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ECHO PARTNER EVENTS
ECHO Partners: Do not forget to renew your commitment to ECHO! Not a partner yet? Find out how to become one by downloading ECHO Partner FAQ. Kev hloov mus siv cov this vis digital (DTV) (siv leb) tab tom pib tawm tuaj. Raws li saum kev cai, cov tsev tso this vis tawm thoob teb chaws yuav tsum hloov tshaj xo siv analog mus rau this vis digital (siv leb) tsis pub dhau lub Ob Hlis ntuj 17, 2009*. Yuav tsis tsim teebmeem dab tsi rau cov siv this vis txuas xov, txuas rau hnub qub nyeg lossis cov this vis txuas los ntawm koos pas nis xa xovtooj, thiab yuav txais tau ntxiv mus tom qab lub hnub nyoog li hais. Tabsis cov this vis analog (txais duab) los ntawm tus ncej txais xov tooj yuav tsum tau muaj ib lub thawv cais DTV kom txais tau huab cua txuas mus ntxiv tom qab lub hnub nyoog hais los. Kuv yuav ua licas hloov kho mus siv DTV tau? View or download a public service announcement (video) about the DTV switch in Hmong. Digital TV (DTV) uas siv leb yog dabtsi? DTV kuj tseem muaj peevxwm kom xa tau qhov high-definition (HD) rau cov neeg saib uas siv lub this vis HD thiab kom tuaj yeem hloov pauv mus los tau thiab muaj kev ua pab rau kev siv data xws li ua rau kom rub tau dawb saib ze tau zoo ntxiv. Ua cas thiaj li hloov?
Yuav raug leej twg?
Kuv yuav ua licas hloov kho mus siv DTV tau? 1. Lub thawv cais DTV: Muas ib lub thawv cais DTV coj los ntsia rau koj lub TV uas siv hom analog. Lub thawv cais no yuav ua rau koj tuaj yeem saib tau this vis dawb mus ntxiv, thiab lub thawv no, uas yog yuav raug nqi li ntawm $40 thiab $70, yuav muaj tawm muag rau lub hauv xyoo 2008 no. Tsoom fwv teb chaws tau muab ib co kus poos tam nyiaj nqi $40 pab muas lub thawv no uas koj siv muas tau. 2. Lub Digital TV: Muas ib lub this vis tshiab uas muaj qhov digital nyob rau hauv lawm lossis lub txav kho Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), uas tus nqi pib qis dua $100. Tag nrho cov TVuas muaj lub digital txav kho (tuner), muaj peevxwm txais tau this vis tso tawm raws huab cua digital saib dawb, li ntawd koj tuaj yeem saib tau cov lai kas saib dawb tsis tau them nqi raws hli. 3. Kev txais saib tau them nqi: Mus yuav cov siv xov, siv hnub qub nyeg lossis tso tawm raws kos pas nis xa xov tooj es siv cov TV txais duab analog los tau, yog hais tias cov chaw xa uas xav siv tseem muaj qhov kev xa li hais no. Lub thawv cais DTV yog dabtsi? Kuv yuav ua licas thiaj tau daim kus poos thov yuav lub thawv cais DTV tau? Kuv puas tuaj yeem khaws kuv lub TV analog cia? 1. Muas ib lub thawv cais DTV, uas yuav cais cov huab cua xa digital mus ua hom analog rau cov this vis siv analog. 2. Mus yuav siv xov, hnub qub nyeg los yog cov tso tawm raws chaws xa xov tooj kom txais tau hom huab cua xa digital. Ua licas kuv thiaj li paub tau hais tias kuv lub this vis yog hom analog los digital? Hom this vis HDTV thiab DTV puas yog tib yam? Kuv puas yuav tsum tau siv ncej xov tooj tshwj xeeb los txais huab cua rau DTV? Yog yuav xaiv ncej xovtooj this vis hauv tsev kom txais tau ntau tshooj TV hauv thaj tsam tsis tau them nyiaj, mus saib www.antennaweb.org. Get ECHO e-alerts on your cell or mobile phone: A step-by-step guide. In an emergency, ECHO will send alerts by e-mail and to your cell or mobile phone in multiple languages. Find out how you can subscribe to this valuable service! Download the ste-by-step guide here. Minneapolis Emergency Preparedness Director and ECHO Supporter, Rocco Forté, presented with an Award of Excellence Rocco Forté, the Director of Emergency Preparedness for the City of Minneapolis, received an a Award of Excellence by the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) for his leadership in the I-35W Bridge Collapse last year. Forté has been a strong advocate of ECHO and its mission to provide life saving information to