Resource Center

Emergency Planning & Crisis Response Track: Planning for and responding to field incidents and large-scale crises, supporting affected parties, post-incident response.

2023 Presentations:

• Don't Let a Crisis Shock You- Sharing Our Experience Managing the NOLS Lightning Fatality - Drew Leemon, Fraces Mock, Katie Baum Mettenbrink 2023 (pdf)
• Operation Art and the COVID-19 Pandemic - Lessons from the Conservation Corps - Hannah Wendel, Colin Giegerich 2023 (pdf)
• Risk Management of Wildfire Smoke Exposure - Andrea Stephens, Seth Hawkins 2023 (pdf)
• Short Talk Series - Sam Sala, Jun Ping Lim, Luc Mehl, Larisa Castille 2023 (pdf)

Past Presentations:

• Crisis Management: A Preplan in Action – Drew Leemon, Katie Baum Mettenbrink 2020 (pdf)
• Supporting Family and Staff During Critical Incidents – Suellen Sack 2020 (pdf)
  • Supporting Family and Staff During Critical Incidents (handout 1)
  • Supporting Family and Staff During Critical Incidents (handout 2)

• A Case Study in Systems Failure: NZ’s Mangatepopo Tragedy Presentation – Jeff Jackson 2011 (pdf)
• A Critical Evaluation of Certifications – Curt Davidson, Graham Ottley 2014 (pdf)
• At the End of My Rope and Hit by a Rock and Stuck in a Hard Place: Two Patients' Perspectives vs. Perceptions – Jeannette Stawski, Christine Lagattolla 2019 (pdf)
• Blindspot: Near Miss Trauma – Brendan Madden 2017 (pdf)
• Communicating with Families in Challenging Situations – Laura Herrin 2007 (pdf)
• Complexities in Intercultural Emergency Response – Tim Hare 2016 (prezi link)
• Conducting Internal Incident Reviews – Kurt Merrill, Kris Wright 2006 (pdf)
• Crisis Communications Boot Camp – Skip King 2015 (pdf)
• Crisis Communication in the Digital Age: The Basics Still Matter – Bruce Palmer 2016 (pdf)
• Crisis Management: A Preplan in Action – Drew Leemon 2016 (pdf)  
  • Crisis Management Handout (pdf)
• Crisis Management: Emotional Support for Participants, Staff, and Families – Suellen Sack, Steve Neal 2019 (pdf)
  • Crisis Management: Emotional Support for Participants, Staff, and Families Handout 2019 (pdf)
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing – Deb Ajango 2004 (pdf)
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Helpful or Harmful? – Tod Schimelpfenig 2005 (pdf)
• Exceptions to Medical Sceening at NOLS – Drew Leemon 2005 (pdf)
• Expecting the Unexpected – Todd Duncan, Catherine Hansen-Stamp, Tony Rango 2018 (pdf)
• Field Emergency Decision Making – Deb Ajango 2012 (pdf)
• Getting Beyond Operator Error: Using Systems to Analyze Accidents – Jeff Jackson 2013 (pdf)
• Green Horns to Gurus: Program Supervision Strategies for Managing and Supporting Field Staff – Chris Benson 2015 (pdf)
• How to Feed Alligators: Ten Things You Need to Know About Communicating in a Crisis – Skip King 2017 (pdf)
• Incident Data Project – Drew Leemon 2013 (pdf)
• Incident Response: The Aftermath of Infectious Disease Exposure – Caroline Nassif, Rita Galdos 2017 (pdf)
• Interagency Incident Response: SAR Case Studies and Paddlecraft Safety – U.S. Coast Guard, Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Fire Department 2017 (pdf)
• It Just Got Worse: Managing Conventional and Social Media in Crisis Situations – Skip King 2014 (pdf)  
• Johnny is Lost – Gates Richards 2019 (pdf)
• Lessons from the Lava Mountain Fire: Planning, Communications, Evacuation, and Post-Crisis – Matthew Cook 2017 (pdf)
• Managing Field Evacuations – Jay Satz, Kurt Merrill, Dave McEvoy 2006 (pdf)
• Media Training: Preparing for the Hot Seat presentation – Heidi White 2018 (pdf)
• Performing Under Pressure – Deb Ajango 2014 (pdf)  
• Practicing your Worst Nightmare: A Realistic Emergency Response Exercise – Gretchen Ostherr 2017 (pdf)
• Preparing and Executing Effective Critical Incident Simulations with Administrative Staff – Mark Vermeal 2015 (pdf)
• Ready for Primetime? Crisis Training for Traditional and Social Media – Travis Taylor, Karmina Zafiro 2015 (pdf)
  • Ready for Primetime Video
• Risk Management: The Traumatic Aftermath – Dr. Will Marling 2019 (pdf)
• Risk Management: The Traumatic Aftermath – Will Marling 2016 (pdf)  
• SAR for Outdoor Leaders – Tod Schimelpfenig 2008 (pdf)
• Shades of Gray: The Complications of Managing Incidents Overseas – Gennifre Hartman, Jennifer Royall, Leah Knickerbocker 2012  (pdf)
  • Shades of Gray Action Steps (pdf)
• Small Organization Emergency Response Plans: Where Do I Start? – John Kelly 2018 (pdf)
• Supporting Families and Victims in the Aftermath of a Critical Field Incident – Jay A. Satz, Molly Hampton 2008 (pdf)
• Surprises and Lessons from Major Incidents – Frances Mock, Lewis Glenn, Steve Neal, and Michael Lindsey 2011 (pdf)
• ​​​​​​​The Art (and Science) of Giving Bad News: Critical Incident and Death Notifications – Will Marling, Jay Satz 2018 (pdf)
• The Foreign and the Familiar: International Emergency Response presentation – Tim Hare 2018 (prezi link)
  • The Foreign and the Familiar handouts (pdf)
• The Wilderness Incident Investigative Interview – Kurt Merrill, Kris Wright 2005 (pdf)
• This is Not JUST a Drill – Mark Vermeal 2013 (pdf) 
  • This is Not JUST a Drill Handout (pdf)
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​Walking Towards the Storm: Lessons from a Crisis – Jonathan Igoe, Tom Costley, Emily Ferrell 2019 (pdf)
• Welcome to the Jungle: Navigating the Interface Between Social and Conventional Media in a Crisis – Skip King 2019 (pdf)
• Who Gets to Know What? Writing and Sharing Your Investigation Report – Frances Mock, Drew Leemon 2012 (pdf)
• Why Victim Relations is as Important as Pulic Relations – Will Marling 2009 (pdf)
• Worst Case Scenario: An Expedition Leader's Response to a Fatality – Jerry Isaak 2012 (pdf)

