Be steps ahead of cybercriminals by increasing cyber-awareness. As we wrap up National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) will be equipping participants with cybersecurity awareness tools, tips and best practices for combating potential cyber-attacks. These best practices can be used to enhance cyber-protection at home and in the workplace. Cyberattacks can happen anywhere and to organizations of all sizes, so we hope you will join us as we learn ways to defend against them.…

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness in local communities and trains members in basic disaster response skills. Lisa Rubey of the New Braunfels CERT will present how they use FEMA’s Incident Command System to enhance their team, leadership structure, and training goals. Lisa will also discuss the New Braunfels CERT Watchtower project and how emergency management personnel utilize it during emergencies and planned events. Join us and learn how CERT teams can be assets…

Under the guidance of the Resource Conservation Council, in August 2018 the North Central Texas Council of Governments initiated a Regional Recycling Survey and Education Campaign in an effort to address high contamination rates in residential curbside recycling.  This webinar will cover the campaign development process, current analytics of the campaign, and anticipated next steps.   For more information about this webinar, please contact Kimberly Lile.

Opioid abuse and misuse is a serious public health issue across the country and Texas that impacts older adults in unique ways. Join us as we hear from Dr. Kate Lorig with the Self-Management Research Center who will share important information about how opioids affect older adults, strategies for preventing use from devolving into misuse or abuse and how evidence-based practices are being used to prevent and assist in tapering older adult opioid misuse. For more information about this webinar,…

In this installment of TARC e-Learning, this webinar will showcase how to leverage existing COG programs that already have complementary energy management related elements to help drive energy efficiency and management initiatives for members in your region. NCTCOG will share with other COGs their experience working with energy management programs and provide recommendations on programs that can help facilitate leveraging funds that are already available to you. Example program areas include solid waste, emergency preparedness, air quality, transportation, and weatherization…

Please join Tracy L. Flood, CEO and Co-Founder of Broadstreet, as she shares with us a step-by-step guide on how to map insurance status and run reports on BroadStreet.io. For more information and to register, email Kim at kliledowty@txregionalcouncil.org 

When you move into a new home, you have big plans about your belongings, including what will go where, how to use furniture and décor and the function of your new space. But life gets in the way. Some things may get misplaced, while others never get unpacked. Before you know it, the boxes become invisible to you—or maybe they get repurposed as end tables. The same often happens with your work's external communications. Your overall brand and the elements…