by Susanne | Apr 2, 2024 | News, Organization, Research, Training, Volunteers, Wildfire
Are you a passionate researcher eager to make a real difference? Do you want to use your skills to help communities to prepare for disaster? We harness the power of experiential learning and games to empower individuals and communities and help them be prepared for...
by Garett Dworman | Feb 2, 2023 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, News, Research
On the ninth day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … nine measures of disaster recovery. Well, … there are many more than nine, but we’re not going to bore you with them all. Imagine a man, Joe, who has lost a leg in an accident. Because of the injury, Joe...
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...
by Susanne | May 15, 2022 | COVID-19, Leaders, News, Research
We recently presented the amazingly creative Verbal to Visual community — led by the inspired and inspiring Doug Neill — with a challenge: Create a one-page sketchnote to make the “7 Tips for Being Effective in a Crisis” we identified in our research easy to remember....
by Garett Dworman | Jan 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Leaders, News, Projects, Research
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we set out to learn from Spontaneous Leaders — people who had started a grassroots response to help their community. We gained a clear understanding of what support they need (Learning from grassroots leaders in COVID-19,...
by Garett Dworman | Jul 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Leaders, News, Research
We talked to grassroots leaders in COVID-19 to understand what support would help them. This is what we take away. You can see an overview of the research on the study’s project page. Read the full report to get all the details of how we conducted the study, who the...