Field Practices Track: Practices, tools, techniques, and information specifically for field staff.

2023 Presentations:

• SWIM, WADE, THROW, TRS! Streamlining your River Rescue Response Readiness - Nate Ostis 2023 (pdf)
• Lessons from the Field - Case Studies in Wilderness Medicine - Gates Richards 2023 (pdf)

Past Presentations:

• 2020 Wilderness Medicine Update – Seth Hawkins 2020 (pdf)
• Accidents in North American Climbing: Accident Reporting and Narratives to Prevent Future Climbing Accidents – R. Bryan Simon 2019 (pdf)
• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits: Assessment and Prevention Approaches – Jed Williamson 2013 (pdf)
  • Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits Handout
• Advanced Foot Entrapment Techniques – Nate Ostis 2016 (pdf)
• Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections/MRSA (Poster) – Anna Johnson 2017 (pdf)
  • Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections/MRSA (Presentation)
• Bear Habitat Field Practices – Katie Baum Mettenbrink 2012 (pdf)  
• Behavioral Risk Management: Preventing Critical Incidents in the Field – Sky Gray, Kevin Moeller 2010 (pdf)
  • Behavioral Risk Management Model
• Building Homemade Shotguns with Pulleys – Nate Ostis 2018 (pdf)
• Case Studies in Wilderness Medicine – Shana Tarter 2018 (pdf)
• Coming to the Rescue: What Happens During an Emergency Response to a Serious Incident in a National Park – Jay Shields (pdf)
• Compassionate Risk Taking for the Positive Future – Misha Golfman 2019 (pdf)
• Connecting to Nature: Culturally Appropriate, Inclusive, Risk Management Field Practices to Promote Community and Individual Health and Healing – Misty Blakesley, Marquel Musgrave, Reuben Chinana, Renae Lee 2019 (pdf)
• Continuing the Conversation: A Panel Discussion on Gender Questions – Elyse Rylander, Zander McRae, Jay Satz, Paul Dreyer 2017 (pdf)
• Cultivating Outdoor Leadership through Storytelling: An Introduction to Relational Public Narrative – Darren Gruetze 2018 (pdf)
• EEG Analysis of Competition Rock Climbers – Andrew Bailey 2018 (pdf)
• How Remote Communications Aid in Self-Rescue, SAR Protocol, and Resource Deployment (Short talk) – Brett Wagenheim 2017 (pdf)
• How to Hijack Heads and Hearts: Creating Culture, Psychological Safety, and Fast-Tracking Your Way to a High Performing Team – Amberleigh Hammond 2019 (Prezi link)
  • How to Hijack Heads and Hearts: Creating Culture, Psychological Safety, and Fast-Tracking Your Way to a High Performing Team – Amberleigh Hammond 2019 (handout)
• Innovations in Wilderness Medicine – Dr. Seth Collings Hawkins 2019 (pdf)
• Intro to Climber First Aid – Seth Hawkins, Bryan Simon 2014 (pdf)
  • Altitude Illness (pdf)
  • Arm, Wrist, Hand, Finger Injuries (pdf)
  • Litters and Carries (pdf)
• Is Automation and Technology Derailing Our Ability to Think Critically? – David Yacubian 2018 (pdf)
• Managing a Behavioral Crisis in the Remote Setting – Laura McGladrey, Will Marling 2018 (pdf)
• Managing Technology in the Wilderness – Drew Leemon 2008 (pdf)
• Medical Topics: Old, New, and Controversial – David Johnson, MD 2013 (pdf)
• Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice for Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Draft 2009 (pdf)
• Mosquito Illnesses – Gregory Moore 2016 (pdf)
• Outdoor Lightning Risk Management – John Gookin 2011 (pdf)
• Preventing Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Infections: What You Need to Know – Jo Ellis 2018 (pdf)
