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LDR Network Conference
December 8-10, 2009
Chicago, IL

Thank you to everyone who attended the LDR Network Conference and helped to make it a great success.  We will use this page to post the various presentations and other documents used during the meeting for you to download.  If you have any trouble downloading any of the files, or you have other questions related to the conference, please contact Mike by e-mail at michael.nevergall@elca.org or by phone at 773-380-2863.

Conference Agenda   (PDF, 14.8 KB)

Disaster 101   (PPT, 388.5 KB)   General overview:  History of LDR, What is Disaster?, Disaster Preparedness, Phases of Disaster, Working with Volunteers, Crisis Communication, Spiritual Care, and Self-Care.

Devotions   (PPT, 146.5 KB)

Strategic Planning survey  (PPT, 5.1 MB)   Overview of survey results; more detailed overview coming soon

            Strategic Vision document   (PDF, 283.6 KB)   The first draft of a vision statement for the strategic
            planning taskforce

Introduction to Job Aids   (PPT, 71 KB)

Tabletop Exercise presentation   (PPT, 2.14 MB)

            Exercise Injects   (PDF, 14.15 KB)   These injects are distributed to exercise participants throughout
            the various stages of the exercise.

ELCA Expense Report form  (14.85 KB)  Please fill out this form and submit, along with original copies of all related receipts, for reimbursement of expenses from your trip.  (This form uses a software called Formatta Filler which many computers do not have.  For instructions on downloading a free copy, click here.)
     Send all expense forms to:
             ELCA
                                                            Attn:  Maria Maldonado (CS)
                                                            8765 W. Higgins Road
                                                            Chicago, IL  60631

Conference Evaluation   (PDF, 14.2 KB)  If you have not yet completed an evaluation, download it here and send it in.  Your thorough and candid feedback will help to shape these types of events in the future.