The Meta-Leadership Summit for Preparedness is a dynamic curriculum designed by Harvard University faculty and tailored to the challenges business, government and nonprofit leaders face.
Meta-Leadership Summit for Preparedness
Denver Metropolitan Area
Denver, CO
May 12-13, 2008
Target Area Served
- Denver Metropolitan Area
Local Hosts
- Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., State of Colorado
- Mayor John Hickenlooper, City of Denver
- Caring for Colorado Foundation
- Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership
- The Colorado Health Foundation
- Molson Coors Brewing Company
- Qwest Communications International Inc.
Summit Participation
- Total Local Participants: 165
Post Summit Activities
Thursday, July 17
Follow-up Meeting of Summit Working Groups
The Marketplace of Problems and Solutions session at the Meta-Leadership Summit generated many strong ideas for future dialogue. Full reports from the six working groups will be shared in the coming weeks. We are currently making plans to reconvene the working groups on Thursday, July 17 to explore Denver’s specific preparedness issues in more depth. All Summit attendees as well as other Denver preparedness leaders/partners are invited to participate. If you are interested in participating, please contact Gabrielle O’Meara at 404-639-7057 or GOMeara@cdc.gov. (Summary reports from the working groups and meeting details to follow.)
Thursday, June 19
Risk Communications Course for Denver Leaders
On Thursday, June 19 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will offer a Crisis + Emergency Risk Communications Course for Denver Meta-Leadership Summit participants and other Denver leaders. This six-hour training course is a fast-paced, interactive program that gives participants essential knowledge and tools to navigate the harsh realities of communicating to the public, media, partners and stakeholders during a public health emergency. Denver Meta-Leadership Summit participants and their colleagues in public relations, marketing, health communications are invited to attend. To register for this free course, please contact Gabrielle O’Meara at 404-639-7057 or GOMeara@cdc.gov (Agenda and meeting details to follow.)
Denver Leaders Convene for CEPP Meeting
On Thursday, May 22, leaders from Denver’s public, private and nonprofit communities participated in the Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership’s (CEPP) first quarterly meeting. CEPP aims to bring the private sector to the table in a streamlined fashion for emergency preparedness and homeland security planning and to help smooth lines of communication across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. The meeting featured Ellis Stanley, Director of Democratic National Convention Planning for Denver’s Office of Emergency Management who, along with CDC and the CDC Foundation representatives, presented highlights of the Meta-Leadership Summit and discussed post-summit activities. For more information about getting involved in CEPP, contact Pamela Pfeiffer at 303-607-4731 or ppfeifer@bens.org.
Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership
Summit Photos
Partners
CDC Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative - Harvard School of Public Health
NPLI is a joint program between the Harvard School of
Public Health and the Kennedy School of Government
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation