NO REGISTRATION FEE!REGISTRATION IS 8:00-8:30. PRESENTATION BEGINS
AT 8:30.
PRESENTATION: CHECKING YOUR BUSINESS READINESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS
PEP is excited to have two of Kansas City's most well respected
meteorologists conduct this important session. Sara Croke (Weather
or Not, Inc.) and Joe Lauria (Fox 4 Weather, WDAF-TV) will team up to
conduct an interactive workshop that will give attendees the emergency
planning tools and ideas they can take back to their operations
centers as they prepare for severe weather.
The session will include:
* WEATHER OPERATIONS AUDIT - How to analyze your company's process
for making and executing weather decisions that affect safety,
profits, and brand management.
* BRUSH UP ON YOUR WEATHER FORECASTING TOOLS - GOES 16, the latest
and why it's the greatest in satellite imagery along with the websites
and radar apps that many professionals use.
* IF IT HAPPENED HERE, HOW WOULD YOUR BUSINESS RECOVER? - The
Greensburg tornado laid over Kansas City Metro, including impacts,
will be looked at to understand the depth and breadth of the recovery
challenges.
The workshop will include interactive discussions, demonstrations, and
opportunities for Q&A. Bring your questions, and be ready to learn
from two of Kansas City's best meteorologists.
OUR PRESENTERS:
SARA CROKE - PRESIDENT - WEATHER OR NOT, INC. (WEATHERORNOT.COM)
Sara was enjoying a successful career in broadcast meteorology when
George Toma, the Head Groundskeeper of the Kansas City Royals, noticed
Sara’s keen ability to accurately predict weather conditions and
rainouts at Kauffman Stadium. At the same time, Sara began to observe
how contractors, airports and public works departments were losing
money to guessing how the weather would affect their operations.
Shortly after successfully forecasting the 1985 World Series for Toma,
Sara left television to begin a private consulting company, Weather or
Not, to help organizations affected by the weather, become more
efficient.
Over the past 26 years, Sara has successfully built Weather or Not
into the Midwest’s leading weather consulting firm. She has learned
that accurate weather prediction can save money and improve safety for
her clients. With an emphasis on personal service, she and her staff
of meteorologists provide accurate, custom, 24/7 forecasts and updates
for businesses—no matter the industry. Creating cutting-edge
solutions for her clients, Sara developed A+ Weather Alerts, the first
location-based weather information alerting system in the country.
Combining her 30+ years of experience in weather and her expertise in
pre-disaster communications, Sara is now a sought-after industry
speaker and author, becoming a catalyst to inspire great
organizations.
JOE LAURIA - WEEKEND METEOROLOGIST - FOX 4 (FOX4KC.COM)
In 1984, Joe graduated from St. Louis University with a bachelor’s
degree in meteorology. He joined Fox 4 in January 1995, but WEATHER
HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS LIFE SINCE CHILDHOOD. Growing up in
New York, Joe remembers being fascinated by clouds and snowstorms at
the age of 10. Winter remains his favorite WEATHER SEASON BECAUSE OF
THOSE HARD-to-forecast snowstorms.
Joe was chief meteorologist at KOSA-TV in Midland, Texas for six
years. It was there that the Associated Press voted him the best
weathercaster of the year for the state of Texas. He also has been
chief meteorologist at WAYK-TV in Orlando, Florida and KFKF-FM in
Kansas City and WCEE-TV in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Over the years he’s
done local radio forecasts for KMBZ-AM and WHB-AM. He was named
president of the KC Chapter of the American Meteorological Society
(AMS) for both 2001-02 and 2002- 03, and again in 2014 and has been
Vice President from 2008-2013… and also is a member of the National
Weather Association (NWA). Both organizations have given him their
Seal of Approval for excellence in weather broadcasting. He also has
been awarded the highest honor possible for a TV meteorologist when he
obtained the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation from
the AMS, which fewer than 650 people have.
_Please pass the invitation on to your colleagues._
REGISTRATION IS 8:00-8:30. PRESENTATION BEGINS AT 8:30.
_Go to www.pepkc.org [http://www.pepkc.org] to get more info about
PEP!_
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