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EXERCISES <br />A) Discussion -Based Exercises - focus on strategic, policy -oriented issues; facilitators and/or <br />presenters usually lead the discussion, keeping participants on track towards meeting exercise <br />objectives. (*Note: Estimated costs are example costs only and depict a range that an <br />exercise may fall within. Actual costs can vary and is dependent on the size, scope, and <br />variables involved with a particular exercise) <br />Exercise Type <br />Description <br />Range of Cost <br />(Estimated) <br />Seminar <br />Seminars generally orient participants to, or <br />$20,000 <br />provide an overview of, authorities, strategies, <br />plans, policies, procedures, protocols, resources, <br />concepts, and ideas. Seminars can be valuable <br />for entities that are developing or making major <br />changes to existing plans or procedures. <br />Workshop <br />Although similar to seminars, workshops differ <br />$20,000 <br />in two important aspects: 1. participant <br />interaction is increased, and 2. focus is placed <br />on achieving or building a product. To be <br />effective, workshops should have clearly <br />defined objectives, products, or goals, and <br />should focus on a specific issue. <br />Tabletop <br />Tabletop Exercises (TTX) are intended to <br />$25,000 <br />generate discussion of various issues regarding <br />a hypothetical simulated emergency. They can <br />be used to enhance general awareness, validate <br />plans and procedures, rehearse concepts, and/or <br />assess the types of systems needed to guide the <br />prevention of, protection from, mitigation of, <br />response to, and recovery from a defined <br />incident. The effectiveness of a TTX is derived <br />from the energetic involvement of participants <br />and their assessment of recommended revisions <br />to current policies, procedures, and plans; <br />therefore facilitation is critical to keeping <br />participants focused on exercise objectives. <br />