{"id":522,"date":"2011-12-18T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preparedblog.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2017-02-05T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T01:29:06","slug":"how-to-set-up-and-run-a-map-your-neighborhood-program-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/general-preparedness\/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-map-your-neighborhood-program-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up and Run a Map Your Neighborhood Program &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t read my first article on <strong>Setting up and Running a Map Your Neighborhood Program<\/strong>, you should <a title=\"How to Set Up and Run a Map Your Neighborhood Program\" href=\"http:\/\/preparedblog.com\/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-map-your-neighborhood-program\/\">read it first, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The quick version: the Map Your Neighborhood is a program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters, with a specific curriculum and workshop materials.\u00a0 I tracked down and reviewed materials, invited neighbors, offered dessert, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After all of the preparing I did, the program went just fine.\u00a0 Most neighbors showed up on time, and some even brought their own chairs (as I had requested).\u00a0 And even though we had prepared pie and ice cream for everyone, people brought more desserts anyway!\u00a0 We had a lot left over, and nobody left hungry.\u00a0 How can you go wrong with extra dessert?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/MYN-materials.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-478\" title=\"Map Your Neighborhood handouts and other materials\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/MYN-materials-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/MYN-materials-300x159.png 300w, http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/MYN-materials.png 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map Your Neighborhood participant handout and American Red Cross preparedness materials<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We walked through the Map Your Neighborhood standard content, which was quick and easy, and had a little bit of Q&amp;A along the way. We briefly walked through additional Red Cross content I had brought.\u00a0 I demonstrated a water and gas shutoff wrench, showed some food storage options, showed a water can when talking about water storage, etc. I also mentioned some of the content in the CERT class I was taking at the time. Unsurprisingly, there was some significant overlap. And given my background, I probably spent a little extra time on emergency communications.\u00a0 You can expect an article later if I am able to set up the emergency communication plan I have in mind for the neighborhood. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>What went well?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One neighbor brought their three teenagers, and they were all engaged.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t expect any young folks to be interested, but I&#8217;ll take it.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone cared about the content, and had good questions.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone followed up with my request for additional contact info, so that I was able to prepare a useful map.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone said &#8220;OK&#8221; when I asked (and you must ask) if I could share our contact information<\/li>\n<li>We finished quickly, less than two hours.\u00a0 If I recall correctly, we were done in about 1.5 hours, which is very quick for all of this content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What could have gone better?\u00a0 We had a couple of false starts as people trickled in, but I guess that is to be expected.\u00a0 Also, I didn&#8217;t use the training DVD.\u00a0 Why not?\u00a0 Personally, I thought the program went much quicker without it, and not taking a lot of time was one of my goals.\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t recommend that for everyone, however.\u00a0 One of the benefits of the DVD is that the training is standardized &#8212; everyone sees the same material.<\/p>\n<p>Also, two neighbors couldn&#8217;t make it, and I could have tried to reschedule again, but I was getting tired of trying to pin down a date that would have worked for everyone.\u00a0 I did drop off the materials with both neighbors afterward, and they did provide me with contact info for our map (see below), so that ended up OK.<\/p>\n<p>About a week later (it should not have taken that long, but I was busy!), I sent out the map, which I put together as a PDF.\u00a0 It looks something like the picture below.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll note that I asked for certain key pieces of information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Names of everyone living in the residence, even if part-time<\/li>\n<li>Names and types of pets<\/li>\n<li>Land-line and cell phone numbers for everyone<\/li>\n<li>Email addresses for everyone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What I didn&#8217;t ask for:\u00a0 <strong>Emergency contact number<\/strong>, especially out of area. I&#8217;ve been thinking about this and think it&#8217;s a good idea, although I&#8217;m a little concerned that people might find the request invasive.\u00a0 Maybe I&#8217;ll ask what people think when we all get together next.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-525\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sample-MYN-Map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-525 \" title=\"Sample MYN Map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sample-MYN-Map-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sample Map Your Neighborhood map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can see how it turned out.\u00a0 It looks a lot like the sample I made, which you can see to your right.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how you can make your own map:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Bing or Google maps, find your location, and zoom in as far as you can.<\/li>\n<li>Use the &#8220;Snipping Tool&#8221; (in Windows, or whatever for Mac\/Linux) to capture the view you prefer<\/li>\n<li>Copy it<\/li>\n<li>Paste it into your desktop publishing application.\u00a0 I used Microsoft Publisher.<\/li>\n<li>Add text boxes with contact info, and lines that point to houses<\/li>\n<li>Save as PDF and send out to your neighbors (but you&#8217;re not done yet!)<\/li>\n<li>Get corrections (guaranteed to be a few), make changes, and send out again<\/li>\n<li>Follow up by handing out paper printouts to each neighbor (they may not have a printer or may forget to print it out)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like a larger copy as an example, I saved one as a PDF for you to review:\u00a0 <a title=\"Map Your Neighborhood PDF sample map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sample-MYN-Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Map Your Neighborhood PDF map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What I didn&#8217;t put on the map:\u00a0 Resources, like chainsaws or generators.\u00a0 It seemed like it would be more work and I was running out of room on our map, although I do have notes from the meeting.\u00a0 The good news is that we neighbors all know each other well enough now, and the group is small enough that I think we would all be relatively comfortable asking for help from the guy who&#8217;s good at plumbing, construction, first aid, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next?<\/strong>\u00a0 We had a neighbor move away just a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 When that house is occupied again, I&#8217;ll introduce myself, try to get a read on the new neighbors, see if they&#8217;re interested in reading some disaster preparedness materials, and when it feels comfortable, I&#8217;ll ask them for some contact info.\u00a0 If the other neighbors are sufficiently comfortable with the new neighbors (or trust my judgment), we can share all of our contact info.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t give anyone&#8217;s contact info to anyone else without permission.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I&#8217;d like to do when the weather is better is to have a simple &#8220;block party&#8221; type of gathering\u00a0 &#8211; a pot-luck or barbecue or whatever.\u00a0 Even though we&#8217;re neighbors and even though we&#8217;ve met each other, had conversations, and even shared some stories, there is still a lot of opportunity to get to know each other better and ideally increase our mutual trust and comfort level. This is what I think will make the biggest difference in a pinch.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you found this useful.\u00a0 If you have any questions or comments, please post below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t read my first article on Setting up and Running a Map Your Neighborhood Program, you should read it first, here. The quick version: the Map Your Neighborhood is a program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters, with a specific curriculum and workshop materials.\u00a0 I tracked down and reviewed materials, invited neighbors, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/general-preparedness\/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-map-your-neighborhood-program-part-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Set Up and Run a Map Your Neighborhood Program &#8211; Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-preparedness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}