Tuesday, September 22, 2026
11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET

Build Campus Readiness Through Realistic Training Exercises

Preparing for an active shooter incident is one of the most difficult – and most essential – responsibilities facing higher education leaders. While many institutions have emergency response plans in place, maintaining campus readiness requires ongoing training, collaboration, and realistic exercises that prepare faculty, staff, campus safety personnel, and community partners to respond effectively under pressure.

Join us on September 22, 2026 for this interactive webinar, when our expert presenter will show you how to design and facilitate meaningful active shooter training exercises that strengthen emergency preparedness, improve cross-campus coordination, and build confidence in your institution's ability to respond to a critical incident.

Participants will learn how to move beyond simply conducting a training exercise to creating an engaging, realistic training experience that identifies gaps and strengthens institutional response and recovery efforts.

You’ll leave with practical tools, planning templates, and proven strategies to help your campus build readiness, improve collaboration, and respond with confidence when every second matters.

Topics Covered

Leave the webinar prepared with strategies to confidently:

• Design realistic and effective active shooter training exercises.
• Strengthen institutional preparedness through collaborative emergency planning.
• Identify the key stakeholders who should participate before, during and after an incident.
• Improve communication and decision-making during high-stress emergencies.
• Build stronger partnerships with local law enforcement and emergency responders.
• Develop effective facilitation techniques that encourage meaningful participation.
• Evaluate exercises and create actionable after-action reports.
• Identify gaps in emergency response plans before an actual crisis occurs. 
• Increase campus confidence while reducing uncertainty surrounding emergency response.
• Apply best practices for preparedness, response, recovery, and continuous improvement.
  

Presenter

Dr. Grant L. Azdell is a higher education leader, consultant, and campus safety expert with nearly 30 years of experience in senior student affairs and executive leadership roles. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively in emergency management, crisis response, campus safety, risk management, higher education law, strategic planning, and organizational leadership.
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