Advancing the Outdoor Professional Candace Brendler & Jeannette Stawski

Leaders! This one's for you! Are you truly doing the best you can when creating an inclusive working environment? Are you creating a psychologically safe place for your employees? How do you know?
Join podcast host Candace Brendler as she chats with two members of the A-DASH Collaborative, Jim Miller of Respect Outside and Emily Ambrose of Engage Coaching & Consulting, LLC. Jim and Emily share ways you can evaluate your progress and create a psychologically safe environment for all your employees. 
 
About Emily
Trainer / Consultant / Coach / Owner, Engage Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Emily Ambrose, MS, ACC (she/hers), has dedicated her professional career and personal life to leadership development, training, facilitation, diversity, inclusion, and equity work. Currently and for over 15 years, Emily has been working at Colorado State University, is a member of the A-DASH Collaborative - addressing sexism and sexual assault in the outdoor culture, and raft guides in the Grand Canyon during the summer. She is a facilitator for the Office of Inclusive Excellence, a Safe Zone facilitator, owner of a Engage Coaching & Consulting, LLC, and taught for 14 years in the President's Leadership Program and Key Plus. Emily lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico & Fort Collins, Colorado and enjoys salsa dancing, her community, her partner, and her fur babies.
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About Jim
Co-Founder & Business Development, Respect Outside
In his almost forty-year career as a member of the outdoor recreation industry, Jim has been a raft guide for Mountain Travel-Sobek, developed marketing and retail training initiatives for brands such as Yakima Racks and Werner Paddles, owned a multi-unit retail specialty store, and consulted to manufacturers and retailers in the outdoor and action-sports areas. In his time in the industry, Jim has seen a number of game-changing initiatives implemented which have driven outdoor companies to the forefront of social awareness and worklife culture. These industry values are what first attracted him, and it is these values which he seeks to advance by creating real change in the ways people of different genders relate and interact while at work.
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Resources: 
Brene Brown Podcast Black Face, White Space: Reimaging the Relationship of African Americans  Diversity wins: How inclusion matters How to Create a Culture of Psychological Safety

Interested in learning about managing risk in the outdoors? Join us as our podcast host chats with Steve Smith, founder of Experiential Consulting, LLC as they discuss his career path and how you can also manage risk in the outdoors.
Check out Steve's book Beneficial Risks: The Evolution of Risk Management for Outdoor and Experiential Education Programs. Order with this link and use code Near-miss to get a signed copy and free shipping!
Want a preview of the book, check out one out here!
 
About Steve Smith: 
Steve Smith founded Experiential Consulting, LLC in 2008; he has worked in the outdoor industry in leadership roles for over 30 years, in the field, in the office, in the boardroom, and in national conference leadership roles. His career has included leadership within national organizations including Outward Bound and The Student Conservation Association. He has served as a board member for the Northwest Outward Bound School, and continues to serve on the school’s Safety Committee. He served as Steering Committee Chair of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) from 2014 - 2016, and co-authored the WRMC tenets. He is the primary author of Beneficial Risks (2021) and a regular speaker at national conferences. When not working, Steve enjoys exploring the mountains and coastlines of the Pacific Northwest with a camera and/or a sea kayak. 

Join Candace Brendler Coordinator for Outdoor Action at Princeton University and Rachel Hailey, Founder and Transformationalist of DEI Outdoors, as they discuss steps on how you can become a DEI consultant in the outdoor space. 
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So you want to be a REI Guide? Join podcast host Candace Brendler and Jeremy Oyen, Senior Manager for REI Field Experiences as they discuss how you can become a REI Guide, with valuable insight from how long the process takes to pay and benefits.
Considering making  a career move? Want to get your application in to the right people? Here are some next steps for you to take:
Visit REI Experiences Job Site Contact the Experiences team [Email osadmin@rei.com] Check out where REI Experiences operates:

So you want to be a Professional Climbing Instructors Association (PCIA) Certified Climbing Instructor? Join podcast host Candace Brendler and Jake Brunnquell, Programs Director for the Professional Climbing Instructors Association (PCIA)  as they discuss how you can become a climbing instructor, with valuable insight from how long the process takes to pay and benefits.
Considering making  a career move? Want to get your application in to the right people? Here are some next steps for you to take:
Check out the Professional Climbing Instructors Association (PCIA) Website See the PCIA Course Schedule Find out more about the PCIA's Program offerings Contact Jake Brunnquell, Programs Director at PCIA and Assistant Director of Campus Recreation at UWRF.