I want to thank everyone who attended the FCCMA Winter Institute that we held virtually this year. I had a great time, and it was nice catching up with all of you! A special thank you to our Institute Facilitator, Todd DeAngelis, Director of Communications, City of Parkland.
His hours of preparation and execution, expert communication skills and thoughtful presentation, helped guide us to a very successful event. We are grateful to Todd, and the City of Parkland, for participating in our event.
Our speakers were excellent and gave us a toolkit for effective communications in a crisis. After this year, I think we have all had enough crises. But thanks to this year’s winter institute, I feel prepared for the next one (and hopefully it is far in the distance).
In case you missed the Winter Institute, I have some good news for you: individual sessions from the winter institute will be available for purchase very soon! We received overwhelming positive feedback from those who attended, so we wanted to make the sessions available to the entire membership. Lauren Gill from Paradise, CA was unable to finish her impactful story about leading her community through the deadliest wildfire in California history, but she will be featured in an upcoming FCCMA podcast to continue to shed light on her experience!
In other exciting news, the Nominating Committee meets today to recommend the slate of officers for 2021-2022. I am genuinely proud of and excited for the direction FCCMA is going in. I am grateful for such a strong membership that makes passing the torch very easy. I hope you all have a great March!
