About us
It’s all about people
Creative Crisis Leadership
We are a non-profit dedicated to igniting collective action and improvised leadership in crisis. Because people and communities who lead themselves out of a crisis recover faster and come out better – physically, emotionally and financially.
Our vision
- Take action to help themselves, and not be victims.
- Take action to help others, and not be bystanders.
- Take collective action, and create a more robust effort.
- Take effective collective action by improvising leadership, and creating Vision, Direction, Progress, Unity, and Inclusiveness.
Our mission
Our methods
- Support spontaneous leaders who are working to organize collective action with their micro-communities.
- Create learning experiences that community organizations can deliver to take local leadership and collective action from none to good-enough.
- Convert research results into effective coaching and learning experiences that will accomplish our mission and realize our vision.
Our core team
Susanne Jul, PhD
Susanne is our founder and driving force. Her expertise spans research and practice ranging from disaster management to software engineering to theatre to user experience design. She is driven by twin loves of drawing clarity from confusion, and helping people to help themselves.
Garett Dworman, PhD
Garett is our director of programs. Over his career he travelled from cognitive science and AI programming, through decision theory and information technology, to user experience research and design. He is driven by a love of finding solutions to problems that people face in their lives.
Partners and advisors
Zeno Franco, PhD
Aaron Vanek
Current development efforts
Building a non-profit
We have our vision and services pretty well defined and pilot tested. Now, we’re working on business plans, and developing the social networks that make up a non-profit.
When we have enough resources to take on back office administration ourselves, we’ll file for 501(c)(3) status. In the meantime, we are operating under fiscal sponsorship of Social Good Fund.
100,000 x $10?
We are playing with the crazy idea of an ambitious campaign to gather 100,000 donations of $10. This money will fund our immediate services, and enable our future.
We will kick off some sort of campaign as soon as we are ready to honor every donation with the respect, appreciation, and transparency it deserves.
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Get involved
Fundraising Strategist
Volunteer
Help us develop and implement our first strategic fundraising plan so we can grow and create a resilient world.
Details
START
As soon as possible
DURATION
3-6 months
DESCRIPTION
We need someone with fundraising and strategic planning experience to get us started and put us on a solid footing. For our Wildfire Project and other efforts we are looking for funding from a wide variety of sources, including foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations.
Marketing Strategist
Volunteer
Help us develop and implement our first strategic marketing plan so the world can hear us.
Details
START
Mid-July
DURATION
3-6 months
DESCRIPTION
We need people to know about what we do, and how we can help them. Starting with our Wildfire Project, we need someone to help us to market ourselves to prospective event participants, collaborative partners, funders and donors.
Grant Writer
Volunteer
Help us to find and apply for grants so we can turn a generous world into a resilient one.
Details
START
As soon as possible
DURATION
Occasional or ongoing
DESCRIPTION
We need to secure funding for the development and testing of our new wildfire training experience. We are aiming for grants in the $5K-$100K range, focusing on corporate and community-based funders with interests in community resilience and/or wildfire preparedness.
