Presentations

Situation Awareness – and Its Limits


Provides an overview of the risks posed by people and techniques for detecting and avoiding those risks. Participants learn to identify and differentiate both purposeful threats (criminals, violent actors) and ‘inadvertent assailants’ (salespeople, other drivers, flirting strangers, “helpful” people). We introduce core awareness techniques and different reaction strategies to use when alone, in a group, or responsible for the safety of others. Situation Awareness – and Its Limits presentation details…

Real Risks


Examines perceived versus actual life-threatening risks we face every day. The presentation identifies some of the common counter-survival behaviors people exhibit, provides more-effective responses, and explains the crucial difference between risk reduction and risk relocation. Participants learn practical ways to reduce risk in their own lives and in their communities. Real Risks presentation details…

Your Safer Community


Discusses the organizational elements, community awareness, logistical requirements, and key partners necessary to develop a comprehensive community response to violent crime. Your Safer Community presentation details…

Kid Safety in the Home


Talks about real risks and kids. The presentation examines the actual risks children face, limits of Stranger Danger models, and resources for parents and kids to identify and manage the risks in their environment. Covers fire procedure, lost-kid procedure, drown-proofing, fire/match safety, knife safety, gun safety, TV/ad-proofing, videogames, drug-awareness, and peer-pressure mitigation. Kid Safety in the Home presentation details…

Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program


NRA’s award-winning Eddie Eagle program. Geared towards small children and parents, but also eminently suitable for kids in their teens. The presentation has crucial information for all kids, particularly those whose parents do not own guns. Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program presentation details…

Understanding Crime and Risk


Discusses risk in the context of crime to build a prescriptive model of criminal behavior. The presentation examines crime reduction through the lens of individual behavior and incentives to show a broad community approach to crime prevention. Participants gain awareness of opportunities for risk reduction. Understanding Crime and Risk presentation details…

Self Defense and Crime


Examines the effectiveness of various approaches to dealing with violent crime, based on FBI statistics, crime footage, and criminal interviews. The presentation lays the groundwork for developing a community response to violent crime. Self Defense and Crime presentation details…