Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Workshop Series

Conservation ConneCTion is pleased to announce that it the popular Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Workshop Series will be offered one last time. 

$45 for the entire three-part series.

Conservation ConneCTion in partnership with the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) presents the Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Workshop Series which gives cultural institutions the tools and training for disaster planning and response. This three-part workshop series, led by NEDCC preservation services staff, is designed for staff and volunteers at museums, historical societies, libraries, and archives. This workshop series is funded through an Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collection’s implementation grant.

The Workshop series is presented in three parts. The first begins August 13, 2012 with Part I: Disaster Planning with dPlan™ Lite. The workshop includes a presentation on disaster planning and hands-on training using NEDCC’s online disaster-planning template, dPlan™ Lite. Participants will begin work on their disaster plans in an uninterrupted environment where they can ask questions while they become comfortable with the software. Part 1 will be held at the Middletown Library Service Center in Middletown, CT.

Part II: Disaster Response & Recovery, is a two-day workshop. Day One will provide a review of disaster planning and prevention, disaster response, drying techniques, setting priorities, and documentation. Day Twowill cover salvage priorities and a demonstration/participation in a wet-salvage exercise recovering materials commonly found in libraries, archives, and museums. Part 2 will be held at the Middletown Library Service Center on November 12 and 13, 2012.

Part III: On-site Disaster Response Trainingis the final part of the workshop series. All participants will receive a site visit from a NEDCC preservation services representative who will provide a half-day of training to the museum or library staff on using their disaster plan.

What you get – Participants will learn about disaster planning, receive instruction on how to complete dPlan™ Lite from NEDCC staff, receive hands-on training in disaster response and recovery, receive a free site visit from NEDCC staff who will conduct a half-day training session on carrying out their disaster plan, and receive resource materials including a CD-ROM of information on disaster preparedness and recovery.

What you need to do – Participants must attend Parts I, II, and III and register for and complete dPlan™ Lite.

How to get started – Register for the entire series by emailing Conservation ConneCTion director, Kathy Craughwell-Varda at CSL.ConservationConnection@ct.gov.

• Participants may use computers provided or bring their own Laptops (please let us know if you will be bringing a laptop).

• All participants will receive an emailed packet of information that will outline what information about their site they need to bring to begin filling out dPlan™ Lite at the workshop.

• Sites are encouraged to send more than one person to Part I of the workshop series.

For more information, directions and to print out a registration form please visit www.conservationct.org or email Kathy Craughwell-Varda, Project Manager for Conservation ConneCTion at CSL.ConservationConnection@ct.gov.

11/16 workshop: Exploring Health Issues among Southeast Asian Americans in Connecticut

Are you interested in learning more about health issues among Southeast Asian Americans in Connecticut?

There is an workshop on “Exploring Health Issues among Southeast Asian Americans in Connecticut” at the University of Connecticut Health Center on Wednesday, November 16th. This event is FREE and open to the public. A light dinner will be served.


Contact: Rasy Mar, MPH
Community Based Education
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT  06030-1925
Phone: 860-679-6295 / Fax: 860-679-1097
Email: mar@uchc.edu

Introduction to Music Therapy, NEAT Marketplace 5.18.11

This is a free event at the NEAT Center at Oak Hill and will be held May 18, 2011 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

This FREE presentation will give basic information about the field of music therapy and delve into the specific ways that music therapy services can benefit those with a wide variety of special needs in school, home and community based settings. Areas of focus will include: music therapy as both related service and educational enrichment within the school setting, examples of goals and musical interventions within a music therapy session, music therapy in collaboration with other related services including SLP, OT and PT, and the use of adaptive technology within the music therapy setting.

Presented by Jennifer Sokira MMT, MT-BC, LCAT and Emily Pellegrino MT-BC

Register online or by calling Julie Hein at 860-243-2869.

Social Media in NFPs, Hartford Public Library

How Social Media is Changing the Nonprofit World
Presenter: Caitlin Thayer, Thayer Consulting, LLC

A Dartmouth College study shows that a remarkable 89% of charitable organizations are using some form of social media including blogs, podcasts, message boards, social networking, video blogging and wikis. Has your organization taken the plunge? Learn best practices for your organization and think strategically about how social media can apply to your specific needs.

Wednesday, April 20, 10:00 am – noon.

Registration required: in-person, online (www.hplct.org/calendar), or by calling 860-695-6295

Hartford Public Library
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Program room, 3rd Floor

This workshop is offered in partnership with The Alliance for Non-Profit Growth and Opportunity (TANGO).

Health Literacy workshop

What: Promoting Health Literacy through Easy-to-Read Materials
When: Tuesday April 12, 2011 from 10AM to noon.
Where: Middletown Library Service Center.
Who: YOU! Librarians everywhere need this information.
Why: Better service to our most vulnerable and most fervently supportive patrons. Also, many grant opportunities involve health literacy.
How: Register (see below) and show up. Learn!

Program description: Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/New England Region will will discuss the challenges of finding understandable medical information for health consumers, the dangers of miscommunication between health providers and patients, the process of educating adults, specific tests to determine readability, and the National Action Plan for Health Literacy.

The workshop will include a hands-on opportunity to critique, rewrite, and create materials that help impart health and wellness information quickly and clearly.

Registration is required. Space is limited; to register, please send an email to Healthnet Program Director Alberta Richetelle: richetelle@nso.uchc.edu.

Include your name, name of your Library, email address, and phone number including a phone number on the day of the workshop.

Directions to the Middletown Library Service Center: http://ct.webjunction.org/510/articles/content/1090620

Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network
"Your Connecticut resource for free, authoritative consumer health information"
http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/
Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
University of Connecticut Health Center