Penn State adopted an Emergency Notification System (ENS) during the summer of 2006 and has used it many times. This webinar will take a multifaceted view of the ENS paradigm and review all the aspects of implementing one. In this free 60-minute webinar, you will learn: * Considerations when selecting a notification vendor * Identifying who is authorized to send emergency alerts * Training your system users to send alerts * Developing your communications plan to roll out the system * The importance of testing * Type of alerts to send and when to send them * How to manage your dispatch center after an alert is sent * The importance of a joining a relevant user group * Question & Answer session with attendees to follow

SPEAKER Annemarie Mountz Assistant Director of Public Information Penn State University, Pennsylvania