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March 10, 2010

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MaryAnn Tierney was kind enough to participate in an interview with me. It is now available online at Emergency Management Magazine Philadelphia Emergency Management Official Addresses the City's EOC, Building Relationships

I think you will enjoy her responses to my questions. Her story is a good one of coming into a program as the director and revamping things. One of her staff, Edward Vassallo, Ready Coordinator, City of Philadelphia participated today as a presenter in a Social Media Workshop in Seattle (via web-cam).

See how your program measures up to what she has cooking!

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