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Wellbeing and Resilience for Heritage Disaster Responders
 
Date: 2nd December 2024
Time: 13:00- 15:00 (New York and Ottawa time)           
           10:00-12:00 (Los Angeles time)           
           18:00 - 20:00 London time         
           19:00 - 21:00 Brussels time
 
Venue: Online
Duration: Two hours
Cost: USD 110, CAD 150, 90 GBP, 105 EUR
 
About This Event
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In this workshop, you will learn how to enhance your well-being and resilience to better prepare for and cope with emergencies and disasters.
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You Will:
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  • Explore the concepts of wellbeing and resilience, and their role in emergency preparedness
  • Discover how wellbeing and resilience skills can be developed and strengthened both personally and within a team.
  • Learn techniques and practices to enhance personal wellbeing and resilience, including stress management, cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, and self-care.
  • Discover strategies for fostering resilience within your team, ensuring that everyone is better equipped to handle challenging situations.
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Course Benefits
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This course offers a comprehensive approach to well-being and resilience training, emphasizing evidence-based strategies and practical interventions based on the most updated scientific research in positive psychology and neuroscience. You will be equipped with the tools and knowledge to enhance your resilience and that of your team, preparing you to face emergencies and disasters with confidence. These tools can also be applied to everyday life and work, helping you to manage stress, improve emotional well-being, and foster a resilient mindset in all aspects of your daily activities.
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Who is this course for?
 
This course is for heritage professionals involved in emergency response, including those preparing to work in disaster areas impacted by natural disasters, civil unrest, or war, as well as other professionals engaged in the salvage and protection of cultural heritage.
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Course Leader
 
Andor Vince is a Collections Care Advisor and a Positive Organizational Psychology Practitioner. He has worked in the heritage sector since 1998, including seventeen years in the United Kingdom. In this workshop, Andor incorporates the latest scientific research on well-being and resilience from positive psychology and neuroscience, and teaches practical, research-backed strategies for enhancing well-being and resilience. He shares valuable insights from his personal experiences in disaster response and coping with traumatic events, including natural disasters, war, and civil unrest.
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His expertise in disaster preparedness and response lies in developing comprehensive emergency management programs and strategies, with a strong emphasis on modern leadership, positive team dynamics, well-being, and resilience in emergency response and recovery.​​​​
Wellbeing and Resilience for Heritage Disaster Responders
The Emergency Management in Heritage scholarship has been set up to train collections care professionals to develop an emergency management program for collections.
 
The scholarship will support your professional development by providing you with: 
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  • Tools to assess risks to your collections
  • Skills to create an operational emergency response plan for your collections
  • Knowledge to design a comprehensive training program for your team
  • Practices and skills to maintain resilience and well-being in emergencies and disasters.
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