• Psychological First Aid: Train the Trainers Seminar – Laura McGladrey 2018 (pdf)
• Psychological First Aid – Todd Schimelpfenig 2016 (pdf)
• Psychological First Aid Toolkit – Laura Gladrey Griebling, Paul Dreyer 2015 (pdf)
• Recognition and Care of Drowning Incidents – Anna Johnson 2018 (pdf)
  • Recognition and Care of Drowning Incidents handout (pdf)
• Rejecting The Binary: The Benefits of Considering Emotional Risk for LGBTQ Individuals – Kira McGieson, Elyse Rylander 2016 (prezi link)
• Risk Management Update to Drowning and Submersion Injuries – Justin Doroshenko, Seth Hawkins 2014 (pdf)
• Risk Managing a Wilderness Fast: Why, When, and How to Facilitate a Fast in the Backcountry – Paul Stonehouse 2013 (pdf)
  • Risk Managing a Wilderness Fast Notes (pdf)
• Risk, Reflection and Resilience: Storytelling as Pedagogy – Eric Boggs 2019 (pdf)
• Spinal Immobilization – David McEvoy 2016 (pdf)
• Strengthening Your Culture of Safety Through Onsite Safety Briefings – Caroline Dunn, Gitte Venicx 2017 (pdf)
  • Strengthening your Culture of Safety Through Onsite Safety Briefings handout (pdf)
• Supporting Struggling Participants: Managing Behavior and Mental Health Issues presentation – Katie Baum Mettenbrink, Emily Ledingham 2018 (prezi link)
  • Supporting Struggling Participants handout (pdf)
• Supporting Struggling Participants: Managing Behavioral and Mental Health Issues – Katie Baum Mettenbrink, Emily Ledingham 2016 (prezi link)
  • Supporting Struggling Participants Handout (pdf)
• Tech Talk: Safety, Communication, and Navigation in the Backcountry – Chip Noble 2014 (pdf)
• The Assessment and Management of Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries in the Field: Where We Started, Where We are Now, and Why – Paul Nicolazzo (pdf)
• The Developing Adolescent Brain with Respect to Education and Safety Management – Steve Creech 2016 (pdf)
  • The Developing Adolescent Brain handout (pdf)
  • The Developing Adolescent Brain WOOP handout (pdf)
• The First 72 Hours: Creating a Culture of Risk Awareness – Susie Caldwell Rinehart, Chris Yager 2012 (pdf)
• The Foreign and the Familiar: International Programming as a Benefit for Wilderness Programs – Tim Hare 2017 (pdf)
• The Frontier of American Belaying: Changing a Folkcraft to a Science – Ron Funderburke 2016  
• The Risk Management of Teaching and Practicing Advanced Climbing Skills with Students – Anna Haegel 2012 (pdf)
• Tools for Behavioral Crisis in the Remote Setting – Laura McGladrey, Will Marling 2016 (pdf)
• Understanding and Managing Negative Adolescent Behavior in the Wilderness Setting – Doug Mahon 2010 (pdf)
• Updates and Overview: Navigating Health, Safety, and Security Abroad – Bill Frederick 2019 (pdf)
• Where Are the Instructors? Benefits of Unaccompanied Wilderness Program Components – Andrew Bobilya 2009 (pdf)
• Wilderness Medicine-Current Topics – Tod Schimelpfenig 2012 (pdf)
• Wilderness Medicine: Inclusive Practices for LGBTQ and Non-Binary People – Colleen McHugh 2019 (pdf)
  • Wilderness Medicine: Inclusive Practices for LGBTQ and Non-Binary People – Colleen McHugh 2019 (handout)

Program Administration Track: Tools and information for program managers on a wide range of topics including culture; pre-program screening; hiring and HR issues; diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; and engaging participants in risk management.

