Chapters 21-25 will be on Crisis Management and Blogging. My Book will be 25 Chapters long. There will be and Introduction and an Afterword. The book will be complete by the end of December. I am typing Chapter 21 today from my notes. #CaliforniaWildfires, my prayers are with you! Sincerely, Leslie A. Fischman ---------------------- Chapter 21: Crisis Management by Leslie A. Fischman 12/09/17 (Written Originally in part 02/01/17). “Establish[ing] a state of readiness to respond to extreme events that could affect the community” are the purposes for “emergency preparedness.” For purposes of protecting the “health and safety” of individuals as well as the structures that support them such as social media. Social Media has played a fundamental role in emergency preparedness, establishing a framework for communications which help protect the “health and safety” of its participants. One of the primary goals is to “protect [the] public and private property” of individuals within the community, and build the necessary infrastructure that helps to “minimize the disruption of community acitivities.” (Ch. 9 Preparedness for Emergency Response, https://training.fema.gov). During the “conceptual design state of a system,” is when its important to address the problem areas and areas of concern. 2016, I met with the President of Brady Campaign LA and pitched to her my idea for a Campaign, an Entertainment based Campaign, which she approved of, and then went on to suggest changing my hashtag to something more general, which is when I changed my hashtag to #bloggingcampaign. At the time, my concerns were: blogging, databases, and gun violence prevention advocacy which I felt was lacking and in need of assistance, a campaign for campaigns, that was quote based. My campaign was designed by me for Brady Campaign, and was later called in to Volunteer for Moms Demand, a Grassroots Organizations dedicated to Gunsense Legislation. -Based upon my experiences in crisis, a secondary victim to homicide in 1994, I decided to focus on other areas of concern, not just gun violence itself. –How we communicate, support one another and process events is key to reducing recidivism. It requires more than just counterterrorism efforts, but requires a building of unique communications (Quotes and Symbolism) “infrastructure” among those within the helping professions, professionals. By “training” I am qualified to not only provide crisis hotline counseling services online but also qualified to blog in states of crises. I was a volunteer for MESA Moving to End Sexual Assault (2004-2006) while a College Student, and was Certified and Trained in the State of Colorado to service a crisis hotline. –Therefore while blogging, it was my belief that by blogging I could help professionals. Especially those in crisis among the helping professions, train newcomers and get training as a Leader for Moms Demand, how to assist those in crises current. –It is especially important among members of the helping professions to respond and understand on a subconscious level to what they are responding to, causing us mental illness and disease, within our environment. Usually it follows that when the surrounding areas are in a state of crisis, those within are equally affected. Nancy Boyd Webb explains, in School-Based Crisis Intervention, that “those who experienced violence in the past” are “directly affected” and those who can “identify” most are those in connection with, whereas those “further away from the center circle” enter a state of “shoc[k] and saddened by what happened.” (282) –Similarly professionals in the helping professions, are equally affected, some experiencing what Webb describes as: “ “vicarious trauma” (Pearlman & Saakvitne, 1995), “compassion fatigue (Figley, 1995), “disaster distress” (Miller, 2012), and general burnout.” (282). –Therefore she explains, its common for “interventions [to take place] with[in] people in the inner circles” which she states “must necessarily take place in the context of the larger social ecology of the disaster [such as through] … the interaction among an event, people, and their community as they are shaped by social, political, historical, cultural, and economic forces.” (282) This “ecology” she states includes “social networks,” such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Weebly, Pinterest, Wordpress, and other social networking platforms online. It is my belief that those with a duty to respond should always respond during states of crises, especially those who operate networks, how they show they: care, are doing their best, and respond to our needs to feel safe. Reference: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/play-therapy-with-children-and-adolescents-in-crisis-fourth-edition-nancy-boyd-webb/1124303589 (A) Interpretation We're not sure what it is not reading into things too much or paranoia or misinterpreatation thats at issue but building a better understanding of how people make