by Susanne | Mar 8, 2023 | Leaders, News, Training
In this message of support for Mesut Bilgili and his collaborators in Life After Disaster, we offer a few recommendations for managing misunderstandings, mistakes and grief: Assume misunderstandings Trust in mistakes Be kind whenever possible. It is always...
by Susanne | Feb 27, 2023 | Leaders, News, Organization
Did you know that we have a secondary mission to support spontaneous leaders who are stepping up in a crisis? At this time, we don’t have the resources to look for people who might benefit from our support, but a few people have found their way to us. One...
by Susanne | Dec 29, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, News
On the eighth day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … eight wishes for 2023! We wish for no disasters to happen so no one has to suffer pain and loss. We wish for all communities to be socially resilient so they recover faster and better from disaster. We...
by Susanne | Dec 28, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, News, Organization
On the seventh day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … seven questions of disaster management, and trace the evolution of disaster management philosophy in the US. In our last post, we described how Federal disaster relief is activated in the US. Today, we...
by Susanne | Dec 6, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, Leaders, News, Research, Wildfire
On the third day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … three stories from people who had to flee their homes because of wildfire. Cindy S. (not her real name) was at the grocery store when she received word that the Glass Fire had grown explosively and that...