2023 Presentations:

• Preparing for Failure - Jeff Jackson 2023 (pdf)
• Risky Business - A Risk Management Primer for All Attendees - José González, Amberleigh Hammond 2023 (pdf)

Past Presentations:

• Creating and Maintaining a Just Culture in Your Organization – Dave Yacubian 2020 (pdf)
• Evolving Hazards in a Different Landscape: Innovative Strategies for Developing and Running Programs Abroad – Bill Frederick, Catherine Hansen-Stamp 2020 (pdf)
• Safety Differently! A Research-Based "New View of Risk Management" – Steve Smith 2020 (prezi link)
  • Safety Differently! A Research-Based "New View of Risk Management" – Steve Smith 2020 (handout)
• #TimesUp: Go Beyond Policy in Managing Harassment – Victoria Kerr, AJ Wojtalik 2018 (pdf)
  • #TimesUp handout (pdf)
• 10 Steps to Better Risk Management – Alex Kosseff, Andrew Leider 2015 (pdf)
  • 10 Steps to Better Risk Management Guide (pdf)
• Abuse Prevention as an Empowerment Tactic – Courtney Aber 2019 (pdf)
• A Strategic Approach to Managing Risks at Your Organization – Mark Vermeal, Steve Pace 2018 (pdf)
  • A Strategic Approach to Managing Risks handout (pdf)
• Adapt-Ability: Working with People with Disabilities in an Adventure Setting – Becky Van Horsen, Eric Bonin, Janine Donald 2013 (pdf)
• Advocating for Risk in a Risk Averse World – Christopher Barnes 2012 (pdf)  
• Beginning the Climb Toward Equity: Tools for Assessing and Managing Social and Emotional Risk – Elyse Rylander, Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin 2018 (pdf)
  • Beginning the Climb Toward Equity activity (pdf)
• Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications – Alan Ewert, Jay Whitacre 2010 (pdf)
  • Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications Handout – Alan Ewert, Jay Whitacre 2010 (pdf)
• Beyond the Schoolyard Gate: Guiding Principles for Managing Risk Off Camp/School Property – Ann McCollum 2019 (pdf)
• Bloodborne and Other Pathogens in the Backcountry – Steve Neal and David Johnson, MD 2013 (pdf)
• Building Capacity for High School Students to be Backcountry Medical Providers – Allison McGuire, Madison Dressler 2019 (pdf)
• Cases in Quantifying Risk – Ross Cloutier 2015 (pdf)
• Chance and Randomness: The Complications of Managing Incidents Overseas – Gennifre Hartman, Aaron Slosberg, Jennifer Royall 2013 (pdf)
• Change Management: Creating a Wilderness Expeditions and Risk Management Culture from the Ground Up –  Mark Johnson, Lyle Walkinshaw 2019 (pdf)
  • Change Management: Creating a Wilderness Expeditions and Risk Management Culture from the Ground Up – Mark Johnson, Lyle Walkinshaw 2019 (handout)
• Climbing Incident Analysis: Mazama Case Study – Doug Wilson 2015 (pdf)
• Collaborative Risk Management: How a Park Agency and Contracted Recreation Providers Facilitate Adaptive Recreation and Risk Management (Poster) – Marcy Marchello, Karen Foster, Brenda Davies (pdf)
• Communicating Risk: Insight and Analysis of Communicating Risk To Parents – Claire Dallat 2008 (pdf)
• Containers as Boundaries: Proactive and Participant-Centered Strategies to Raise Risk Awareness – Ryan Wagner, Tim Hare, Aaron Slosberg 2014 (prezi link)
• Creating a Comprehensive Risk Management Database – Kathleen Floberg, Mark Bixby 2017 (Prezi link)
• Culture and Risk – Sky Gray, Nina Roberts 2005 (pdf)
• Culture as Cause – Kurt Merrill 2005 (pdf)
• Cultural Competence and Risk Management: Do You Know What Your Staff Doesn't Know? – Robin Chiles, Jenni Conrad 2012 (pdf)
  • Cultural Competence and Risk Management Addenda (pdf)
