Comments on: VA Red Cross Emergency Kit, NYC Bike Helmet Giveaways Underscore Role Of ‘Carrots’ To Increase Citizen Preparedness

By: Red Cross Program Providing Emergency Kits For Military Families (While Very Nice) Also Underscores $, Logistical Obstacles For Rest Of The Public To Prepare

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:12:08 +0000

[...] organized a series of preparedness events for personnel and families on military bases, including one at Fort Belvoir earlier this summer and another at Fort Polk last month.Â The families were able to build an [...]

By: It’s Time To Get Business Far More Into Citizen Preparedness: A Win-Win-Win-Win Idea To Raise Public Readiness Using Incentives, Product Marketing Techniques

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:38:11 +0000

[...] we really want to change social behavior as a nation we do it through the carrot or the stick. The carrot is the preferable tool for this issue, but it needs to be used. And, thus far, incentives and [...]

By: Try Ready Georgia’s New Online Family Preparedness Planning Tool & (Maybe) Win One Of 200 NOAA Weather Radios

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:18:41 +0000

[...] the subject of preparedness ‘carrots’, the Georgia Emergency Management Agencyâ€™s Ready Georgia campaign is working with the private [...]