Seven types of neighbours. Seven different bushfire approaches. How to connect?
Seven types of neighbours. Seven different bushfire preparation approaches. How should you be connecting?
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Volunteers: informed, engaged, retained
How do you best to communicate with volunteers. How much is too much? When is it not enough? What channels are best? What information do they need or want? Or do they want none at all? I asked Perplexity AI to see what the researchers and specialist internal comms practitioners say and then compared this with what I’d been teaching on internal communication. This is what we came up with - the…
Disinformation: the lurking threat no emergency leader can ignore
How your agency’s reputation and ability to respond are on the line in the Next Big Event - and a simple way to avoid the pain.
The Climate Assessment Report and emergency management…
In this article, Barbara Ryan looks at what the Australian National Climate Risk Assessment means for emergency management – and it isn’t more fire trucks and flood boats.
It’s exercise season - but do they work?
It’s exercise season - but do they work? A look at emergency exercises and the research around them.
Our biggest import from the USA is disaster disinformation
Our greatest import from the USA is hazard disinformation. Researchers have been busy and have tested the best ways for communicators to deal with it.
From wallets to natural hazard warnings – triggering preparation action
Some new research gives us insights into how to better connect with our communities to motivate them to get ready for natural hazards. Find out how you can use the knowledge!
Disaster thinking
If you’re interested in disaster research and thinking about ways we can better handle disasters, you’re in a good place.
The panic-buying myth
Watching the lead up to Cyclone Alfred crossing the coast at Brisbane in March 2025, there were two key narratives. Get ready for the storm and… …we are all a state of panic artists.