• Dechı̨ta Nezǫ Gots’udı́ (Living on the Land in a Good Way): Supporting Indigenous Resurgence Through Anti-Colonial Approaches to Risk Management Planning – Jess Dunkin, Walter Bezha 2019 (pdf)
• Developing a Culture of Risk Management Throughout Your Higher Education Institution – Paul Tame 2015 (pdf)
• Evolution of a Process: Recording and Using Risk Management Data to Improve Your Program – Nathan Trappe, Kate Farthing 2015 (pdf)
• Fostering Student Leadership, Competence, and Independence – Tod Schimelpfenig 2007 (pdf)
• Getting Your Board on Board with Safety and Risk Management – Mark Vermeal, Ginger Mihalik  2017 (pdf)
  • Getting Your Board on Board handout (2017)
• Grassroots Organizing: A Tool to Shift Your Risk Management Culture – Mel Mac Innis, Alex Kosseff 2014 (pdf)
  • Grassroots Organizing Tools (pdf)
• Health, Safety, and Security Abroad: A Strategic Approach – Bill Frederick 2012 (pdf)
• Health, Safety, and Security Abroad: Updates and Overview – Bill Frederick 2016 (pdf)  
• I Can't Believe They're Doing That! Lessons from the Intersections of Guiding and Outdoor Adventure Education – Josh Cole, Erika Halm 2016 (prezi link)
• In the (Data) Field: Information Management as Risk Management – Sara Martin 2019 (pdf)
• Incident Reporting – Drew Leemon 2006 (pdf)
• Incident Tracking Database: Improving Safety through Advanced Data Analytics – Rick Curtis 2016 (pdf)
• Incident Trends in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare: What Do They Mean to Me? – Stephen Javorski 2013 (pdf)
• Injury in the Wild: Understanding and Preventing Outdoor Education Injury Incidents – Clare Dallat, Paul Salmon 2017 (pdf)
• Institutional and Personal Risk Tolerance: Mitigating the Differences – Mark Vermeal, Christopher Barnes 2011 (pdf)
• Intellectual Risk: The Risk of New and Different Ideas – Jason Luthy 2012 (pdf)  
• Internal and External Review – Jed Williamson, Jay A. Satz 2010 (pdf)
• International Expeditions: Opportunities and Challenges – Peter Harvey, Jen Alger 2008 (pdf)
• International Risk Management – Bill Fredrick 2006 (pdf)
• Learning from Our Mistakes: Assessing Risk through Data Analysis – Kurt Simer, Mark Bixby 2012 (pdf)
• Lessons from Leaving: Analyzing Student Motivations and Prevention Strategies for Early Dismissals – Graham Ottley, Curt Davidson 2015 (pdf)
  • Lessons from Leaving Action Items (pdf)
• Leveraging Technology for Managing Risk – David Gregory 2019 (pdf)
• Making Good Decisions in the Face of Media Hype – Chad Olcott 2016 (pdf)
• Managing Risk from Behind the Desk: A Systems-Based Approach – Josh Cole, Mitsu Iwasaki, and Steve Smith 2010 (pdf)
• Managing Risk with Volunteer Leaders – Alex Kosseff, Melanie MacInnis 2012 (pdf)  
• Managing Risk Through Participant Engagement – Kate Farthing 2019 (pdf)
  • Managing Risk Through Participant Engagement – Kate Farthing 2019 (handout)
• Medical History Form Trends: The Pros, Cons, and Potential Consequences – Nadia Kimmel, Leah Corrigan, Paul Nicolazzo 2019 (pdf)
• Medical Oversight for Wilderness Activities – Seth Hawkins 2012 (pdf)
• Medical Screening: Options and Answers – Frances Mock, Seth Hawkins 2016 (pdf)
• Medications Management for Minors While in the Field – Robin Liston, Mark Vermeal 2008 (pdf)
• Minimizing Risk When Working with 'At-Risk' Populations: Questions to Consider – Julie Dubin and Becca Polglase 2015 (pdf)
• Minimizing Risk When Working with 'At-Risk' Populations: Four Components of Effective Risk Management – Diane Girard (pdf)
• Minimizing Risk When Working with 'At-Risk' Populations: Communicating with your Agent – Diane Girard (pdf)
• More Than People, Equipment, and Environment: The Design of a Risk Assessment Method – Clare Dallat 2016 (pdf)
