Event
April 17, 2024 - April 19, 2024
8:00 am to 4:30 pm CDT
Location
State Emergency Operations Center Suiter Room 3041 Sidco Dr. Nashville, TN 37204
Contact
This course is a part of week 3 of the FEMA Basic Academy.
Course Description
To equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/emergency response.
Course Objectives
- Using the strategic communications planning model, develop a public awareness campaign (95%)
- Using the strategic communications planning model, develop an incident communications strategy (5%)
- Indicate the purpose of a public awareness campaignIdentify the steps in developing a public awareness campaign
- Develop a strategy for an awareness campaign on a selected topic
- Change the method of developing a plan to follow the 8-step StratCom process
- Demonstrate the role and function of the PIO in both day-to-day emergency environments
- Compare actions PIOs can take to work with the news media during day-to-day and emergency situation
- Describe different public information written products
- Apply effective news release writing guidance
- Adapt or repurpose written media products for social media
- Describe what types of impressions specific body language might convey during an interview
- Identify elements of an interview the PIO should consider ahead of timeIdentify steps a PIO needs to take to prepare for and conduct a news interview
- Demonstrate effective techniques for on-camera interviews
Prerequisites
- IS0029.a: Public Information Officer Awareness
Duration in Hours- 24.0
Duration in Days- 3.0