Communication & Collaboration

Communication & Collaboration

April 9, 2020 by Addison Shaw

We can, at times, see a breakdown of our communication pathways. A situation like the COVID-19 pandemic may be the perfect time for your team to find those holes, as extreme stress and conditions of the event will make those gaps clear. Let's identify some of the gaps, and what you can do to prevent them from developing in future crises.

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Communication & Collaboration Utilities

March 3, 2020 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

Staff turnover can often lead to a loss of essential knowledge about the inner workings of a utility, thus affecting the operations of the organization. However, by changing the way they preserve internal talent and by bolstering communication, utilities can limit the loss of institutional knowledge.

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Communication & Collaboration

February 13, 2020 by Addison Shaw

API-driven data exchanges and communications are a significant advantage for EOC managers and stakeholders responding to events. Because of the importance of information during an emergency, the single system environment APIs can create is something all emergency managers should implement in their EOCs.

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Communication & Collaboration

October 24, 2019 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

UT Dallas came together with Texas Woman's University over their shared use of Veoci, our leading emergency management software platform. The two groups collaborated over their processes and UT Dallas was eventually able to come to the aid of TWU during multiple emergency situations.

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Communication & Collaboration Utilities

October 17, 2019 by Addison Shaw

Oddly, this is where the issue we brought up earlier originates from. A significant portion of the workforce is aging, and their impending departures, coupled with their decades of experience in one role at an organization, create a new risk: the loss of institutional knowledge.

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Communication & Collaboration

December 13, 2018 by Addison Shaw

A strong social services program can make a big difference in a community. It's why some of New Haven's own residents run the city's Youth Stat program, a school-based intervention program seeking to reduce justice involvement and improve health and wellness outcomes in students from elementary and postsecondary education.

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Communication & Collaboration

October 26, 2018 by Addison Shaw

Those who did receive notifications via text weren't given the total picture, however. The text notification was incomplete.

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Communication & Collaboration

March 15, 2016 by Julie Reynolds

Just about everything we do begins with a conversation. And when doing those things, there are more conversations every step of the way. When we began working on collaboration and work processes 15 years ago, given the limitations of technology at the time, we did not have a well-developed conversation system.

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Communication & Collaboration

September 2, 2015 by Julie Reynolds

At this time ten years ago, the United States was hit with one of the worst natural disasters in its history. In a previous blog, we posted a graph that showed Katrina to be in a league of its own among Hurricane damage.

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