limited English proficiency populations in Minnesota. “Rocco understands and supports the core mission of ECHO and has aggressively worked to maintain funding for the program,” says Lasamy Mila, a member of Forté’s staff and an ECHO TV host and translator for the Lao Community. Mila also received an award in January 2008 from the City of Minneapolis for her work and commitment to ECHO. “I think that being part of ECHO is very important… we serve as a bridge to close the gap while Minnesota’s newest residents learn English as a second language. In an emergency, the goal of ECHO is to make sure that no Minnesotans are left out, because of barriers of language or culture,” adds Mila who has worked with ECHO since its creation in 2004.
2007 ECHO Notification Test More than 50 ECHO Partners participated in ECHO’s first notification test, August 30th from 2-3 pm. The notification test was NOT a scenario based test but was intended to for the first time, collect some measurable results to help ECHO find ways to improve its emergency communication and outreach to specific limited English proficiency populations across Minnesota. Information was translated for print, broadcast and internet use in up to ten languages. ECHO Partners were asked to tune in to ECHO TV (Minnesota Channel 17 - Twin Cities only), call the phone line (888-883-8831), click on the web site (www.echominnesota.org), and critique the test message. Feedback was collected from partners with detailed results. Highlights of ECHO Test:
To download the 2007 ECHO Notification Test Results click here. WEBINAR ECHO held its first webinar on July 19th 2007 -- “Reaching People with Limited English Proficiency in an Emergency: Integrating ECHO Into Emergency Plans.” 80 registrants signed up and 61 tuned in for the hour long Webinar. Special thanks to the following panelists (and others behind the scenes) for their professional contributions: · Aggie Leitheiser, Director of MDH – OEP · Lillian McDonald, ECHO Exec. Director · Diane Thorson, Otter Tail Public Health · Somly Sitthisay, ECHO Lao Ambassador · Bill Belknap, Hennepin County Public Health If you missed the Webinar or would like to watch it again, click here. ECHO SUMMIT On April 25, 2007 ECHO held a “Partner Summit” attended by 100 participants from local and state public health and emergency management agencies, non-government or community-based organizations, health plans and hospitals. More than a dozen counties were represented including some new partners across Greater Minnesota. Our objective was to explore how partner agencies might work with ECHO to provide information to LEP audiences during a health emergency using which parts or all, of our communication toolkit. It’s an important and challenging next step in ECHO’s development as agencies help us identify a process for activating ECHO so we can deliver consistent information in multiple languages efficiently and in concert with Minnesota’s emergency response system. These partner agencies now are figuring out and formalizing how to best use what ECHO has to offer and integrate that into their respective emergency communication plans. TO HELP OUR PARTNERS CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT WORK, PLEASE FIND INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THE SUMMIT INCLUDING: Frequently Asked Questions about ECHO Partners (PDF). ECHO Partner Letter of Commitment (PDF) Outreach to LEP populations by Local Public Health Agencies – A Guide (PDF) Emergency Action Plans: Sample Emergency Action Plan (PDF) Blank Emergency Action Plan (Word) Diagrams: Using ECHO in a Message Development and Delivery Cycle (PDF) Sample ECHO Partner Alerting/Promoting Plans (PDF) ECHO Summit Materials: Summit Attendees List – Alphabetical Order (PDF) Summit Power Point Presentation (PDF) Summit Evaluation Form (Word) |