My friends at @FEMA –
See, government DOES have a sense of humor.
Bonus points for the fed emoticons in the twitter reply too. #Nooice
See, government does have a sense of humor!
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Very thankful for these peeps!
I can’t begin to describe the amount of respect and admiration I have for my colleagues.
Clockwise (starting from top left): Elayne and Kevin (OH), Kevin and Jennifer and Ashley (FL), Elayne and Kevin (LA)and Cheryl and Kevin (CA).
Each of these individuals played such an integral part of my new Social Media Tools and Techniques course for NDPTC and DHS/FEMA.
My course. My materials. My information. OMG-this is really happening!
No joke because @rusnivek = so nervous!
NERVOUS!
Without their guidance and support, I would have easily cracked under the pressure.
More importantly, I am thankful for the true friendships I have made along the way.
At this time, my course is now in the hands of the FEMA reviewers and changes will be made for certification in the DHS/FEMA National Training and Exercise Division’s catalog. Whohoo!!!!!
Friday night SMEs review panel!
“Authored” – that sounds so nice.
Mahalos to my colleagues Elayne, Jen, Cheryl, and Ashley.
#Ermahgerd
I can’t believe I found these two…
Shhhh! This is an amazing find!
Two! Count them TWO fax machines in the wild! It’s amazing to see these two rare species of communications still alive and ready to go.
#JustTheFax
Reporting live from the caverns of the emergency operation center…
Final FEMA certification review starting today #SMEM #NDPTC
Definitely looks like everyone’s here for the big social media presentation in California.
#Ermahgerd
Yup, I’m taking the lion’s share of stuff today.
Why? Because it’s mine.
Game time peeps. Let’s get it on!
Final FEMA certification for Social Media Engagement
Delivering the final pilot for the new Social Media Engagement Course…with these trouble makers.
I’m honored to lead this process in course design and development.
I’ll be even more proud when this gets final approval.
So nervous.
Calm winds and starting class in California
Calm day, ready to start class in California! #NDPTC
No wind. Good.
Meanwhile, so many fire resources are being used for the rapidly spreading wildfires.
Hope that all companies assigned to fire ops are safe.
Thinking about a TED Talk…again
Thinking about a TED talk again this morning. 
Thanks for the reminder Firefighter Warner.
Can you get in flight WiFi live streaming?
So I don’t think commerical aircraft WiFi has capability to do live streaming…
I tested Periscope, Meerkat, and Apple’s FaceTime. Must be a bandwith problem.
Oddly, I was able to stream a WH press conference on CNN.
Oh well. Maybe they are able to throttle it somehow.
Reporting from 32K ft up…
Reporting live as I sink into the mud!
Shoes! SHOES PEOPLE!
I can’t wait for all those expensive heels to get stuck in the mud…and no one likes a pair of muddy dress pants and fancy black wingtips. C’mon!
Reporters: Please dress appropriately when covering a story.
PIO/PAOs: Please dress appropriately when arriving on scene.
Most nervous for my August 2015
Since July was almost all planning, August will be almost all operations.
First week: I’ll be headed to FEMA Region-9 Sacramento to deliver and (hope to) certify the brand new FEMA/NDPTC Social Media presentations at the State of California’s Emergency Operations Center. This is a huge project that I have been working on in conjunction with NDPTC development and FEMA course designers. During these classes, a panel of Federal types will be evaluating…aka totes judging it. Yikes. Why am I so nervous? It’s my presentation. I created it. I designed it. It’s all me. I better not eff this up. As you know, I’m pretty passionate about my work so for sure I’m excited, but still WAY NERVOUS (rubbing my ears, whispering “FEMA-NTED-CATALOG-AUTHORED”).
Second week: I might be curled in the fetal position…most likely finalizing the California updates from the FEMA evaluation.
Third week: I’ll be doing some advanced tactical rifle “stuff” with the lads from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As the pros say, PEW-PEW-PEW!
Fourth week: I’ll be doing my civic duty as I serve my county for jury duty. Yikes.
And the Fifth week: I’ll be headed back to OEMA in Columbus for an Advanced Event Planning Course. Hmmm, do you know of any big events upcoming in 2016?
Overall, this will likely be the most challenging month ever because of the FEMA review/certification. Gah! I hope all goes well.
I gotta go throw up now. #nervous
Where is @rusnivek? 