• Moving Forward: Current Safety Management Strategies at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School – Bruce Hendricks 2008 (pdf)
• Now What? Bringing The WRMC Back to Your Organization – Alex Kosseff, Andy Leider 2018 (pdf)
• Offering Perspective: Industry Standards and Practices: What Does this Mean for Your Program? – Steve Pace, Drew Leemon, Catherine Hansen-Stamp 2017 (pdf)
• Parent Phone Call Practice Lab – Paul Dreyer 2017 (pdf)
• Preparing Administrative Staff to Manage Programs in the Filed: A Team Approach – Kate Farthing, Lindsay Venable 2016 (pdf)
• Preparation for Field Activities in Uncontrolled Environments – Dave Story, Pam Collins 2015 (pdf)
• Psychological Screening for Outdoor Programs – Amberleigh Hammond, Billy Roos 2011 (pdf)
• Risk Management in Tropical America – Luis Carmago 2006 (pdf)
• Safety Culture: Management Levers that Drive Safety Performance – Jeff Jackson 2016 (pdf)
• Screening Participants for International Programs – Bill Frederick 2017 (pdf)
• Screening the Whole Applicant – Annaliese Thies 2014 (pdf)
  • Screening the Whole Applicant Handout (pdf)
• Search and Rescue Victims: Who are They and What We can do to Reduce the Risk – Dan Hadley 2016 (pdf)
• Small Program Risk Management – Christopher Barnes 2011 (pdf)
• Social Media's Heuristic Trap and the Role of Digital Immigrants in Teaching Risk Management to Digital Natives – Jerry Isaak 2013 (pdf)
• Staff Supervision – Jeff Jackson 2006 (pdf)
• Standards Do Exist for International Programs – Natalie Mello 2014 (pdf)
• State of the Field: Using Comparative Risk Management Data to Benchmark Your Program – Jim Sibthorp, Lisa Meerts-Brandsma, Shannon Rochelle, Drew Leemon 2016 (pdf)
  • State of the Field Follow Up Report
• Student Applications and Interviews: Managing Risk Before Your Expedition (Short talk) – Colby Smith 2017 (pdf)
• Supporting Students in Programs Designed to Diversity Conservation – Rob Terry, Millie Jimenez, Megan Kohli 2016 (pdf)
• Successful Risk Management Committees – Aram Attarian 2012 (pdf)
• The Normalization of Deviance – Aram Attarian 2015 (pdf)
• The Objective Hazards of Culture: Risk Management in an International Setting – Mark Ritchie 2004 (pdf)
• The Phone Interview: Evaluating Candidates from a Distance – Gates Richards 2012 (pdf)  
• The Rekkie: Solid Site Visits Support Safety and Success in International Programming Worksheet – Anne Ogilvie and Lloyd Figgins 2011 (pdf)
• The Rekkie: Solid Site Visits Support Safety and Success in International Programming Checklist – Anne Ogilvie and Lloyd Figgins 2011 (pdf)
• The Role of a Medical Advisor – Shana Tarter 2009 (pdf)
• The Value and Practice of Medical Screening Workbook – Amberleigh Hammond 2015 (pdf)
• Tying the Strongest Knots: Building an Organizational Culture of Risk Management – Steve Smith  
• Two Silos and a Crosswalk – Reb Gregg, Cathy Hansen-Stamp 2012 (pdf)  
• Vetting for International Programs: What Can You Know; What Should You Know? – Bill Frederick 2014 (pdf)
• What Did I Get Myself Into? A Presentation on Understanding Cultural Barriers to Making Public Lands and Outdoor Recreation More Inclusive (Short talk) – Reth Duir 2017 (pdf)
• What Does Inclusion and Diversity have to do with Risk Management? – Steve Smith, Ava Holliday 2017 (Prezi link)
  • Diversity and Inclusion handout (pdf)
• What Did I Learn and Create After Catching a Child Molester? – Rick Braschler 2018 (pdf)
  • What Did I Learn handout (pdf)
• Wildfire in the Backcountry – Eric Levy, Scott Christy 2019 (handout)
• Working with Independent Contractors (Poster) – Brett Christensen 2017 (pdf)

