This document discusses resilience and how to build resilience at both the individual and community level. It explores what resilience means, factors that contribute to resilience like proper mindset, training, social support networks, and community preparation and support for disasters. It advocates for developing a shared understanding of resilience and responsibility, and empowering communities and networks to support individual and community needs in a flexible and adaptive manner.

1. John S. Halbrook
Iowa Department of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management

2.  Exercise Planner/Duty Officer
 Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
 https://about.me/john.halbrook.7
 John.Halbrook@iowa.gov
 (515) 725-3280

3.  Common understanding of resilience
 Review hardships that lead to the need for resilience
 What makes a person resilient
 What makes a community resilient

4.  Group Participation
 What does this word mean to you?
 What are the aspects of this summit that you want to explore?
 Why is this word important?

5. What does the word resilience really mean?

10. Bad things happen

13. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

14.  Proper Mindset
 The Book “Deep survival” by Laurence Gonzales
 Who lives, who dies and why
 Experiencing adversity in our past shapes your reaction today
 Training and education
 Physical preparedness

15.  Family
 Friends
 Community
 Faith and community organizations
 Charities
 Disaster response organizations

17.  Shared Understanding of the Shared Responsibility
 Build a coherent and synergistic campaign to strengthen and sustain national
resilience
 Organize for effective execution
 Build the knowledge and talent for resilience
 Build Public Awareness
 Motivate and Enable Action
 Enable Community-Based Resilient Initiatives

18.  Prepare for disasters
 Provide for community members to be involved
 Support critical infrastructure
 Allow for economic stability

20.  People in Iowa want to help
 Supports community and individual needs
 Empowers support networks
 Is flexible and adaptive
 Partner organizations and supporting interest groups

21. For your drive and passion

22.  Exercise Planner/Duty Officer
 Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
 https://about.me/john.halbrook.7
 John.Halbrook@iowa.gov
 (515) 725-3280