Big City Emergency Managers
Best Practice Sharing
Solution: BCEM Best Practice Webinar Series
Identified Best Practice Topics
- During the last session, we developed a Strength/Weakness Matrix based on an impromptu conversation about
- Audience: BCEM Member Agency Staff
- Confidentiality: Sessions are confidential - promotes an honest dialogue about gaps.
- Format: 1-hour webinar series presented by at least 2 BCEM member agencies.
- 30-45 Minute Presentation
- 15-30 Minute Facilitated Discussion
Unique Challenges to BCEM Members
Who Are We?
Jill Raycroft
San Francisco
John-Paul Bruno
Philadelphia
Nixsa Serrano
Michael Walter
Houston
Miami-Dade County
How do we sustain this type of discussion past April 2015?
Gaps in Best Practice Sharing
- There is no vetting (no peer review)
- No larger conversation about the products on the site.
Project Description
- May be sanitized for political reasons.
- Subject to Public Information Requests.
- May result in less than full disclosure.
- Training is often from a trainer's perspective.
- May not be from experience - but rather curriculum.
- Often open to various stakeholders - may result in less than full disclosure.
- The sponsoring agency may be a regulatory or funding source.
1) Identified areas where best practices are being shared.
2) Identified gaps in these areas.
3) What are the most pressing issues for BCEM members
4) Proposed a solution for increasing sharing across BCEM
Benefits of Best Practice Sharing
- You need to have people to network with.
- Lack of a nationwide community of urban emergency management personnel with a shared interest.
Project Background
BCEM Emerging Leaders Meeting, February 2014 in Minneapolis
- Met to discuss leadership as a concept in EM
- Identified Best Practice Topics
- How do we share best practices?
- Gap in peer-to-peer communication
- We have unique needs, and need a community to share.