decisions or standrards through which they make their interpretations are whats most important in understanding the decisions for which they pass judgment make opinions and direct themselves or others in their life and throughout that is of concern. Best to lead oneself best is the best measure from which to determine anothers ability to lead is by how they lead themselves to be lead by association is the weakest justification for basing decisions or the process for which decisions are made but best made based on a basic understanding of the curcumstances as well as any prime examples tertiary examples of anything relevant or specific instances in which that was the case either like or not like or similar or relevant that add to justify compromise support take down render insignificant the processes through which any future decisions were made and acts committed to determine best for example the significance of interpretation in relationship to causes for consequences and decisions made based on that interpretation. Reference: http://www.mymollydoll.com/personal-journal/finding-a-cure-for-interpretosis (B) Responding to Crisis Finding yourself is one thing. Identifying yourself as a Blogger is another thing. "You don’t know what you’ve got til its gone". (Lyrics to an Erykah Badu or Janet Jackson Song). As a Writer on Twitter for many years I had no idea that what I was writing was considered blog worthy material. Never underestimate yourself. What is trash to some may be of value to others. I first learned this sharing on Instagram and Facebook. You don’t always get the most likes on Twitter, and participation often comes in another form –visits to your website. Twitter is more of a promotional tool than a tool for accurately measuring popularity rankings via likes and reblogs, but by Impressions (Twitter Analytics) & how many Followers you have. Getting a new Follower on Twitter is like the equivalent of likes and comments on Instagram. Valuable. *Here are The Steps I Took to Identifying Myself as a Blogger Online: (1) Is what you have to say of value? If what you have to say is of value than you may consider yourself a blogger. And choose to one day start a Wordpress or build a Weebly website to showcase your work. A worthwhile investment. I’m glad I did so. (2) Have you been writing your thoughts Online for more than a year? If so, then blogging may be a great job for you Online. (3) Are you an unemployed Writer looking to make money or support a Campaign? It takes time but there are ways you can make money Online. Usually by blogging material prescribed to you by a Website that will pay you to blog for them, on topics chosen by them, some of these positions you must apply for. Another way you can make money via blogging is by running Ads on your website. Im not quite sure how this works yet, as this has not been my focus but something new to me, is measured by traffic and clicks. Working on it, I’ll let you know when I start earning. (4) Are you able to Write and Compose pieces on your own without the help of anyone or any Online resources? If so, then Blogging on your own Website may be a great idea for you, and may help open doors for you in the future. When I first started blogging, I noticed everyone around me on edge, but overtime they got used to it. It definitely helped me get jobs, because it enabled my Employers to get to know me on a deeper personal level, see what I’m about, what issues or Campaign I support, and what jobs I may be best fit for, as an employee. (5) Do you have the personality for Writing in a Public Space? Are you Sensitive to Criticisms? This was the most important question I had to ask myself. As a shy person, blogging online was not something I participated in throughout School, seldom on Facebook and had opened a Twitter Account but never participated or wrote a single Tweet. To be honest I wasn’t sure how to use Twitter. Just like when I started using Instagram this year, I didn’t understand that the only way to communicate was by hearts, those were the like button. Now Twitter uses hearts so it’s a more universally accepted understood symbol for liking something online. This just changed in 2015/2016. –Main Point: It takes a long time to adjust to writing online and the professional and social anxiety that comes with it. You subject yourself to a lot of unnecessary and unwanted feedback and attention, and that is just something you will have to get used to, and learn how to respond to. Overtime as you become a stronger writer, you get more positive feedback and less criticism (Thanks Instagram!). That comes with the territory. Online people expect the utmost professionalism of you, but in a space that’s so quick to write print and publish from, for the writer it doesn’t feel like that same expectation is there, but it is. Be careful. (6) Are you Organized, Able to Keep Up with the Demand? Never start a project that you cannot finish and cannot continue to contribute