"Disaster Preparedness is not something most accountants think of as a value add service for their clients.  Leann Hackman-Carty's presentation at our recent conference has changed that; many of the delegates build plans for how they can bring this valuable information back to their local communities. Understanding that no one can predict when a disaster will take place yet being prepared for it can be as easy as completing a shot multi-page questionnaire and keeping that information in a secure location so it can be retrieved when needed." - PBA Alberta President, Margo Desmarais FPBA

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Leann HackmanCarty is pleased to be able to offer presentations for workshops, conferences, and events. Recent engagements include:        

• Business Retention & Expansion International – Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, “Business & Economic Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, June 24, 2017

• Economic Developers Association of Canada- Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, “Business & Economic Disaster Recovery: Is Your Community Prepared?”, September 10, 2017

• International Economic Developers Council- Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, “Build Back Better: Practical Steps & Free Resources in Disaster Recovery”, September 19, 2017, “Turning Recovery into Resilient Revitalization,” September 19, 2017

• Links to Learning – Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, “Disasters: Building Response, Recovery and Resilience”, September 21, 2017

• Alberta Urban Municipalities Association- Annual Conference, Calgary, AB, “Building Relationships with Your Business Community- In the context of a disaster”, November 23, 2017

• Kelowna Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Kelowna, BC, “When, Not If. How to protect your business”, April 25, 2018

• Community Futures National Conference, Winnipeg, MB, “Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery”, June 7, 2018

• Integrated Partnership for Regional Emergency Management (IPREM) Stakeholder Engagement Session, Vancouver, BC

• “Businesses & The Economy: Keys to your Recovery & Resiliency”, July 10, 2018

• MIC 2018 Showcase, Calgary, AB, “Are you prepared for a disaster?”, September 19, 2018

• IEDC Economic Resilience Roundtable, Atlanta, GA, “Business Recovery Lessons from Alberta Wildfires”, October 3, 2018

• GroYourBiz Webinar, Online, “Is your business prepared”, November 15, 2018

• CATIQ National Conference, Toronto, ON, Community Challenges and Pitches to Dragons panellist, February 4-6, 2019

• 3rd Annual Crisis Communications Conference, Red Deer, AB, “Accelerating Economic Recovery and Resiliency After a Crisis”, March 7, 2019

• Guest, The Everyday Millionaire Podcast, March 2019, “Master of Disaster“, interview with Patrick Francey”

• Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, “Community Rebuilding, Recovery and Resilience Workshop”, March 24, 2019

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC, Rural Plenary, Disaster Resilience, June 2, 2019

• GIS Planning Webinar, online, “When, Not If” Are Your Region’s Businesses Prepared for a Disaster?”, June 11, 2019

• Cando Links for Learning Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon, Climate Change Panel, June 18, 2019

• Bordering on Disaster conference, Lloydminster, AB, “Economic Recovery & Disaster Resiliency for Communities”, September 17, 2019

• Public Business Accountants of Alberta annual conference, Canmore, AB, “Disaster Resilience is a Business Imperative”, September 21, 2019

• Economic Developers Association of Canada- Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, “Are you prepared: An economic resiliency workshop” September 23, 2019

• Alberta Urban Municipalities Association- Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, “When, not if. Is your community prepared for a disaster?”, September 26, 2019

• Alberta Development Officers Association annual conference, Drayton Valley, AB, “When, not if. Is your community prepared for a disaster?”, September 26, 2019

• IEDC workshop, Indianapolis, IN, “Economic Resilience: Your competitive Edge”, October 4, 2019

• Cando 2019 Annual Conference, October 28, 2019, “Resilient Cities: Is your community prepared for a disaster?” workshop

• Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust, San Juan and Caguas, Puerto Rico, “Is your community prepared for a disaster” (November 13, 2019), “Is your business prepared for a disaster” (November 14, 2019)

• Economic resiliency training sessions in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, Yukon, Saskatchewan and North Carolina.

• Florida Redevelopment Association presentation,  Online, “Business and Economic Recovery Opportunities post-COVID”, April 2, 2020

• AUMA Small Communities presentation, Online, “The Role of Local Government in Disasters”, April 8, 2020

• Pincher Creek Chamber presentation, Online, “Business Recovery post COVID”, April 8, 2020

• GIS Planning presentation Online, “What’s Next? Planning Strategies for COVID-19 Economic Recovery”, April 23, 2020

• CAEP presentation, Online, “Business and Economic Recovery”, May 7, 2020

• Saskatchewan Economic Development Association presentation, Online, “Business & Economic Recovery”, May 11,2020

• BMO presentation, Online, “Master Your Disaster”, May 14, 2020

• EDAC conference, Online, How to Master Your Disaster, September 2020

• CANDO webinars- How to Master Your Disaster, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, October 2020

• ISD Maryland Resilience Project, The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement, November 2020

• Series of weekly webinars for Economic Developers Alberta in response to COVID-19

• Growing the North Conference, Grande Prairie, “Master Your Disaster: A Community Primer”, keynote address, February 2021

• Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce, Master Your Disaster, Your Business Primer, Webinar, March 10, 2021

• Rural Municipalities of Alberta Spring Conference, Economic Recovery Presentation, March 17, 2021

• IEDC/OECD/Kyiv Business School Economic Recovery Group, Best Practices for Ukraine Business/Economic Recovery, May 23, 2022

• Women in the North Conference, Master Your Disaster, A Business Primer, consecutive weekly presentations in 5 communities, April 20-May 25, 2022

• PBA Conference, “Is your business prepared”, Sept. 28, 2022

• Disaster Recovery in Communities, CERT Training, January 27, 2023

• Rural Municipalities Convention, “Rural Economic Development”, March 21, 2023

• Driving Global Collaboration, IEDC Future Forum, June 12, 2023

• Whitecourt Business Support Network, “Business Reslience”, October 4, 2023

• EDAC conference, “Mental Wellness and Community Leadership” panel, October 3,2024