Dear Valued Associate, I went to the airport the other day not to fly but to get my Global Entry and TSA card renewed – that’s the thing that gets me in and out of the U.S. a little faster and usually lets me bypass the full cavity strip search. The Customs and Border Patrol agent… read more →
Does Good Governance Require Care? Melania Trump went to the border to look at the kids several days ago and wore a jacket with the above word graphic on the back. The rest of us are left to wonder; was it supposed to be a statement of solidarity, a protest, another distraction, a nothing-burger –… read more →
Dear Valued Associate, Paying attention to political news these days likely causes many of us to believe The Gods Must Be Crazy. In a time when facts, truth and reason seem to be twisted and manipulated in ways that we’ve not seen before, using tools that weren’t available before, we need to keep some things in… read more →
Risk Communication Training in Action The Participation Company recently had the honor to be involved in workshop facilitation and share their risk communication training with the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their local agencies responsible for levee operations and maintenance. As excerpted from the NHWC newsletter: As part of the transformation… read more →
A Strategic Communications Plan Would Have Avoided Conflict A lack of communication by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) appears to have been a key factor in U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s decision to dismiss charges filed by the federal government against Cliven Bundy earlier this year. A clearly written and followed strategic communications… read more →
John Godec was asked to give a facilitation skill training to the IAP2 via webinar. As this training was for a sold out group of members, we thought that you would enjoy having this training for yourself. This is part 3 in the series. If you missed the earlier two parts, you may want to… read more →
Dear Valued Associate, This week is one of my favorite annual work events. Every year around this time I get to spend several days with a bunch of extremely smart graduate students on the brink of launching their careers. They’re committed, enthusiastic, not yet jaded and teaching them always gets my juices flowing – it’s a… read more →
John Godec was asked to be part of the IAP2 webinar training on the topics of facilitative mediation, emotions and outrage. He talks about what a facilitator does to deal with people’s emotions. Since this training was for a sold out group of members, we thought that you would benefit from having this training available.… read more →
Recently, John Godec was asked to be part of the IAP2 webinar training. It was his great honor to present facilitative mediation, emotions and outrage to a sold out group of members. Since it was a sold out group and a dynamic discussion, we thought that you, our dear reader, would appreciate having this training… read more →
Dear Valued Associate, I hope spring has come to your house in the northern hemisphere. We honor this season in the desert by the semi-annual changing of the ceiling fan direction (blowing up in winter, down in summer) and (of course) blade dusting. Dilly, dilly! I haven’t quite reached the age of needing Velcro sneakers and… read more →