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On the eve of the Nov. 8 Florida Public Relations Association state board meeting, members of the FPRA Executive Committee and leaders from FPRA chapters around the state were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of Flagler County's Emergency Operations Center. Click here to see the entire photoset.

The EOC houses the administrative offices for the Flagler County Emergency Services Department which includes emergency management, fire rescue, flight operations, geographic information services, 911 addressing and the county's 911 dispatch center. The facility includes radio and television broadcast studios for Flagler County's all-access government channel, training rooms, a full kitchen and employee sleeping quarters.

The center opened in April 2006 at a cost of $7 million.

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As organizations focus more than ever on improving operational efficiency and service, they are asking: Do organizations that communicate effectively outperform those who don’t? If they do, is our communication effort contributing the way it should to improved results for our organization?

Join the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of FPRA from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 12 at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Port Orange as Ron Hess, an employee communication expert, shares with us the “Ten Employee Communication Traits of High Performing Organizations.” Through his consulting experience, plus more than 25 years of senior level experience at GE, Eaton, Watson Wyatt and other companies, Ron has seen high performing organizations that effectively practice and encourage communication behaviors, and traits that mediocre or low-performing organizations do not.

If your organization is not high performing, he’ll also provide plenty of practical ideas on how to get in the game and accelerate winning through organizational communications.

Ron is president of Motiv8 Communications, a full service employee communications firm based in Port Orange, and a frequent writer and speaker on employee communication topics.

The program will be held at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Port Orange, FL, in Building 1, Room 1203. Check-in and networking will begin at 11:30 a.m., and lunch will be at noon. The cost is $10 for FPRA members and students and $15 for nonmembers.

Register online at www.fpravf.org by noon Nov. 7. Cancellations made after 8 a.m. Nov. 10, will be billed. Space is limited to the first 50 reservations.

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The Orlando Area and Volusia County Chapters of FPRA held their annual Image Awards gala last night at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in downtown Orlando. Photos from the event can be seen here.

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