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Thanks for joining me this week for this Bonus Episode in our Summer Series! We tie together many of the themes we’ve been talking about over the course of the last six episodes, particularly how diversity in backgrounds and expertise is important in EM and how all different fields come together to influence and add to the Emergency Management conversation. My guest this week is Jeanne O’Donnell, Program Manager at LA County Office of Emergency Management. Having worked in the field for over 25 years, 16 of those at the LA County OEM, Jeanne has such a wealth of experience and information to share. She has worked as an EOC Coordinator, a Section Chief, and in various other positions during activations and exercises. She has also led the development of a number of countywide disaster plans including mass fatality, volunteer management, animal response, and donations management. In this episode we talk holistically about how Emergency Management overlaps with other fields, how these various perspectives and knowledge bases can be helpful for creative problem solving, and how we can create an environment for all stakeholders involved to work together. Jeanne shares wonderful stories and examples from her career and has great advice to share with EMs at any point in their journey to learn more. Enjoy!Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

I’m so excited to welcome to the podcast this week my guest, Sarah Thompson. Sarah is the Senior Manager of Operations in Relief and Recovery at the Canadian Red Cross in Ontario, Canada. We focused a lot of our conversation around the topic of data and the importance of good data management. We also discussed how data can be used as the foundation for effective communication in Emergency Management, making sure that we and the teams we work with develop skills or work with experts in organizing and interpreting data so that we are able to pull valuable insights from the information that we have access to. Finally, Sarah also shares some insights from her experience in organizing deployments for the Red Cross as well as some advice and lessons that she has learned throughout her career. I really enjoyed speaking with her and I’m so happy to be able to share this interview with you! Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

This week on EM Student I am talking to Jason Ferguson, a servant-leader with over 17 years of experience across the Public Health, Emergency Management, Higher Education and Veteran Service sectors. In his career, he has fostered safe, healthy, and vibrant communities on university campuses; increased access to affordable medications and housing for under-resourced individuals living with HIV/AIDS; helped military veterans reintegrate into civilian life by training them for domestic and international disaster response missions; and assisted communities in the cycle of preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against disasters of all types. In our conversation, we talk about his experience working in the private and public sectors, both at his current position as the Deputy Director of Emergency Management at SnapNurse, and in his previous roles. He gave me an overview of what it is like to work at these various types of organizations and had some great advice for people entering the EM field. I really enjoyed my conversation with Jason, and I am sure you will too. Here it is!Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.com

Join me this week for a conversation with Communications Manager for the City of Oxnard, Katie Casey. We discuss strategies and projects that Oxnard is utilizing to best serve its community.Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

Join me this week for a conversation with Jeff Schlegelmilch, the Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, about how the fields of Economics and Emergency Management come together, how data and research can be used to affect EM policy, and what really is the most effective way to prepare our communities for potential disaster.Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comNational Center for Disaster Preparedness of the Earth Institute at Columbia University: https://www.ncdpcourses.org/

Join me this week for a conversation with Kelly McKinney about how to navigate the field of Emergency Management. With extensive experience working in Emergency Management in New York City for the last 20 years, Kelly presents a wealth of insight and advice on how to approach your career growth in the field of EM. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.com

Show Notes: We’re back! Join me this week for an all new episode as I speak with two guests about their experiences seeking EM education and training to break into the EM field. Matthew Pederson is an Emergency Management Specialist in the Response division at FEMA Region 9 who shifted into working in Emergency Management full time after volunteering and pursuing many EM training and education opportunities, and Michael Teener is a recent graduate from North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Crisis, Emergency, and Disaster Management. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdditional Links: FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI)FEMA Center for Domestic PreparednessUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC)National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (NERRTC) at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

We are now in the sixth and final week of the EM Student summer break, which means that we are going to be back next week with all new content! I am super excited to share it with you, and I hope that you’ll come to join us for it!Until then, I’ve put together an episode this week that is a two-parter. The first episode is a fascinating interview that Todd DeVoe conducted with Chris Eagle, who is a Chief of the Forest Fire Management, in Victoria, Australia. And the second episode is Todd’s explanation of some decision-making frameworks that can be used in Emergency Management. Hope you enjoy it!Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management: https://macem.org/Home.aspxAirMethods: https://www.airmethods.com/careers/ Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

