emergency management
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The PIO Calendar Welcomes 10,000 Unique Visitors
The PIO Calendar reached another major milestone today, surpassing 10,000 unique visitors since launching in February 2026. The milestone comes shortly after the website surpassed 20,000 total views and reflects the continued growth of The PIO Calendar as a resource for Public Information Officers, communicators, instructors, emergency managers, public safety professionals, and organizations across the…
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The PIO Calendar Reaches 20,000 Views
The PIO Calendar reached another major milestone today, surpassing 20,000 website views since launching in February 2026. What began as a simple idea to make Public Information Officer training and professional development easier to find has continued to grow into a resource used by PIOs, communicators, instructors, emergency managers, public safety professionals, and organizations across…
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The PIO Calendar Records Its Busiest Month Yet
June marked a significant milestone for The PIO Calendar. More public information officers, communicators, emergency managers, instructors, and organizations used The PIO Calendar in June than during any previous month since the platform launched earlier this year. More importantly, June demonstrated that the public information community continues to embrace a single, centralized place to discover…
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Platform Update: Free Training Opportunities Are Now Easier to Spot 🆓
One of the best parts of building The PIO Calendar is hearing directly from the people who use it. Recently, Tyler Dumont reached out with a simple suggestion: make free training opportunities easier to identify in our email newsletters. It was a great idea. Beginning this week, free events featured in both the Weekly Digest…
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Platform Update: New Feedback Tools Added to Improve The PIO Calendar Experience
The PIO Calendar has always been built around a simple idea: make it easier for public information officers and communicators to discover opportunities that help them learn, connect, and grow. As the platform continues expanding, we are adding new ways to better understand what users need and how we can continue improving the experience. Today,…
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Platform Update: Introducing the PIO Calendar Assistant Beta
Finding the right professional development opportunity just got easier. The PIO Calendar continues to grow, with hundreds of upcoming trainings, conferences, webinars, networking events, and resources available for public information officers and communications professionals. As the number of opportunities grows, so does a new challenge: How do you quickly find the opportunities that are right…
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L0105 Public Information Basics
To equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/ emergency response.