to, perfect, improve, and grow. Once you generate an audience, that audience stays with you, don’t lose those members, they were they first to notice you out of everyone streamlining their pieces into the mix on hashtags. When you start blogging you want to keep your audience and you want to grow your following. This usually occurs by momentum. That is, positive momentum, which is generated by blog posts you contribute to your feeds and publishing platforms. If you cant keep up, don’t start publishing until you can, or write a few in advance to then publish later, to help maintain momentum and consistency. Your audience is always looking for quality not quantity. Blogging everyday reblogged pieces is fine and dandy, but when it comes time to wow them do you have unique pieces that set you apart, that can help you grow your following and maintain an existing fanbase. These are things you should prepare for before starting any type of blog. (7) Do you have some kind of Vision and Purpose for your Blog? As we discussed above, before starting any type of blog you should be prepared and have achieved a quality of composition that sets you apart from the other bloggers so that you stand out and gain new followers, and maintain uniqueness to your work product. Some people are able to achieve this by logos. Some people are able to achieve this by stylistic preferences, and some people are able to achieve this by putting their name on everything (that would be me). That would be your vision, how you see yourself and how you want others to see you, is that vision clear? If not, there are plenty of spaces to experiment to see what your audience likes best, start with one social platform, but do not experiment on all social platforms. You want to always present your best work to each, so make each introduction strong, with new material, and with that added edge of experience you were able to achieve from the previous social network you blogged from. The purpose of your blog, sometimes you know right of the bat, mine was to create an entity MYMOLLYDOLL from which I could create a Campaign for a Campaign. Sometimes this purpose evolves. I know on Instagram and Tumblr, I started with one account, and as I tried to organize my materials, I realized that my presentation of reblogs was best suited for separate blogs, to maintain consistency and theme. That was important to me, to separate my blogs by theme, categories or types of pieces shared, this can also be done through the use of tabs on a Website (something I have just considered doing for mymollydoll.com). Right now I keep everything on separate Blogs (Websites) lesliefischman.tumblr.com, mymollydoll.com, lesliefischman.weebly.com, facebook.com/leslie.fischman, Twitter.com/mymollydoll, and Instagram.com/leslie_fischman … the list goes on. (See mymollydoll.org). –The only problem is that if you are concerned about traffic points, you may want to stick to one Website, otherwise your 10,000 Followers get spread among multiple accounts on different Websites, making it more work for you to share and keep track of on a daily basis or update weekly. (8) Do you have any Conflicts of Interest that Prevent you from Blogging? This is an important question to ask yourself if you are currently employed. Some employers have specific guidelines outlined in your employment contracts that specify preference as to whether blogged about online and whether any work related interactions are blogged about. If so, then its best not to blog in any space, where you compose any impulsive writing off the top of your head, but blog only in spaces in which you compose one draft prior to publishing. For example: A Space Space to Blog for impulsive people would be Weebly or Wordpress, writing on Microsoft Word first and then publishing your final draft on your Weebly and Wordpress. That would be the smartest choice, to ensure that no information regarding work is shared online that would interfere with your contract or signed responsibilities of what not to include in your blog online, which is to write about work. (9) Do you have a particular interest in a genre commonly blogged about? If so, then blogging may be a great fit for you as a Writer or Composer. The more common, the easier it is to join and contribute to, blend in, without standing out or looking out of place. For me, when I started blogging on Twitter, they had just added the photo feature, and I blogged like I was on Facebook, putting all my photos up and talking about my personal life and what I’m up to. Have no fear, what was once uncommon is now common, and I am no longer one of few but one of many who blog about their personal lives in public on public publishing platforms that get Google indexed and tossed around online in places Ive never visited on Websites like Twicsy, that duplicates your account on a completely different website I don’t even have an Account to. This happens online, do not be alarmed. What you share in public becomes