Colorado Emergency Management - Building a Strong Program Workshop

On Monday, FEB. 22, 2010 from 8:30-4:30 at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center in Colorado Springs, the Division of Emergency Management will host a pre-conference workshop for emergency managers.

Lucien Canton will be the facilitator for the one day Pre-Conference Emergency Management Workshop called “Colorado Emergency Management: Building A Strong Program.” The audience for this workshop is seasoned Colorado emergency managers with at least two years of experience.

Lucien Canton has a national reputation for workshops that are provocative and stimulating. His presentations combine history, academic research, humor, and real-world experience to teach perspectives on preparedness and leadership in crisis. He will also be the keynote speaker the next day at the Governor’s Conference on Emergency Management on February 23, 2010.
Lucien G. Canton, CEM, CPP CBCP has over 30 years experience in hazard and risk analysis, loss reduction, and emergency planning. As the Director of Emergency Services for the City of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, he was responsible for coordinating the City's emergency management program and served as a policy advisor on emergency management and Homeland Security issues. Mr. Canton was instrumental in the development of the City's terrorism response capability and coordinated major response plans for the millennium and the electrical energy crisis. A strong supporter of volunteerism, he expanded the role of volunteers under the City's emergency plan by developing mutual support linkages among various programs and adding key agencies to the Disaster Council. During his tenure with San Francisco, Mr. Canton successfully lobbied for the adoption of national standards for the City’s emergency management program and revised the City’s Administrative Code to incorporate the Standardized Emergency Management System. His commitment to professional standards transformed the Office of Emergency Services into a highly credible organization and a leading player in regional emergency planning.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Canton served as an Emergency Management Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1990 to 1996. Mr. Canton served with the US Army in Germany from 1975 to 1980 and held a variety of positions in the US and abroad in the private security industry from 1980 to 1990. His credentials include certification by the International Association of Emergency Managers as a Certified Emergency Manager.

PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP:
Lucien Canton will discuss strategic planning, administrative planning and will highlight how to elevate Emergency Managers from Technicians to Program Managers while focusing on leadership issues. In addition, he will demonstrate the value of private and public partnerships.

TO REGISTER:
Go to https://dola.colorado.gov/dem_training/75ez and submit your registration via the training registration link through the EZ Form. Cindy VonFeldt will be working with you on your lodging needs.
We do have limited registration, so we are requesting no more than two emergency management personnel per jurisdiction. You may submit additional registrations and as space available, may be able to register additional personnel.

You MUST submit your registration on the website by February 8, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent after registration with details.

For more information contact: robyn.knappe@state.co.us (720-852-6617) or cindy.vonfeldt@state.co.us