here's a good one. Let's all learn about how to communicate during a crisis from the State of Louisiana officials who muffed it so badly during Katrina. The PRSA wants members to pay $150 and non-members to pay $250 bucks to hear from the same morons that were advising Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin. Maybe they could join in and offer up some tips on how not to talk to the national media! Here's the invite that I received:

PRSA Virtual Seminar 

Communicating Through and After One of America's Greatest Natural Disasters:
How Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Changed Environmental Perspectives for LouisianaFebruary 15, 2006
2:00 p.m. ET
Duration: 1 hour
Sponsored by the PRSA Environmental Section

Join us for this Virtual Seminar featuring four communications professionals with key roles during the critical hours before, during and after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  Their unique perspectives will give you an illustration of the difficulty of commun-icating while Louisiana fought through unprecedented loss of life and property.  They will also offer their observations on the pace of recovery, from the responsiveness of the federal government to sorting out local problems including housing, community health economic development and environmental quality.

You'll learn:- How to communicate in advance of a disaster - time permitting.  Was Louisiana prepared for these hurricanes?
- How to separate fact from fiction - dealing with urban legends.
- How to deal with the massive influx of national and international media during a disaster.
- How Louisiana is communicating its environmental priorities, including coastal restoration, to a nation that is suffering from hurricane fatigue.

You'll hear from:Malcolm Ehrhardt, APR, president, The Ehrhardt Group, Inc., New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La. (Moderator)
Bob Mann, director of communications, Governor's Office, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.
Sidney Coffee, executive director, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Baton Rouge, La.
Darrin Mann, director of communications, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge, La.

Register Today!

Now maybe they're going to talk about how they botched it and what we can all learn from their mistakes. I'd pay for that. But I seriously doubt it. They're bureaucrats after all so there's likely to be a lot of finger-pointing. I might just pay so that I can ask them pointed questions like "why haven't you resigned yet?"

Unbelievable.