public information and public knowledge and can then be reused. Make sure you are cited and that you maintain uniqueness to your craft and put your logo, emblem, or web address, and/or name on your work, so that when it gets redistributed you are credited to your work, and can get business that way. (10) Are you qualified to blog about the topics you wish to write about? This is perhaps one of the more personal questions you must ask yourself, however discouraging it may be to realize that you need credentials to write about certain topics, that is why we have referencing abilities, and the purpose for citations. For knowledge that does not come from within but must be obtained from outside of yourself, is why we cite and do research. You can also compose blog posts in that way, via citations, there is nothing wrong with that, but make sure you cite. What are my credentials? I’m a BA with Honors in Sociology, have Composed & Published an Honors Thesis (A Qualitative Research Study on Hotline Counselors, about Crisis Management and Emotion Management, with approval by my attending University’s HRC (Human Research Committee) which I had to apply for, qualify for, and complete several online exams testing my understanding of the risks involved when studying at risk populations [Note: Similarly in 2013 I had to submit a proposal for future study to CU’s HRC prior to beginning Blogging Campaign for Brady Campaign –which was forwarded to the US Supreme Court for Review, and stamped by them reviewed]) … my Honors Thesis was later published with an Academic Publishing Company. In addition, I attended Paralegal School & Law School JD for 5 years, and I am now finishing my LLM and will compose a Dissertation, which I plan to Publish with an Academic Publishing Company when I finish. These are my Writing Credentials as a Professional, not including writing experience throughout my work experience, which included composing Legal Motions on behalf of Clients, composing Legal Research on my own, drafting Letters on behalf of Companies and Tenants, Composing Client Letters, Legal Memorandums, Drafting Legal Documents, Formatting Legal Documents, Indexing sorting and filing legal documents, and the list of responsibilities goes on as a Paralegal, Law Clerk, and Legal Secretary for many years (Since 2008). Based upon my experiences as a Legal Professional, I thought why not Blog and start a Blogging Campaign, I’m certainly qualified to lead a Campaign, I may not have the experience running a Non-Profit or Corporation (Now Officially Registered in CA: MYMOLLYDOLL as of 2016), but that is something you learn through experience putting together a Company online and Startup. Finding yourself is one thing. Identifying yourself as a Blogger is another thing. "You don’t know what you’ve got til its gone". (Lyrics to an Erykah Badu or Janet Jackson Song). As a Writer on Twitter for many years I had no idea that what I was writing was considered blog worthy material. Never underestimate yourself. What is trash to some may be of value to others. I first learned this sharing on Instagram and Facebook. You don’t always get the most likes on Twitter, and participation often comes in another form –visits to your website. Twitter is more of a promotional tool than a tool for accurately measuring popularity rankings via likes and reblogs, but by Impressions (Twitter Analytics) & how many Followers you have. Getting a new Follower on Twitter is like the equivalent of likes and comments on Instagram. Valuable. *Here are The Steps I Took to Identifying Myself as a Blogger Online: (1) Is what you have to say of value? If what you have to say is of value than you may consider yourself a blogger. And choose to one day start a Wordpress or build a Weebly website to showcase your work. A worthwhile investment. I’m glad I did so. (2) Have you been writing your thoughts Online for more than a year? If so, then blogging may be a great job for you Online. (3) Are you an unemployed Writer looking to make money or support a Campaign? It takes time but there are ways you can make money Online. Usually by blogging material prescribed to you by a Website that will pay you to blog for them, on topics chosen by them, some of these positions you must apply for. Another way you can make money via blogging is by running Ads on your website. Im not quite sure how this works yet, as this has not been my focus but something new to me, is measured by traffic and clicks. Working on it, I’ll let you know when I start earning. (4) Are you able to Write and Compose pieces on your own without the help of anyone or any Online resources? If so, then Blogging on your own Website may be a great idea for you, and may help open doors for you in the future. When I first started blogging, I noticed everyone around me on edge, but overtime they got used to it. It definitely helped me get jobs, because it enabled my Employers to get to know me on a deeper personal level, see what I’m