Annual Conference
Across South Carolina we can be better prepared for future emergencies!
"Mind Over Mayhem"
Join us on January 13, 2017!
Register Today!
Register Today!
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University
Reinartz Hall (in Christ Chapel, lower level)
4201 N. Main Street
Columbia, SC 29203
Campus Map
Reinartz Hall (in Christ Chapel, lower level)
4201 N. Main Street
Columbia, SC 29203
Campus Map
Registration Rates
(lunch included)
Membership Rate - $35
Non-Member Rate - $45
Member + Individual Membership - $45
Member + Institutional Membership - $55
(lunch included)
Membership Rate - $35
Non-Member Rate - $45
Member + Individual Membership - $45
Member + Institutional Membership - $55
Schedule
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Registration and Refreshments
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Planning – It’s about the People
Speaker: Tucky Taylor, University of South Carolina
When disaster planning, a major factor for successful recovery is your team. Tucky Taylor will bring her experience with the recent Columbia flooding to discuss the human aspects of disaster preparedness. She will identify stress factors of staff and volunteers and how to incorporate that into planning and preparation. Remembering to keep in mind that all people do not respond the same way during disasters, she will discuss finding ways to create teams that will work and how to regroup when they don’t, and using those experiences to improve preparations for the next one.
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Organizing Chaos – Making it work
Speakers: Brenda Burk and
Your intentions were good. You purchased that book on disaster preparedness. Before you could read the book and create some basic plans for a disaster, a water pipe in your building breaks over the weekend. It will not be your typical Monday now! How do you quickly respond and deal with the disaster? What are the main responsibilities that need to be covered? This session will be interactive after a brief overview. Attendees will discuss their team creations based on scenarios and resources presented to them.
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch (provided) and Business Meeting
12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Archaeological Archive Flood Recovery Project: Looking Back on a Year of Flood Recovery
Speaker: Meg Gaillard, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Heritage Trust Program)
Following the 2015 flood event that affected the Carolinas from October 1-5, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Heritage Trust archaeologists, along with volunteers, student and professional archaeologists worked to recover artifacts, photographs, and documents located in a facility next to Gills Creek in Columbia, SC. The entirety of the archive was inundated with flood water. Learn about the lessons learned from this catastrophic event that might help you, your staff, and facility prepare for disaster.
1:35 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
From the Professional
Speaker: Natasha Scott, MA, LPC-I, Director of Operations for Mental Health America of Columbia
When a disaster has come and gone our lives are forever altered. Regardless of the outcomes we as a community, a team and as an individual have to put things back together like pieces of a puzzle. Many of us do not possess the tools necessary to make this transformation happen and we react with panic, disdain and a sense of abandonment in some cases. Our main goal is to get back to some sense of normalcy and regain our comfort level with our lives. Within our work environment this is possible and with a clear sense and understanding of our roles in returning to a place where we can all work cohesively, disasters can be managed, overcome and learned from in a healthy effective manner.
2:25 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Evaluating/Re-evaluating
All panel discussion
Questions, questions, questions! The human factor and the well-being of your colleagues cannot be stressed enough when dealing with disasters. This final session will be a time for you to ask questions to all the presenters and to help you bring order to mayhem while keeping your sanity and sense of humor during the disaster preparedness planning process.
Registration and Refreshments
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Planning – It’s about the People
Speaker: Tucky Taylor, University of South Carolina
When disaster planning, a major factor for successful recovery is your team. Tucky Taylor will bring her experience with the recent Columbia flooding to discuss the human aspects of disaster preparedness. She will identify stress factors of staff and volunteers and how to incorporate that into planning and preparation. Remembering to keep in mind that all people do not respond the same way during disasters, she will discuss finding ways to create teams that will work and how to regroup when they don’t, and using those experiences to improve preparations for the next one.
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Organizing Chaos – Making it work
Speakers: Brenda Burk and
Your intentions were good. You purchased that book on disaster preparedness. Before you could read the book and create some basic plans for a disaster, a water pipe in your building breaks over the weekend. It will not be your typical Monday now! How do you quickly respond and deal with the disaster? What are the main responsibilities that need to be covered? This session will be interactive after a brief overview. Attendees will discuss their team creations based on scenarios and resources presented to them.
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch (provided) and Business Meeting
12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Archaeological Archive Flood Recovery Project: Looking Back on a Year of Flood Recovery
Speaker: Meg Gaillard, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Heritage Trust Program)
Following the 2015 flood event that affected the Carolinas from October 1-5, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Heritage Trust archaeologists, along with volunteers, student and professional archaeologists worked to recover artifacts, photographs, and documents located in a facility next to Gills Creek in Columbia, SC. The entirety of the archive was inundated with flood water. Learn about the lessons learned from this catastrophic event that might help you, your staff, and facility prepare for disaster.
1:35 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
From the Professional
Speaker: Natasha Scott, MA, LPC-I, Director of Operations for Mental Health America of Columbia
When a disaster has come and gone our lives are forever altered. Regardless of the outcomes we as a community, a team and as an individual have to put things back together like pieces of a puzzle. Many of us do not possess the tools necessary to make this transformation happen and we react with panic, disdain and a sense of abandonment in some cases. Our main goal is to get back to some sense of normalcy and regain our comfort level with our lives. Within our work environment this is possible and with a clear sense and understanding of our roles in returning to a place where we can all work cohesively, disasters can be managed, overcome and learned from in a healthy effective manner.
2:25 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Evaluating/Re-evaluating
All panel discussion
Questions, questions, questions! The human factor and the well-being of your colleagues cannot be stressed enough when dealing with disasters. This final session will be a time for you to ask questions to all the presenters and to help you bring order to mayhem while keeping your sanity and sense of humor during the disaster preparedness planning process.
