Third Annual Maryland Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters Virtual Conference Wednesday, December 8th and 9th, 2020

 
Please see below the information for the Third Annual Maryland Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters Virtual Conference, which will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, December 8th and 9th, 2020 ~~~ NEXT WEEK!!!
 
Registration is FREE this year, and the conference will be held by Zoom.  Feel free to share this with friends, family, and your social organizations.
 
This is an opportunity to hear about the success and challenges faced by volunteer organizations before, during, and after covid response and recovery.
 
All the best,
 
Paula M. Hughes
Master Continuity Practitioner
PGCERT.pmhughes@gmail.com

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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford, industrialist, innovator, business magnet.
 
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Maryland VOAD 2020 Annual Conference: Looking Ahead with 2020 Vision   When Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST -to- Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 1:00 PM EST   Tuesday Evening: - Business Meeting - Dinner Networking or Break - Strategic Plan Outline & Breakouts - Award Presentation   Wednesday Morning - Keynote Speaker: Marcus Coleman, Truman National Security Project and Senior Associate at HWC, Inc. - COVID Response Panel Discussion - Insight Sessions -- Options TBD Add to Calendar     Where A Zoom link will be provided after registration. Dear Paula, Maryland VOAD is pleased to announce its third annual conference: "Looking Ahead with 2020 Vision." This two-day conference will be held virtually on Tuesday, December 8th and Wednesday, December 9th, 2020.   As an acknowledgement of all the hours and hard work put in this year, no fees are being charged. Please attend and participate!    A participant packet, including Zoom link, will be sent after Registration closes.   Last day to register is Thursday Dec 3, 2020.   Click on the link below to register. Register Now! I can't make it Thank you for your prompt attention to this registration e-mail, and we look forward to having you join us for this annual conference.   Sincerely,   Jenn Dorsch-Messler Maryland VOAD communicationscoordinator@marylandvoad.org (240) 409-6972

 

Maryland VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster), 1911 Hunt Meadow Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403

 

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Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress at recognizing masked faces. The findings, produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), are detailed in a new report called Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6B: Face Recognition Accuracy with Face Masks Using Post-COVID-19 Algorithms (NISTIR 8331). It is the agency’s first study that measures the performance of face recognition algorithms developed following the arrival of the pandemic. A previous report from July explored the effect of masked faces on algorithms submitted before March 2020, indicating that software available before the pandemic often had more trouble with masked faces. Read More In Case You Missed It NIST Launches Studies Into Masks’ Effect on Face Recognition Software July 27, 2020 Researchers found that algorithms created before the pandemic generally perform less accurately with digitally masked faces. Read More

LULAC Women’s Virtual Summit is a historic first. Saturday, December 5, 2020

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Will You Make History on December 5th, 2020? The LULAC Women’s Virtual Summit is a historic first. Top Latinas from across the United States and Puerto Rico. Empowered together to build their families and communities. Come and learn. Listen, watch and ask questions. Firsthand experiences shared of personal choices made. Decisions and defeats turned into triumph and hope. You are not alone. Let’s make history by lifting our combined strength. We can do this even during COVID-19. Register Now. Space is limited. We’ll See You at the Summit! ¿Estás Intentando Llegar a La Cumbre? Únete a nosotros el sábado 5 de diciembre de 2020. El evento virtual de la Comisión de Mujeres de LULAC. Haciendo historia juntas. Empoderadas en la unidad. Latinas destacadas reunidas en línea desde los EEUU y Puerto Rico. Compartiendo desafíos, triunfos y estrategias. Sea parte de este evento de LULAC Mujeres. Invita a una amiga o familiar y vean juntos. No te pierdas el acontecimiento latino más increíble. El espacio es limitado. Regístrate hoy en www.lulac.org/womenssummit/ ¡Nos Vemos en La Cumbre este Sábado!

 

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This is probably one of the most powerful and progressive-thinking conversations on 'race & economic opportunity' you've heard! A valued resource for people who aspire to be real "problem-solvers" in any given city-county. Informative!!!

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