about, what issues or Campaign I support, and what jobs I may be best fit for, as an employee. (5) Do you have the personality for Writing in a Public Space? Are you Sensitive to Criticisms? This was the most important question I had to ask myself. As a shy person, blogging online was not something I participated in throughout School, seldom on Facebook and had opened a Twitter Account but never participated or wrote a single Tweet. To be honest I wasn’t sure how to use Twitter. Just like when I started using Instagram this year, I didn’t understand that the only way to communicate was by hearts, those were the like button. Now Twitter uses hearts so it’s a more universally accepted understood symbol for liking something online. This just changed in 2015/2016. –Main Point: It takes a long time to adjust to writing online and the professional and social anxiety that comes with it. You subject yourself to a lot of unnecessary and unwanted feedback and attention, and that is just something you will have to get used to, and learn how to respond to. Overtime as you become a stronger writer, you get more positive feedback and less criticism (Thanks Instagram!). That comes with the territory. Online people expect the utmost professionalism of you, but in a space that’s so quick to write print and publish from, for the writer it doesn’t feel like that same expectation is there, but it is. Be careful. (6) Are you Organized, Able to Keep Up with the Demand? Never start a project that you cannot finish and cannot continue to contribute to, perfect, improve, and grow. Once you generate an audience, that audience stays with you, don’t lose those members, they were they first to notice you out of everyone streamlining their pieces into the mix on hashtags. When you start blogging you want to keep your audience and you want to grow your following. This usually occurs by momentum. That is, positive momentum, which is generated by blog posts you contribute to your feeds and publishing platforms. If you cant keep up, don’t start publishing until you can, or write a few in advance to then publish later, to help maintain momentum and consistency. Your audience is always looking for quality not quantity. Blogging everyday reblogged pieces is fine and dandy, but when it comes time to wow them do you have unique pieces that set you apart, that can help you grow your following and maintain an existing fanbase. These are things you should prepare for before starting any type of blog. (7) Do you have some kind of Vision and Purpose for your Blog? As we discussed above, before starting any type of blog you should be prepared and have achieved a quality of composition that sets you apart from the other bloggers so that you stand out and gain new followers, and maintain uniqueness to your work product. Some people are able to achieve this by logos. Some people are able to achieve this by stylistic preferences, and some people are able to achieve this by putting their name on everything (that would be me). That would be your vision, how you see yourself and how you want others to see you, is that vision clear? If not, there are plenty of spaces to experiment to see what your audience likes best, start with one social platform, but do not experiment on all social platforms. You want to always present your best work to each, so make each introduction strong, with new material, and with that added edge of experience you were able to achieve from the previous social network you blogged from. The purpose of your blog, sometimes you know right of the bat, mine was to create an entity MYMOLLYDOLL from which I could create a Campaign for a Campaign. Sometimes this purpose evolves. I know on Instagram and Tumblr, I started with one account, and as I tried to organize my materials, I realized that my presentation of reblogs was best suited for separate blogs, to maintain consistency and theme. That was important to me, to separate my blogs by theme, categories or types of pieces shared, this can also be done through the use of tabs on a Website (something I have just considered doing for mymollydoll.com). Right now I keep everything on separate Blogs (Websites) lesliefischman.tumblr.com, mymollydoll.com, lesliefischman.weebly.com, facebook.com/leslie.fischman, Twitter.com/mymollydoll, and Instagram.com/leslie_fischman … the list goes on. (See mymollydoll.org). –The only problem is that if you are concerned about traffic points, you may want to stick to one Website, otherwise your 10,000 Followers get spread among multiple accounts on different Websites, making it more work for you to share and keep track of on a daily basis or update weekly. (8) Do you have any Conflicts of Interest that Prevent you from Blogging? This is an important question to ask yourself if you are currently employed. Some employers have specific guidelines outlined in your employment contracts that specify preference as to whether blogged about online and whether any work related