Selling Emergency Management

This week we are talking about how to earn support for emergency management programs, from your leadership and your community. I have never thought of myself as a salesperson. However, after rethinking what we do as emergency managers, I now embrace the ideas of selling and why. We need to make our profession indispensable. Guest BioTodd De Voe is the Director, Emergency Management for Titan HST and the host of the leading emergency management Show EM Weekly. Todd involvement in Emergency Response, Emergency Management, Education and Volunteer Management started in 1989 when he became a volunteer firefighter in upstate New York. In 1991 Todd joined the United States Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the Fleet Marine Force. After his service, Todd served as an emergency medical responder (EMT) in some of the toughest parts of Los Angeles County. In 2005 Todd was hired by the City of Dana Point at the Emergency Services Coordinator.In 2008 Todd was asked to be on a steering committee for Coastline Community College, as they developed their emergency management program, later that year Todd was invited to join the faculty.Today Todd not only continues to teach for Coastline College, he now is an instructor of Emergency Management at California State University Fullerton for the MPA program and, The University of California Irvine's Certificate of Emergency ManagementTodd is an active member of the International Association of Emergency Managers and is the Region 9 representative on the University and Colleges Caucus.Todd is an avid reader. Some of his favorite topics are leadership, emergency management, history, and spy thrillers. Links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtdevoe/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emweekly/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EM_WeeklyWebsite: www.emweekly.comEmail: [email protected] Advertisershttps://www.titanhst.com/