FLEPIOA AGENDA
JUNE 18 – 22, 2007
SUNDAY, June 17, 2007
Brunch 11:00AM
Casa Monica Hotel
If you get to the hotel early enough, come join us!
MONDAY, June 18, 2007
Breakfast on your own
Registration 12pm – 5pm
New member reception
Sultans Room
5pm – 6pm
Conference Committee Dinner
All conference committee members and board members
6pm meet in lobby
Dinner on your own
TUESDAY, June 19, 2007
Breakfast on your own
Registration 9am – 12pm
Regional Directors Meeting (all board
members also)
10am - 12pm
Meet in Jenell Atlas’ hotel room
Lunch on your own
Crime Analysis and the PIO
1pm - 2pm
Stacy Belledin, manager of the Crime Analysis Unit, Jacksonville Sheriff’s
Office (Biography)
When the media requests data and/or information from an agency, the Public
Information Office usually plays the role of liaision between the media and
others within the agency. Frequently media requests are vague and do not fully
describe the desired objective, leaving requests to be resubmitted again and
again. Crime Analysis Units can be a great place for PIOs to receive information
for media and other public requests. This presentation will discuss what types
of data and information crime analysis units have available for PIOs, and how it
can be used to an agency's advantage.
PIO 101
1pm – 4pm
Lt.
Keith Kameg (Biography) Gainesville Police Dept.
& Twis Lisasuian (Biography) Osecola County
Sheriff's Office
Basic public information officer tips and techniques
Host Party
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Pool Lanai, family members welcome
$50.00 for spouse, $20 for children under 12
Hospitality Suite open 10pm to midnight
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2007
Breakfast provided
Welcome and opening ceremony
8:30am – 9:00am
Boot Camp Death
Ruth Sasser, Bay County Sheriff’s Office (Biography)
9am – 1030am
The death of Martin Lee Anderson at the Bay County Sheriff's Office
Boot Camp in January of 2006 became an international media event.
Ruth will speak on managing the media when the facts don't matter.
Strategic Communications Planning and
Thinking
Peter Holister, Hollister and Company (Biography)
1030am – 12pm
A more strategic approach to communication is the answer for PIOs
who find themselves in a constantly reactive mode, unable to plan,
unable to set priorities and unable to say "no" to senseless demands
on their professional time. There are time-tested strategic planning
and thinking techniques that can and should be adapted to fit most
of the situations we face as communicators. Applied, these
techniques will help you become more of a strategist, more prepared
to offer solutions and counsel and more valuable to those who sit
around the decision-making table.
Lunch on your own
12 pm- 1:30pm
Deputy Involved Shooting and Death
Sheriff Grady Judd (Biography),
Carrie Rodgers (Biography),
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
130pm – 3:00pm
The shooting death of Deputy Sheriff Matt Williams and his K-9
partner Diogi, and the shooting of another deputy, Doug Speirs,
became instant national news due to the fact that schools in the
immediate vicinity of the shooting were locked down and the suspect
remained at large for approximately 24 hours. This was not the Polk
County Sheriff's Office's first experience with media coverage of
this magnitude, but it certainly ranked as one of the most critical
incidents that has ever occurred at the agency. Due to the swift law
enforcement response and the cooperation from the media, the suspect
was found and shot to death just one day after he ambushed and
killed Matt Williams and his K-9 partner.
Basic Media Interview Techniques
Allen Moore, Orange County Corrections (Biography)
3pm – 4pm
Simple basic tips on how to conduct and prepare for media interviews. During
this session, you will learn how to "negotiate your quote" whether working with
print, television, or radio. Also featured: training on basic techniques to use
when you are "on-camera;" what helps the reporter that will help you get your
message points used in the story; and video examples of what to do and what not
to do when conducting a media interview.
Dinner on your own
Hospitality Suite open 7pm to 10pm
THURSDAY, June 21, 2007
Breakfast provided
Public Records Update
Attorneys Laurence C. Pritchard (Biography)
and Howard M. Maltz (Biography)
9am – 1030am
What is new in public records. Come with your questions.
Execution of Timothy J. McVeigh - Managing the Media
Onslaught
Dan Dunne (Biography)
10:30am – 12pm
How do you manage a media onslaught involving over 1,600 reporters? During this
session Corrections and Communications expert Dan Dunne will share first-hand
lessons learned on how he prepared and managed the media during one of the
largest media events in the Federal Bureau of Prisons history.
Come see how the nuts and bolts of the Bureau's media relations plan was
anchored on building a partnership with the media.
Lunch on your own
12pm – 130pm
Horrid Headlines
Michelle Van Dyke (Biography)
1:30pm – 3pm
Major disasters and national news-making incidents aren’t the only issues that
require expertise in crisis communications. Operational and procedural failures,
equipment breakdowns, employee problems, internal investigations and those
middle-of-the-night phone calls can add up to havoc for public safety PIOs.
Learn how you can minimize the damage from negative press coverage, boost your
agency’s image, and stay calm when others around you aren’t.
Child Abduction Response Team
Special Agent Eric Jester (Biography)
3pm – 4pm
An inter-agency child abduction team that will respond to abducted as well as
missing and endangered child cases as set forth by certain criteria.
Banquet and awards ceremony
Spouse welcome $60.00
6pm cocktails
7pm dinner
Hospitality Suite Open
10pm to midnight
FRIDAY June 20, 2007
Breakfast on your own
Business meeting
Elections
830am – 10am
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