Staff Training & Decision Making Track: Effective training strategies for varied populations, including young adult leaders and volunteers; training staff in specific skills; understanding how people make decisions and designing staff trainings accordingly.

2023 Presentations:

• Using Behavioral Competencies to Hire, Train, _ Assess for a Culture of Safety - Bix Firer, Tom Cramer 2023 (pdf)
• Using Behavioral Competencies to Hire, Train, _ Assess for a Culture of Safety (handout 1) (pdf)
• Subjective Decision Making Errors; An Update - Kaen (kl) Lapides 2023

Past Presentations:

• Building and Evaluating Decision-Making Skills – Sarah Carpenter 2020 (pdf)
• 5 Strategies for Growing an Organizational Culture of Equity and Inclusion – Nettie Pardue, BJ Allen 2018 (pdf) 
• A Culture of Risk Management – Jonathan Igoe, Alec Norton 2015 (pdf)
• Accelerated Training: Using Systems to Get Staff Quickly Up to Speed – Jeff Jackson 2012 (pdf)  
• Ambushed by Myself: Growing Beyond Several Unexpected Leadership Pitfalls – Lester Zook 2015 (pdf)
  • Ambushed by Myself: Growing Beyond Several Unexpected Leadership Pitfalls Proceedings (pdf)
• An Effective Model for Training Program Staff – Aaron Ball, Joel Reid 2018 (pdf)
• Analysis of an Accident on a Staff Outing – Phil Powers 2012 (pdf)
• Analyze, Manage, and Inform: A Useful Decision Making Tool from the Office to the Field – Dave Yacubian 2012 (pdf)
• Assessing Incident Data for Targeted Training: The Importance for the Near Miss – Josh Cole, Steve Smith 2012 (prezi link)  
• Beyond Read and Repeat: Training Staff to Understand and Analyze Risk Management Policies – Aaron Gorban, Jess Wilson, Winslow Carroll 2014 (pdf)
• Breaking the Halo: Empowering Students in Outdoor Education 2019 – Katjarina Hurt (pdf)
• Building Intuition for Low Frequency/High Consequence Events – Clinton Culp 2016 (pdf)
• Buried: A Mountain Guide's Reflection on a Tragedy – Ken Wylie 2014 (pdf)
• Central Gulley Avalanche, A Case Study: How Good Intentions Slide You Straight to Hell – Thom Pollard, Will White 2013 (pdf)
• Creating a Culture of Practice – Jose Gonzalez 2017 (pdf)
• Creating an Emotionally Safe Environment on Wilderness Expeditions – Janae Turner, Katie Dalbey, Amy Ambachtsheer 2014 (pdf)
• Decision Making: Errors of Perception – Gates Richards 2016 (pdf)
• Designing an Effective Staff Training: A Systems Approach – Kathleen Pelto 2011 (pdf)
• Designing and Managing an Effective Staff Training – Gretchen Ostherr, Josh Cole 2009 (pdf)
• Developing Good Judgement and Decision Making – Loel Collins 2018 (pdf)
• Developing Judgment and Decision Making in our Staff – Tod Schimelpfenig, Liz Tuohy 2009 (pdf)
• Embracing Cultural Competence – Valeria  de Casas 2018 (pdf)
• Emotional Safety Leads to Better Conservation Work: What an Exemplar Study of SCA Field Leaders Tells Our Industry About the Role of Emotional Safety in Programs - Josiah Downey 2018 (pdf)
• Help Your Staff Address a Mental Health Concern presentation – Kathleen Floberg, Claire Dzierzak 2018 (pdf)
• High Impact Training Practices: Tools for Socializing Your Training and Leveraging Relationships in Learning – Micah Leinbach 2016 (pdf)
  • High Impact Training Practices Handout1 (pdf)
  • High Impact Training Practices Handout2 (pdf)
• Holding Adult Volunteers Accountable: Walking the Staff/Volunteer Line – Brian Anderson 2019 (pdf)
• I Did Not Grow Up Like You AND I Still Belong Here – Mel Mac Innis 2019 (pdf)
• Inclusion Practicum – Sydney Clark, Anne Peick, Emily Ledingham 2016 (prezi link)
• Instructor Judgment Training: Case Study Discussion Method as Used by Outward Bound – James R. Garrett 2008 (pdf)
• Instructor Traps: What They Are and How They Impact Decision Making and Judgment – Alan Ewert, Amy Shellman, Lewis Glenn 2006 (pdf)
• Is Risk Management in Your Job Description? – Shana Tarter 2011 (pdf)
• Judgement and Decision Making – Tod Schimelpfenig, Gates Richards 2011 (pdf)
  • Judgement and Decision Making Article (pdf)
