Bring disaster readiness to your next event.

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Leann Hackman-Carty is a keynote speaker, workshop leader and webinar presenter who makes preparedness practical. Audiences leave with a clear next step, not just a sense of urgency. She has spoken for economic developers, municipal associations, chambers of commerce, Indigenous organizations, banks and professional associations across Canada, the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

 

Popular topics

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• When, Not If: Is Your Community Prepared for a Disaster? For councils, municipal staff and regional leaders.

• Master Your Disaster: A Business Primer: continuity planning for owners, chambers and business advisors.

• Economic Resilience: Your Competitive Edge: why resilient communities attract investment.

• The Role of Local Government in Disasters: who does what before, during and after.

• Business and Economic Recovery: lessons from floods, wildfires and COVID-19.

 

Formats

 

keynote · half- or full-day workshop · webinar · panel

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What organizers say

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"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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Past audiences include

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• Business Retention & Expansion International 

• Economic Developers Association of Canada

• International Economic Developers Council

• Kelowna Chamber of Commerce 

• Community Futures National Conference

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

• MIC 2018 Showcase

• GroYourBiz 

• CATIQ National Conference

• The Everyday Millionaire Podcast

• Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) Annual Conference

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference

• Cando Links for Learning Conference

• Bordering on Disaster conference

• Public Business Accountants of Alberta annual conference

• Alberta Municipalities Association Annual Conference

• Alberta Development Officers Association annual conference

• Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust

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

• Florida Redevelopment Association 

• Pincher Creek Chamber 

• Saskatchewan Economic Development Association 

• ISD Maryland Resilience Project

• Growing the North Conference

• Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce

• Rural Municipalities of Alberta 

• Women in the North Conference

• PBA Conference

• CERT Training

• Canada Maple Foundation conference,

• WXN Bold Convos panel

• How to Disaster podcast guest

• After the Fire 2026 panelist

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