by Susanne | Oct 12, 2023 | News, Organization, Training, Wildfire
Thanks to the Napa Valley Register for showcasing our efforts to increase wildfire preparedness in St. Helena: Members of the nonprofit Creative Crisis Leadership offered an evacuation-themed board game, complete with a fun spinning wheel. The game invites players to...
by Susanne | Aug 26, 2023 | Golden Gate Swim, News, Training, Wildfire
This week, we got to play games with seniors in...
by Susanne | Jul 28, 2023 | Golden Gate Swim, News, Projects, Training, Wildfire
We were at a preparedness event at the St Helena Public Library yesterday. Here’s a short video to give you an idea what it sometimes looks like when we go out to spread social resilience and disaster preparedness. This board game is part of our efforts to...
by Susanne | Apr 21, 2023 | News, Training, Wildfire
With great success (but little fanfare), we unveiled our new wildfire game last week. Thanks to Napa Valley Grapegrowers, we play-tested our design at the Napa Fire Resources Fair on April 11. Our goal for the event was to give people a taste of how we use games and...
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 Garett Dworman | Dec 2, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, Leaders, News, Training
On the second day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … two surprising and critical ways to prepare for disaster! What do you think of when we ask you to think about preparing for disaster? Most people would talk about learning what to do and gathering...
