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Leading, Serving, and Growing Through...

June 23, 2021

[Editor’s Note: This article is intended for Maryland law enforcement professionals as well as the educators, colleagues, friends, and family members who support them.] On Apri...

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Pandemic Reflections: Improving Communications...

May 3, 2021

The events of the past year – from the pandemic to civil rights protests to instances of political violence – have, understandably and for a variety of interwoven reasons, cause...

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Aware, Arrange, Adapt: Upgrading Your...

February 26, 2021 | By Kathy Francis, Former MACEM&PS Executive Director and Contributing Writer and Dr. Karen Wilson, FCC Computing & Business Technology Department

Do you remember the days of striving for “inbox zero?” Those videos about structuring your day that you might’ve watched, or that one book you read on organizing that you might’...

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Pandemic Reflections: Simple Steps for...

February 3, 2021 | By Kathy Francis, MS, CEM, MDPEMP

Author: Kathy Francis, Former MACEM&PS Executive Director and Contributing WriterAs emergency management professionals, we sometimes (often) take our work home: applying prepare...