Emergency Management Solutions Newsletter
Welcome to the archive for my monthly newsletter, Emergency Management Solutions. This archive contains the email portion of my monthly newsletter. Each newsletter links to a white paper or featured article which is archived on my blog site, Canton on Emergency Management 
 
Please note that newsletters prior to June 2010 link to an archived PDF on my blog site.
 
Lucien Canton

  • Newsletters 2016
  • August 2016
  • ICS and ESF: An unhappy marriage?
    Integrating the two can be a challenge
  • July 2016
  • Are We Overthinking ICS? The proposed NIMS Refresh does more harm than good.
  • June 2016
  • Mass Shootings: Who owns the problem?
  • May 2016
  • Do You Really Need to Update Your Plan? Plan updates can be a waste of resources
  • April 2016
  • Just In Time Training: Tips for orienting EOC newcomers
  • March 2016
  • Is Your Hot Wash Just a Gripe Session? 5 Steps for Improving Exercise Evaluations
  • February 2016
  • Process versus Content: Group decision making needs structure
  • January 2016
  • The Challenger Accident: A Study in Poor Decision Making
  • Newsletters 2015
  • December 2015
  • Deciding to Evacuate: A Tale of Two Cities
  • November 2015
  • Is Your Strategic Plan Realistic?
    Strategy must be tied to outcomes
  • October 2015
  • What Message Are You Sending Your Team? Three ways to communicate your values
  • September 2015
  • Don't Let A Good Presentation Go Bad! Tips for preventing failed presentations
  • August 2015
  • Simplify Your Planning: "Doorstop plans" are a waste of time
  • July 2015
  • Who's to Blame? Finger pointing let you avoid action
  • June 2015
  • A Leader's Journey - Why The Leadership Challenge Matters
  • May 2015
  • Playing Politics
  • April 2015
  • Write It Like You Say It! 7 Steps to Better Writing
  • March 2015
  • Defusing Conflict with a Simple Phrase
  • February 2015
  • Why Good Managers Sometimes Make Bad Crisis Leaders
  • January 2015
  • Are We Part of a Conspiracy?
  • Newsletters 2014
  • December 2014
  • Avoiding "Disaster of the Month" Syndrome
  • November 2014
  • Exercise Decision Making Skills
  • October 2014
  • Do We really Need a Czar?
  • September 2014
  • The Principles of Emergency Management: A practical application
  • August 2014
  • Emergency Support Functions: Misunderstood and misapplied
  • July 2014
  • Has Emergency Management Become Too Complex?
  • June 2014
  • Two Concepts to Improve Your Emergency Planning
  • May 2014
  • Public Safety, Public Morality
    Some thoughts on the Korean ferry disaster
  • April 2014
  • Lost Opportunities: San Francisco's cisterns in 1906
  • March 2014
  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: An historical case study
  • February 2014
  • Volcanoes: The ultimate cascading event
  • January 2014
  • Recovery is Complex: A case study from the Rim Fire
  • Newsletters 2013
  • December 2013
  • Leading in Crisis: The 4 traps of decision making
  • November 2013
  • The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: A case study
  • October 2013
  • The Upside of Disasters
  • September 2013
  • Preparedness Planning: Three Vital Steps
  • August 2013
  • Planning Methodologies: Which is the best?
  • July 2013
  • Project Metrics: Getting the Most from Your Consultant
  • June 2013
  • Hostile Interviews: 5 Hints for Safeguarding Your Reputation
  • May 2013
  • Extreme Temperatures: Will your plans really work?
  • April 2013
  • The Power of the Tweet: Why do we believe this stuff anyway?
  • March 2013
  • Persuasive Presentations: Tips and Tricks for Better Public Speaking
  • February 2013
  • Planner, Coordinator, Manager: What's in a Name
  • January 2013
  • Paper Plans and Fantasy Documents: Are we over-thinking planning?
  • Newsletters 2012
  • December 2012
  • School Shootings and Risk: Focus on what works
  • November 2012
  • Recovery Planning: Preplanning is vital
  • October 2012
  • Special Halloween Edition
    Zombies and Preparedness: Five tips for using metaphors in exercises and outreach
  • September 2012
  • Reputation Damage: A neglected risk
  • August 2012
  • Chevron Oil Refinery Fire: A case study in crisis management
  • July 2012
  • Train for Leadership: Why our plans fail to prepare our leaders
  • June 2012
  • Manager or Technician? Improving your role as an emergency manager
  • May 2012
  • Project Budget: Hiding it helps no one
  • April 2012
  • Crisis Communications: 3 factors that influence trust
  • March 2012
  • The Meeting Memo: Moving from talk to action
  • February 2012
  • Meeting Facilitation: Structure your meetings for success
  • January 2012
  • Meeting Agendas: Four key questions for more effective meetings.
  • Newsletters 2011
  • December 2011
  • Is the Occupy Movement Really Unique?
  • November 2011
  • Crisis Communications: The Power of Images
  • October 2011
  • Special Exercise Edition - The Neglected Tabletop Exercise
  • September 2011
  • Special Management Edition - Strategic Planning
  • August 2011
  • Social Media Policy: Harnessing a Runaway Horse
  • July 2011
  • Public Relations and the "Yuck" Factor: A Case Study
  • June 2011
  • Assumptions Can Kill: A Case Study
  • May 2011
  • Liability: Words Can Hurt You
  • April 2011
  • Earthquakes and One-dimensional Planning
  • March 2011
  • Japan's Earthquake: What wiill we learn?
  • February 2011
  • Discrimination in Emergency Planning: Thoughts on the Los Angeles City Case
  • January 2011
  • Consultants: Are They Really Worth the Money?
 
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