Tool: Be Effective In Crises

This is one of 15 civic engagement tools to Shift the Country.

Quick Overview: Be Effective In Crises

The basics of making shift happen in the midst of unfolding chaos using the flexible and scalable principles of project management and incident management. This tool gets into objectives; strategy vs. tactics; navigating information overwhelm by assessing situation, resources, and risk; planning, executing, and updating plans to incorporate new information; not panicking; persisting.

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Details on how to use this and the other 15 civic engagement tools are under construction as we're a brand-new nonprofit, created in the summer of 2020 to deal with multiple crises in the US. More information on this tool is coming ASAP!
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More details, discussion, and examples on how to use this tool in the tagged resources below. Some of the resources below show how you can combine the 15 civic engagement tools, and/or how they can be applied to the 10 structural areas.

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VIDEO: How To Be Effective In A Crisis, In 11 Mins

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