[californiadisasters] Disaster Info Specialist Meeting topic - 7/11/13: New Trends & Emerging Technology

This information comes courtesy of Elizabeth Norton in a post on Daily Brief Forum on Yahoo.

WHAT:  Disaster Information Specialists Program monthly conference call/webinar

 

WHEN:  Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET  

 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE:  The Disaster Information Specialist monthly meeting is open to everyone – please spread the word and invite others in your organizations,  send to your email lists, and post to your social media accounts.

 

TOPIC:   New Trends and Emerging Technology

 

SPEAKERS:  Emily Hurst, Technology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region

 

Keeping up with new technology and forms of communication are critical in emergency and disaster preparedness. Emily Hurst will provide a review of today's hottest technology trends. Some of the topics to be covered include cloud computing and augmented reality.

 

Join us to learn how you can stay on top of new trends and how these may be applied in your organizations and institutions!

 

 

LOGIN:   To join the meeting at 1:30 pm ET, Thursday, July 11^th , click on https://webmeeting.nih.gov/disinfo  

Enter your name in the guest box and click "Enter Room".

A box should pop up asking for your phone number. 

Enter your phone number and the system will call you. 

For those who cannot use this call-back feature, the dial-in information is:

Dial-In:  1-888-757-2790

Pass-Code: 745907

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If you have never attended an Adobe Connect Pro meeting before:

Test your connection: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm   

Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview 

 

Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Acrobat Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

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Or, if you are in the area you can attend the meeting in person at our offices at 6707 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD, Suite 440. Park in the visitor's parking lot (we will validate your parking), walk to the middle building (Democracy Two) and take the elevator to the 4th floor. Suite 440 is around the corner behind the elevators.

 

MORE INFORMATION:  For more information on this and past meetings, see http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/dismeetings.html   

 

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