We are in the fifth and second to last week of the EM Student summer break, and this time I have a wonderful interview that Dan Scott did, sitting down with Dr. Alyssa Provencio, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Central Oklahoma and coordinator of the disaster management certification at UCO. They discuss the underrepresentation of women and people of color in the field of emergency management, some reasons why this is the case, why it matters, and ideas for how we can change this going forward to increase diversity in the field. Resources: Certificate in Disaster Management at UCO: https://www.uco.edu/programs/jcgs/cla/certifications/certificate-in-disaster-management Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management: https://macem.org/Home.aspxAirMethods: https://www.airmethods.com/careers/ Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

Today, for the fourth week of the EM Student summer break, I’ve slotted an episode that was actually a joint broadcast for EM Student and EM Weekly, so we have both Dan Scott and Todd DeVoe talking to Dr. Carol Cwiak and Brandi Hunter about the role of mentoring in career development for Emergency Managers. Dr. Cwiak is an associate professor and internship coordinator at South Dakota State University’s Department of Emergency Management and Brandi Hunter is a practicing emergency manager and founder of the organization, Aspiring Emergency Managers Online, working to connect entrants to the EM field with seasoned professionals. Resources: AEMO: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspiringemergencymanagers/ South Dakota State University, Department of Emergency Management: https://www.sdstate.edu/safety-security/emergency-management The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38390751-the-infinite-game This is Marketing by Seth Godin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40549476-this-is-marketing Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader by Christopher Connors: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53563191-emotional-intelligence-for-the-modern-leader The Happiness Equation by Neil Pasricha: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571656-the-happiness-equationAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13530973-antifragile Stories that Stick by Kindra Hall: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42772139-stories-that-stick Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student

We are back in the third week of the EM Student summer break, so we are bringing back an episode from October of last year called Systems Thinking. Dan Scott interviews Dr. Steve Jensen and Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, professors at CSU Long Beach, in the Emergency Services Administration Master's degree program. We aired an interview with one of their colleagues, Jude Cole, a few weeks ago so you’ll have heard a bit about the program before, but Dr. Jensen and Dr. Feldmann-Jensen are able to add more information about the program and its curriculum, so be sure to tune in!Resources: CSU Long Beach, ESA Masters degree: https://www.cpie.csulb.edu/courses/master-of-science-in-emergency-services-administration Searching for Safety by Aaron Wildavsky: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2132063.Searching_for_Safety Core Competencies document: https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/docs/emcompetencies/final_%20ngcc_and_measures_aug2017.pdf Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management: https://macem.org/Home.aspx

We are currently in week two of the EM Student summer break, so we are revisiting a great episode called See Change Clearly: Leveraging Adversity to Sharpen Your Vision and Build Resilient Teams. In this episode, a former host of EM Student, Irene Conforti, interviews Jacob Green about his experience in the Emergency Management field and about his book, the title of which is where we got the name for this episode. As we have talked about many times on the show, people’s paths to the EM field are quite diverse, and Jacob’s path started early. He began by taking part in his local police explorer program as a teenager, volunteering with the Red Cross, and then in college working as a police dispatcher, all of which helped develop his interest in public safety. Once in college, Jacob conducted research on the effects of disasters on vulnerable populations and made his choice to pursue Emergency Management as a career. He reached out to Emergency Managers in this area for informational interviews and took advantage of opportunities for internships in local government, soon working his way up to his current role. He talks about his process and gives advice that newer emergency managers, and frankly entrants to any field, can use to reach out, network, and leverage the opportunities available to them.Irene also asks Jacob to talk about his book, his philosophy on team building and the strength of cognitively diverse teams, the value of volunteering and interning, and the future of EM. It’s a fascinating episode packed with practical advice, tips, and interesting ideas. I hope you enjoy it as much as I didResources: Jacob Green’s book, See Change Clearly: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44543871-see-change-clearlyLinks: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management: https://macem.org/Home.aspxAirMethods: https://www.airmethods.com/careers/ Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

