by Susanne | Jul 28, 2023 | Board Game, Golden Gate Swim, Hazards, News, 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 | Board Game, Hazards, 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 Garett Dworman | Dec 14, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, Disaster Management, Earthquake, Hazards, Leaders, News, Recovery, Wildfire
On the fifth day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … five tips for getting the help you need after a disaster. In our last post, we talked about four sources of disaster assistance, emphasizing that there is no one source for help. Today, we offer you five...
by Garett Dworman | Dec 12, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, Disaster Management, Hazards, Leaders, News, Recovery
On the fourth day of Thanks and Giving, we give to you … four sources of resources to turn to when lightning strikes. The flood waters have receded, the tornado has dissolved, the hurricane has blown through. You are suffering. Who do you call for help? The...
by Susanne | Dec 6, 2022 | 2022 Twelve Days of Thanks and Giving, Disaster Management, Evacuation, Hazards, Leaders, News, Preparedness, 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, Disaster Management, Leaders, News, Recovery, 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....
