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A disastrous conversation
Join our upcoming LIVE webinar for a ‘disastrous conversation’. Elizabeth McNaughton, disaster recovery expert, and Lucy Easthope, the UK's leading authority on recovering from disasters, will be engaging in insightful discussions about disaster recovery, crisis leadership, and managing disruptive events.
Date: Monday 11 September | Time: NZT9am - 7am Australia
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This FREE LIVE conversation is a must-attend for professionals involved in disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis leadership, and those interested in learning from past disasters.
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- Benefit from leadership insights gained from interviews with over 100 disaster recovery leaders worldwide.
- Understand the intricacies of working in rapidly changing environments to effectively navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
- Explore the common patterns, impacts, and recovery strategies employed in the aftermath of disasters and mass disruptions.
- Have a laugh with some good stories along the way.
Participants
This FREE conversation is a must-attend for professionals involved in disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis leadership, and those interested in learning from past disasters.
Date & Time
Date and Time: 11th September at NZT9am - 7am Australia (45 minutes).
Location: Free Online Webinar - Registration is required to attend.
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Cost
Free. This is a free LIVE Webinar brought to you by Hummingly to help disaster knowledge spread more rapidly.
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Elizabeth McNaughton’s career, leading multi-million-dollar recovery programs for New Zealand Red Cross and her work on the Canterbury earthquakes, brings valuable insights to the webinar. She has also worked for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Asia-Pacific region. Elizabeth’s expertise is recognized through various accolades, including being a Winston Churchill fellowship recipient,a Leadership New Zealand alumna, an Edmund Hillary Fellow and a co-author of “Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.”
📎 Don't miss Leading in Disaster Recovery a Companion Through the Chaos shared in the comments.

Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK’s leading authority on recovering from disasters. Lucy's book “When the Dust Settles" is a Sunday Times best seller and has been profiled in the New Yorker, The Guardian and by the BBC. She has been an advisor for nearly every major disaster of the past two decades, including the 2004 tsunami, 9/11, the Salisbury poisonings, Grenfell, the Covid-19 pandemic and most recently the war in Ukraine. She challenges others to think differently about what comes next after tragic events, and how to plan for future ones. Lucy has a degree in law, a PhD in medicine and a Masters in risk, crisis and disaster management. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham, a Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath and a Research Associate at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand.
📎 Don't miss Lucy's recent article in The New Yorker and a review of her book "When the Dust Settles" in The Guardian.
Elizabeth McNaughton’s career, leading multi-million-dollar recovery programs for New Zealand Red Cross and her work on the Canterbury earthquakes, brings valuable insights to the webinar. She has also worked for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Asia-Pacific region. Elizabeth’s expertise is recognized through various accolades, including being a Winston Churchill fellowship recipient,a Leadership New Zealand alumna, an Edmund Hillary Fellow and a co-author of “Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.”
📎 Don't miss Leading in Disaster Recovery a Companion Through the Chaos shared in the comments.
Professor Lucy Easthope is the UK’s leading authority on recovering from disasters. Lucy's book “When the Dust Settles" is a Sunday Times best seller and has been profiled in the New Yorker, The Guardian and by the BBC. She has been an advisor for nearly every major disaster of the past two decades, including the 2004 tsunami, 9/11, the Salisbury poisonings, Grenfell, the Covid-19 pandemic and most recently the war in Ukraine. She challenges others to think differently about what comes next after tragic events, and how to plan for future ones. Lucy has a degree in law, a PhD in medicine and a Masters in risk, crisis and disaster management. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham, a Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath and a Research Associate at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand.
📎 Don't miss Lucy's recent article in The New Yorker and a review of her book "When the Dust Settles" in The Guardian.


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