Feed Your Mind Lunch & Learn - Dancing with Catastrophe

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Date and Time

Thursday Aug 8, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT

11:30 am - Registration/Networking
12:00 pm - Presentation

Location

Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company
3600 Army Post Rd.
Des Moines, IA
You may park on the east side of the building and enter through the door next to the picnic table, rather than entering through the main doors.

Fees/Admission

Members: $0 Bring Your Own Lunch OR $18 with lunch
Non-Members: $10 Bring Your Own Lunch OR $23 with lunch
No Walk-In Registrations will be allowed.
Are you a Chamber member but don't have a user ID or password for yourself yet? Click here.
Cancellation must be made 72 hours in advance. No refunds.

**Subway Box Lunch " from Locally Owned Franchisee, Deep Paudel included with registration.
This includes 12" sandwich, chips, condiments on the side, and a cookie. Sandwich options are turkey, ham, roast beef, or vegetarian option.
Pick your option when you register." We will have your lunch the day of at the registration table.
***Lunch orders will not be available past Wednesday 8/7/24 at 10:00 am as orders will have been placed and confirmed***

Contact Information

Lisa Treptow
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Description

The FuseDSM Feed Your Mind Lunch & Learn program are 60 minute presentations, monthly, on a variety of important and timely topics that provide the tools to successfully navigate your business.

**Emergency Preparedness: Building a Resilient Organization**

You are crucial to your organization. But what happens if you are suddenly removed from the equation?
Can the office access your files and calendar? Who has the passwords?
Where is the insurance policy? What if the office burns down?

Any one of us can be sidelined at any time, and none of us wants to leave a chaotic mess for someone else to decipher.

Join us as we discuss how to build an emergency toolbox to ensure your organization remains strong and functional when catastrophe hits. In this session, we'll explore strategies for centralized document storage, access and password management, essential document compilation, emergency contacts and procedures, business continuity planning, regular updates and training, backup systems, and physical security. By the end of our discussion, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to create a comprehensive plan that safeguards your organization against unexpected events.

Presented by: Maryfrances Evans, IRIS Executive Director

Maryfrances is a proud Des Moines native who built her television career as a producer/director for KCCI. Through her 26 years there, she climbed the ranks from entry-level assistant to newscast director to management. Evans realized her greatest dream through the adoptions of two infant daughters and left KCCI in 2006 to focus on parenting. She rejoined the full-time professional world as Executive Director of IRIS in 2010, finding a perfect fit in the technical, nonprofit, and radio communities. She has grown IRIS from 3,000 to 11,000 listeners statewide and continues to deploy emerging technologies to connect print-disabled listeners with local information they can’t get anywhere else. In 2012, Evans launched the IRIS Audio Description Program where trained volunteers call play-by-play on the visual elements of a performance or event. From Broadway to rodeos, art installations, weddings, funerals, fireworks and everything in between, IRIS delivers equal access to the community. Evans served on the FCC’s Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee in 2011 and graduated from the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute in 2012. She currently serves as president of the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) Board of Directors and the Durand Heritage Foundation Board of Directors.