As we mentioned during last week’s episode, EM Student is going on hiatus while busy researching and recording new episodes for you! For this week’s episode and the next five weeks, we are re-airing episodes from the EM Student archive. I’ve gone through and listened to all of the episodes I could get my hands on and have chosen ones that I think you’ll find interesting and helpful. The episode that I am featuring today is called The National Response Framework, and it aired in September of last year. I chose this episode as the first in this curated series because Dan Scott interviews professor Jude Cole. Professor Cole has a wealth of knowledge and experience in emergency response and emergency management, having worked in these fields for over 40 years. Her resume is impressive and extensive, but both she and Dan cover all of the amazing work that she has done in her career, so I will leave it to them to go into detail during the episode!During her interview with Dan, Professor Cole provides a rich history of Emergency Management in the United States, explains how it parallels her own career and the development of the National Response Framework, and describes the impacts that she has been directly involved with to help shape and guide Emergency Management planning in the US.She also gives an overview of the master's degree program that she is a part of at CSU Long Beach, where students can earn a master's degree in Emergency Services Administration. If you consider pursuing a higher-ed degree in emergency management, pay special attention around 9 minutes into the interview for more information. The program is based in California but has been online for 10 years to accommodate students from other locations and time zones.One other note, the episode about the under-representation of women and people of color in the EM field that Dan mentions at the beginning of the episode and that Professor Cole mentions during the episode will appear again in a few weeks, so keep your eye out. For it!EM Student Web - https://bit.ly/2Hw0sFxTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdSister ShowsEM WeeklyWebsite - https://bit.ly/3jj5ItlTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdSponsors Crisis-Cafe.comMid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management- https://macem.org/Home.aspxIf you would like to become a sponsor or advertiser Call Sitch Radio (714) 643-2500 X 1

This week, we are joined by Todd DeVoe to talk about his current education endeavors, his experience with teaching and creating curriculum for EM Students, and how entrants to the EM field can leverage different education and training opportunities to be successful.Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Crisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feedMid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety - https://www.frederick.edu/programs/public-safety.aspxSitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.com

This week we are joined by Carol Cwiak, associate professor and internship coordinator at South Dakota State University’s Department of Emergency Management and member of the FEMA Higher Ed Symposium Special Interest Group on Ethics. We are speaking to her about professional development, equity, and ethics in Emergency Management, and an announcement from the Ethics SIG regarding the Code of Ethics they have been developing. Be sure to tune in!Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Crisis Cafe - https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feedMid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety - https://www.frederick.edu/programs/public-safety.aspxPSA:Air Methods - https://www.airmethods.com/Sister Show - The EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comProduced by: Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.com

This week, we discuss a number of current events in the Emergency Management field including updates from different regions on prepping for this year’s disaster season, an update on the FEMA Administrator confirmation, and some news about how local governments and EM departments can support residents and business owners become more disaster resilient. We will also be talking to Dan about his education journey, so make sure to tune in!Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-studentFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_WeeklyWebsite: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:The EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feedProduces by Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.com

On this week’s episode we talk to Kathy Francis about how emergency managers can optimize their careers in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world by being flexible, embracing lifelong learning, and building agility into their career development plan. Join us to hear her talk about tips for developing a nimble plan for career growth in the field, and especially how this is built into the programs at the Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management and Public Safety at Frederick Community College.Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:The EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feedProduced by Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.com

Join us for this week’s episode of EM Student as we talk to Dr. Jessica Jensen, a researcher and professor at North Dakota State University. Among other topics, Dr. Jensen specializes in preparedness and resilience, and on this episode we get to talk to her about research she is doing to understand the activities of local emergency managers and on the difference between what emergency management is portrayed as and what is happening in the field. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:The EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feedProduced by Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comEM, student, learning,programs,

This week on EM Student, we talk to Dr. Andrea Adams about her work on the Ethics Support Group of FEMA’s National Education Management Institute and the Global Ethics Day video contest winners. Join us as we get Dr. Adams’s perspective on professional responsibility and leadership ethics, as well as the role of a developed code of ethics in the Emergency Management field.Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_Weekly Website: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed

This week, we discuss a number of current events in the Emergency Management field including the Suez Canal blockage, the new FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell confirmation hearing, and the rollout of an early earthquake warning system in Washington state. We also have some book and podcast recommendations, so make sure to tune in!Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/em-student Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/EM_WeeklyWebsite: https://sitchradio.com/shows/em-student/ Email: daniel@emweekly.com, franzi@emweekly.comAdvertisers:Sitch Radio https://sitchradio.comThe EM Weekly Show https://emweekly.comCrisis Cafe https://crisis-cafe.mn.co/feed