Kay Endriss's Posts - Urgent Evoke2024-03-29T15:28:03ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndrisshttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2209247859?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=204moa2hu8e5p&xn_auth=no2011 pandemic flu responsetag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-02:4871302:BlogPost:1150392010-05-02T03:10:58.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
2011.02.22 News of the flu outbreak is not encouraging. More and more people are being infected. Something must be done. I call on the teachers network. Since school have been cancelled, none of us have been working for a week. We all have active websites that our students are accessing from home. I call upon the teachers to take the online training so that they may be up-to-date and start informing their students, who can then inform their families, about the steps they need to take: 1) to…
2011.02.22 News of the flu outbreak is not encouraging. More and more people are being infected. Something must be done. I call on the teachers network. Since school have been cancelled, none of us have been working for a week. We all have active websites that our students are accessing from home. I call upon the teachers to take the online training so that they may be up-to-date and start informing their students, who can then inform their families, about the steps they need to take: 1) to avoid becoming infected; 2) to recognize signs of infection; 3) once they recognize a family member has been infected. Information about medical clinics and other community resources can easily be communicated this way. This approach has unique benefits. It spreads information into the heart of our families. It utilizes a willing resource - teachers want to help. It allows our students to play a vital role in this crisis.Coping with Uncertaintytag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-02:4871302:BlogPost:1146362010-05-02T02:28:01.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
As a statistician, OF COURSE, I chose Coming to Terms with Uncertainty as a most important secret to crisis communications. As a statistics teacher, I know that uncertainty is a very difficult concept for students to fully understand. So, it stands to reason that it would be a challenge when communicating with the public in an outbreak crisis.<div><br></br></div>
<div>Especially in a crisis, people expect to be told information with certainty, not uncertainty. Being able to communicate clearly…</div>
As a statistician, OF COURSE, I chose Coming to Terms with Uncertainty as a most important secret to crisis communications. As a statistics teacher, I know that uncertainty is a very difficult concept for students to fully understand. So, it stands to reason that it would be a challenge when communicating with the public in an outbreak crisis.<div><br/></div>
<div>Especially in a crisis, people expect to be told information with certainty, not uncertainty. Being able to communicate clearly information about risks and uncertainties that exist will be paramount. Here is my list of considerations for anyone communicating information to the public during an outbreak:<div><ul>
<li>consider multiple information sources</li>
<li>consider information in its context</li>
<li>consider different uses of information</li>
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<li>advance scientific knowledge</li>
<li>advise crisis responders</li>
<li>inform public</li>
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<li>consider any limitations of information (political, social, etc.)</li>
<li>consider underlying mathematical model basis for information</li>
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<div>The point can be made that teachers have a role similar to journalists in providing information and mitigating psychological effects in such crisis situations.</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 14px;">"Teachers have the potential to serve as the models for resiliency and the harboring of hope for our children. In the beginning they will be there to quell their fears, and in the end they will be there to pick up the pieces." ~<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: italic;">Betty Kirby, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Community Leadership, Central Michigan University</span></span></div>
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</div>Krankie's Food Security Counciltag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-18:4871302:BlogPost:956642010-04-18T02:14:39.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
Some of this isn't happening now, but it might be soon...<div><br></br></div>
<div>We face threats from tainted food arriving from outside our region, and so it is most important to nurture the food producers in our own area. The Krankie's Food Security Council is formed to link farmers and support them, providing a secure and accessible distribution site for their foods. People have been used to coming to them for this purpose, ever since the first farmer's market was organized onsite in…</div>
Some of this isn't happening now, but it might be soon...<div><br/></div>
<div>We face threats from tainted food arriving from outside our region, and so it is most important to nurture the food producers in our own area. The Krankie's Food Security Council is formed to link farmers and support them, providing a secure and accessible distribution site for their foods. People have been used to coming to them for this purpose, ever since the first farmer's market was organized onsite in 2009.</div>Future Selftag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-18:4871302:BlogPost:956592010-04-18T02:00:00.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
2020.04.17<div>Agenda</div>
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<div>0600 login to EpiTeam area for discussion with 14 colleagues around the world about health consequences of increasingly variable climate; specific topic: multiple volcano eruptions in Iceland and Europe threaten public health immediately, and threaten to cool planet due to longterm interception of sunlight</div>
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<div>0645 netvid interview by ChinaFuture about latest LearnNETwork Piedmont Triad triumphs; they seek to imitate our…</div>
2020.04.17<div>Agenda</div>
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<div>0600 login to EpiTeam area for discussion with 14 colleagues around the world about health consequences of increasingly variable climate; specific topic: multiple volcano eruptions in Iceland and Europe threaten public health immediately, and threaten to cool planet due to longterm interception of sunlight</div>
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<div>0645 netvid interview by ChinaFuture about latest LearnNETwork Piedmont Triad triumphs; they seek to imitate our global model</div>
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<div>0730 assist daughter in customizing set-up for homelearn center for her tasks in social innovation and global connectivity; she'll be sharing netvids,</div>
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<div>0800 physical maintenance</div>
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<div>0900 login to LearnNETwork virtualoffice; mentor 20 statistics students in their quests; starting with another group of 35 epidemiology students</div>
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<div>1130 LearnNETwork virtualoffice hours for personal consultation</div>
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<div>1230 travel for lunch with husband</div>
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<div>1330 Twitter meetup with CareerCenter Past & Present Group</div>
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<div>1400 Personal office hour (x2) to work on education, epidemiology & statistics blogposts</div>
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<div>1515 UrgentEvoke comes in!</div>shadowingtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-18:4871302:BlogPost:956492010-04-18T01:17:19.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
<a href="http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/shadowing.html">http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/shadowing.html</a>
<a href="http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/shadowing.html">http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/shadowing.html</a>Switching Gears - Pay Attentiontag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-18:4871302:BlogPost:956482010-04-18T01:11:28.000ZKay Endrisshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/KayEndriss
<a href="http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-gears-pay-attention.html">http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-gears-pay-attention.html</a>
<a href="http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-gears-pay-attention.html">http://theunreasonableteacher.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-gears-pay-attention.html</a>