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We Wish You All a Happy Holiday and a Very Merry Christmas Dec 25, 2022

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While most of us will be spending the holidays with our families, parts of the world are still recovering from disasters. Thousands of our brothers and sisters are working today, managing recovery, feeding the poor, and holding the hand of the elderly who may not have their own families. And those serving as police officers, firefighters, military personnel, and other first responders throughout our nation will miss celebrations with their loved ones. They will be on duty, fulfilling their responsibility to keep the public safe.

Thank you all for what you do to keep our communities safe, our citizens prepared, and our teams ready to respond. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, a very Marry Christmas, and a Happy Hanukkah.

We will see you all next week when we resume our profiles in leadership series.

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The Holiday Special 2022 Dec 22, 2022

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Today, we are celebrating the holidays with our team. Come and join us as we discuss our dreams, goals, and how we can improve the world. It is the time of year to reflect and spend time with friends and family. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
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Todd DeVoe
Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ToddTDeVoe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/
Substack: https://emnetwork.substack.com/
Website: https://toddtdevoe.com/
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TN2P Sara Ruch Interview Dec 21, 2022

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Sara Ruch has been in the emergency management profession since 2006. She is a Certified Emergency Manager through the International Association of Emergency Managers. She is also a Certified Floodplain Manager through the Association of State Floodplain Managers. She is a past president of the Virginia Emergency Management Association and a former Board Member of FEMA’s Region 3 Advisory Council. She was a member of FEMA’s Comprehensive Preparedness Guide Working Group. She is a graduate of from FEMA’s Advanced and Executive Academies. She was recently recognized as Top 40 under 40 for IAEM Region 3 and is also their Secretary/ Treasurer.
Sara Ruch Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-r-a596a24/
https://jamescitycountyva.gov/
Daniel Scott Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-scott-m-a-cem%C2%AE-empp-3-59a8a86a/ https://www.instagram.com/d_scott_overdeliver/ https://www.facebook.com/D.Scott.and.Associates/
https://twitter.com/Haven1981
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Lessons of Resiliency From Theodore Roosevelt Dec 18, 2022

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Lessons of Resiliency From Theodore Roosevelt

We talk about resilience in many ways. The field many of you reading this or listing to the podcast have chosen to pursue one that values resilience. The resilience of the community and the individual. The success stories that we share are of the hard-nosed individuals who recovered from the disaster and thrived after.

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Building Resiliency One Community at a Time Dec 15, 2022

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Community resilience often focuses on growing the capacity to “bounce back” from disruptions. These can be natural disasters, human-caused events, and even war, Preparing for disruption is the only way to build resilience. As we strive to build robust community resilience programs. It is sometimes hard to figure out where to start. The program should engage and benefit the entire community. It is critical to consider all of the challenges that the community may face. It may be an economic disaster that the community is facing or a tsunami, however, together the community will survive.
Join Todd as he sits down with Andrea Davis as they discuss The Resiliency Initiative and her vision to bring programs to communities across the world.
Todd DeVoe
Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ToddTDeVoe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/
Substack: https://emnetwork.substack.com/
Website: https://toddtdevoe.com/
Andrea Davis
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theresiliencyinitiative/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theresiliencyIn
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TN2P Interview w/Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen & Dr. Sandy Smith Dec 14, 2022

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The main purpose of a code of ethics is to help professionals do what is morally right in any situation where the answer may not always be apparent. Codes of ethics provide a standard and benchmarks for how one behaves and supports the overall occupational identity of emergency managers. With a code of ethics, decision making for moral dilemmas is protected from the typical dangers that exist when the decisions are made ad-hoc.
Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen has policy expertise at the intersection of disaster risk management and human outcomes. Scholarly activity focus is on foundations that can advance the professionalization of disaster risk management and on building community resilience to disruptive hazards. Her experience is both international and domestic, spanning a range of public health, disaster risk management, and instructional settings.
Dr. Sandy Maxwell Smith is Professor of Emergency Management and Head of the Department of Emergency Management, Professional Studies, and Student Affairs Administration at Arkansas Tech University (ATU). She received her doctorate in nursing from Loyola University Chicago. Sandy has been teaching college students since 1999 and began teaching emergency management courses in 2011. Her research interests include the study of disaster ethics, Emergency Management and Homeland Security core competencies, accreditation issues, disaster preparedness, and health care.
Code of Ethics:
https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/specialinterest/eemsig.aspx
Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shirley-feldmann-jensen-09b43261/
Daniel Scott Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-scott-m-a-cem%C2%AE-empp-3-59a8a86a/
https://www.instagram.com/d_scott_overdeliver/
https://www.facebook.com/D.Scott.and.Associates/
https://twitter.com/Haven1981
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Making A Difference In Your Profession_ Don’t Look for Meaning, Make It Happen Dec 08, 2022

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One thought has stayed with me throughout my career, only to become exacerbated during the pandemic. The dreaded: What am I doing with my life?
The Wall Street Journal* published an article about nonessential workers questioning the purpose of their jobs. The gist is that people are looking for meaning in their daily work now that everything that matters has a definitive purpose. Now let’s push back on this idea for a second, not look for meaning from your job, but how you are making a difference in your chosen profession.
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Todd DeVoe
Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ToddTDeVoe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/
Substack: https://emnetwork.substack.com/
Website: https://toddtdevoe.com/
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TN2P Carol McMahon Interview Dec 07, 2022

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Ms. McMahon served as a member of the City of Gloucester MA, Emergency Management team since 2005 where she recently retired as the Deputy Emergency Management Director. In her role as the EOC Manager, she had managed numerous EOC activations for both planned and unplanned events and has assisted with 10 Presidential declared disasters for Massachusetts. Most recently, she was the Planning Section Chief and Deputy Incident Commander for Gloucester’s COVID response.
Ms. McMahon is an Adjunct Instructor at the FEMA National Emergency Training Center and serves as Senior Lead Faculty in the Executive Academy and Advanced Academy. She also has instructed with the Basic Academy, Master Exercise Practitioner Program, and Integrated Emergency Management Courses. She has participated in numerous curriculum review and content development focus groups for the EMPP program.
Carol McMahon:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolmcmahon1/
Daniel Scott Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-scott-m-a-cem%C2%AE-empp-3-59a8a86a/
https://www.instagram.com/d_scott_overdeliver/
https://www.facebook.com/D.Scott.and.Associates/
https://twitter.com/Haven1981
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Exploring Higher Education Emergency Management Dec 06, 2022

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Our nation’s postsecondary institutions are entrusted to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for students, faculty, and staff who live, work, and study on campus. Faced with emergencies ranging from active shooter situations to fires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and pandemic influenza, this is no easy task. Join us as we explore the role of emergency management at New York University with NYU’s Ann-Marie McLaughlin, Director of Emergency Management.
Web - https://www.nyu.edu/
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/anne-marie-mclaughlin-cem-cbcp-cbci-mep-cpp-68a1976/
If you would like to learn more about the Natural Disaster & Emergency Management (NDEM) Expo please visit us on the web - https://www.ndemevent.com
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The Emergency Management Network Turns One Dec 04, 2022

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Thank You All For One Year

It is incredible how time flies. When I sold my other venture in June of 2021, It was to expand the network and community we grew. The opportunity to do so would only happen after shedding the old and starting fresh. I was not 100% on how it would look. I was introduced to Substack because of a podcast and thought, why not give it a try?

I created our first newsletter in December of 2021 and have yet to look back.

So: happy anniversary, especially to those of you who have been here from the start.

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