interactions are blogged about. If so, then its best not to blog in any space, where you compose any impulsive writing off the top of your head, but blog only in spaces in which you compose one draft prior to publishing. For example: A Space Space to Blog for impulsive people would be Weebly or Wordpress, writing on Microsoft Word first and then publishing your final draft on your Weebly and Wordpress. That would be the smartest choice, to ensure that no information regarding work is shared online that would interfere with your contract or signed responsibilities of what not to include in your blog online, which is to write about work. (9) Do you have a particular interest in a genre commonly blogged about? If so, then blogging may be a great fit for you as a Writer or Composer. The more common, the easier it is to join and contribute to, blend in, without standing out or looking out of place. For me, when I started blogging on Twitter, they had just added the photo feature, and I blogged like I was on Facebook, putting all my photos up and talking about my personal life and what I’m up to. Have no fear, what was once uncommon is now common, and I am no longer one of few but one of many who blog about their personal lives in public on public publishing platforms that get Google indexed and tossed around online in places Ive never visited on Websites like Twicsy, that duplicates your account on a completely different website I don’t even have an Account to. This happens online, do not be alarmed. What you share in public becomes public information and public knowledge and can then be reused. Make sure you are cited and that you maintain uniqueness to your craft and put your logo, emblem, or web address, and/or name on your work, so that when it gets redistributed you are credited to your work, and can get business that way. (10) Are you qualified to blog about the topics you wish to write about? This is perhaps one of the more personal questions you must ask yourself, however discouraging it may be to realize that you need credentials to write about certain topics, that is why we have referencing abilities, and the purpose for citations. For knowledge that does not come from within but must be obtained from outside of yourself, is why we cite and do research. You can also compose blog posts in that way, via citations, there is nothing wrong with that, but make sure you cite. What are my credentials? I’m a BA with Honors in Sociology, have Composed & Published an Honors Thesis (A Qualitative Research Study on Hotline Counselors, about Crisis Management and Emotion Management, with approval by my attending University’s HRC (Human Research Committee) which I had to apply for, qualify for, and complete several online exams testing my understanding of the risks involved when studying at risk populations [Note: Similarly in 2013 I had to submit a proposal for future study to CU’s HRC prior to beginning Blogging Campaign for Brady Campaign –which was forwarded to the US Supreme Court for Review, and stamped by them reviewed]) … my Honors Thesis was later published with an Academic Publishing Company. In addition, I attended Paralegal School & Law School JD for 5 years, and I am now finishing my LLM and will compose a Dissertation, which I plan to Publish with an Academic Publishing Company when I finish. These are my Writing Credentials as a Professional, not including writing experience throughout my work experience, which included composing Legal Motions on behalf of Clients, composing Legal Research on my own, drafting Letters on behalf of Companies and Tenants, Composing Client Letters, Legal Memorandums, Drafting Legal Documents, Formatting Legal Documents, Indexing sorting and filing legal documents, and the list of responsibilities goes on as a Paralegal, Law Clerk, and Legal Secretary for many years (Since 2008). Based upon my experiences as a Legal Professional, I thought why not Blog and start a Blogging Campaign, I’m certainly qualified to lead a Campaign, I may not have the experience running a Non-Profit or Corporation (Now Officially Registered in CA: MYMOLLYDOLL as of 2016), but that is something you learn through experience putting together a Company online. 09/06/16 Updated 12/05/17 Reference: http://www.mymollydoll.com/blog/how-do-you-know-if-you-are-a-blogger-by-leslie-fischman Facebook Heading: Chapter 21: Crisis Management by Leslie A. Fischman 12/09/17 (Written Originally in part 02/01/17). #lesliefischman (Reference: #nancyboydwebb) #crisisintervention #socialmedia #entertainmentcampaign #quotescampaign #bloggingcampaign #helpingprofessions #crisiscounseling #hotlinecounseling #crisishotlines
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AuthorLeslie A. Fischman Please Note: I have finished writing the first draft of my first book, still editing Ch 13-25, my goal is to publish my book 2020 after I graduate, working on myself right now.
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