putting together this quick piece on the 2012 Capio Conference.  

Look for awards info and session recaps soon!

 

 

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Wednesday
Apr042012

Virtual Command Systems: The Future of Emergency Operating Centers

By Lieutenant Douglas A. Pittman, Marin County Sheriff's Office

 

Hollywood stretches the imagination of its audiences by sensationalizing futuristic devices into their motion pictures.  In the movie Avatar, the invading army is seen directing and controlling their ground and air forces from one main command center utilizing virtual command technology.  In the BBC movie Dirty War, the City of London is polarized by a radiological terrorist attack where a “dirty bomb” is detonated at the Liverpool Street Station.  The movie focuses on the emergency services struggle to respond, command and control the event utilizing a vast system of security cameras positioned throughout the city.  The movie successfully demonstrates the advantages of having such advanced monitoring systems available, the question is, is public safety and the communities they serve ready and prepared to think creatively about ways they can stretch into the future to implement such systems for their own communities? Consider a scenario from our own possible near future…

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