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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

The issue of emergency management as a profession has been discussed and debated for several years. In addition to performing the duties of an emergency manager, there are political and policy-making issues requiring the emergency manager’s attention. Emergency management: profession vs. field.

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TCIP #019 – Emergency Management as a Field Rather Than a Profession With Dr. Thomas D. Phelan

Melissa Agnes

Should emergency management be defined as a field or a profession? While discussing this issue, we explore how theory and practice can be combined within the classroom to provide students with the best skill-set possible as emergency managers – including those with zero tactical experience.

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#CrisisRoundup of Awesome Links: Week of October 13, 2014

Melissa Agnes

If you want to hear what these questions are – and take away important lessons for your own crisis management – be sure to tune in to The Crisis Intelligence Podcast this coming Sunday! Crisis Management Concerns That Leave You Vulnerable. ’s Emergency Operations Center – So Cool! My Tour of L.A.’s

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CIPR State of the Profession survey is a miss on COVID-19

Stephen Waddington

The CIPR of State of the Profession survey was concluded before lockdown. It’s a useful historical record but of limited help to a profession that is trying to figure out its future. The 2020 CIPR State of the Profession survey is a time capsule. Almost six months later the public relation profession is quite different.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

The issue of emergency management as a profession has been discussed and debated for several years. In addition to performing the duties of an emergency manager, there are political and policy-making issues requiring the emergency manager’s attention. Emergency management: profession vs. field.

Education 100
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TCIP #019 – Emergency Management as a Field Rather Than a Profession With Dr. Thomas D. Phelan

Melissa Agnes

Should emergency management be defined as a field or a profession? While discussing this issue, we explore how theory and practice can be combined within the classroom to provide students with the best skill-set possible as emergency managers – including those with zero tactical experience.

Crisis 100
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Why Communicators Should Expect a Year of Disruption in 2018

PRSay

The communications profession will evolve in ways we cannot imagine today. Even so, our firm is seeing some patterns emerging in the profession and in the marketplace as we look ahead this year: The emphasis on intangible skills will grow. In 2018, as in 2017, uncertainty is the only thing the profession can really count on.