• Keeping Your Field Staff Fresh: A Model for Ongoing Training – Rebecca Bear, Jeremy Oyen 2014 (pdf)
• Leadership, Teamwork, and Communication – Tod Schimelpfenig 2005 (pdf)
• Leading Beyond Invincibility, Group-Think, Stupidity, and Other Catastrophic Attitudes – Lester Zook 2017 (pdf)
• Managing Risk By Understanding Trauma – Jenna Westendorf 2018 (pdf)
• Online Tools to Enhance Instructor Training (Short talk) – Ryan Jaret 2017 (pdf)
• Quantifying the Risk of Adventure – Ross Cloutier 2012 (pdf)
• Quick and Effective Risk Management Training for Your Staff presentation – Reid Anderson 2018 (pdf)
  • Quick and Effective Risk Management Training handout (pdf)
• Real People Making Real Decisions – Tod Schimelpfenig, Brendan Madden 2012 (pdf)
• Reflections and Updates on a Sexual Misconduct Systems Review – Emily Ledingham, Liz Tuohy​​​​​​​ 2019 (pdf)
• Resilience Engineering Meets Outdoor Risk Management – Morgan Reynolds 2018 (pdf)
• Risk Management Lessons from Airplane Safety Cards – Eric Boggs 2018 (pdf)
• Risk Management Lessons from the Aviation Industry – Clark Glenn 2010 (pdf)
• Risk Management Lessons from Baja Road Signs – Eric Boggs 2019 (pdf)
• River Rescue Awareness 101 – Nate Ostis 2011 (pdf)
• Sharing in Safety: Risk Management for Corps – Dave McEvoy, Jarrod Ball, Rachel Letter, Su Thieda, Jeff Parker 2015 (pdf)
• Standardizing Training: The Effect It Has and How to Do It ​​​​​​​– Amber Barnett, Julia Makowski 2019 (pdf)
  • Standardizing Training: The Effect It Has and How to Do It ​​​​​​​– Amber Barnett, Julia Makowski 2019 (handout)
• Stupidity Explored: Mindful Leadership Amplified – Lester Zook 2014 (pdf)
• SWAY, a Decision-Making Training for Your Team – Gary Thompson 2018 (pdf)
• Help Your Staff Address a Mental Health Concern handout (pdf)
• Systems Planning for Outdoor Programs – Jeff Jackson 2009 (pdf)
• The Checklist Manifesto and Beyond for Outdoor Programs – Al Wright 2017 (pdf)
• The Human Behind the Factor: A Brief Look at How Context Informs Practice in Backcountry Users – Laura Maguire 2018 (pdf)
• The Learning Brain: Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Rethink Traditional Assumptions in Student and Staff Training – Jeb Schenck PhD, Jessica Cruickshank 2008 (pdf)
  • The Learning Brain Proceedings
• The Most Dangerous Thing We Do – Paul Dreyer 2018 (pdf)
• Three Plug and Play Staff Training Activities – Shana Tarter 2013 (pdf)
• ​​​​​​​Training to Failure and Other Unlikely and Highly Effective Training Strategies – Jeff Jackson 2017 (pdf)
• Training Simulations: Principles for Effective Learning – Katie Nelson 2019 (pdf)
  • Training Simulations: Principles for Effective Learning – Katie Nelson 2019 (handout)
• Training to Failure and Other Unlikely and Highly Effective Training Strategies – Jeff Jackson 2018 (pdf)​​​​​​​  
• Training Your Leaders as Wilderness Medicine Instructors – David McEvoy 2015 (pdf)
• Training Your Staff to be Risk Managers – Liz Tuohy 2014 (prezi link) ​​​​​​​​​​​ 
  • Training Your Staff to be Risk Managers Handout (pdf)
• Training Your Staff to Be Risk Managers – Liz Tuohy 2019 (pdf)
  • Training Your Staff to Be Risk Managers – Liz Tuohy 2019 (handout)​​​​​
• Training Your Staff to Provide Opportunities for Participant Independence – Anne Peick 2017 (pdf)
• Virtual Risk Management: Using Online Training Modules to Increase Risk Awareness in University Faculty and Instructors – Angie Moline 2015 (pdf)
• Volunteer Training Strategies for Effective Risk Management – Claire Nelson, Holly Barrass 2018 (pdf)
• We are Failing Our Leaders: A Discussion and Dialogue on How We Can Better Serve Our Field Staff – Kai Johnson 2019 (pdf)
• When Judgement Fails: Intuition, Bias, and Experience in Field Decision Making 2011 – Brendan Madden (pdf)
• When P and P Go Out the Window – Tyler Carroll 2019 (pdf)
• Where Are We Now? 20 Years of Decision Making 2013 – Brendan Madden, Tod Schimelpfenig (pdf)
• You Know Too Much! Understanding and Mitigating Your Expert Blind Spot 2016 – Emily Abell (pdf)
  • You Know Too Much! Handout (pdf)