Consulting and Speaking Engagements
The CP Journal supports a limited number of clients each year with consulting projects tailored to help organizations strengthen their preparedness, enhance decision-making, and get left of bang.
Identifying your organization’s high-priority disaster preparedness needs is only the first step—turning vision into reality requires a structured approach. We guide government agencies, businesses, and nonprofits through actionable strategies that prepare them for an uncertain future, ensuring the organization you want is the one you have.
As an additional value, our consulting engagements often include organizational access to both the Watch Office and our Academy at no extra cost. This ensures that your personnel have the knowledge and resources to confidently put plans into action when the moment arrives, long after the project is complete.
To discuss your projects or request a proposal, contact training@cp-journal.com.
Emergency Management Program/Capability Assessments
A strong emergency management program starts with knowing where to invest time and resources. We conduct comprehensive evaluations to help agencies understand where they stand and what comes next. Our assessments include:
Review of emergency operations plans (EOPs) and annexes
Analysis of personnel, partners, and training programs
Inventory of critical systems, supplies, and resource networks
Validation of exercises, drills, and real-world lessons learned
Each assessment results in clear recommendations to enhance an organization’s readiness for an uncertain future that is tied to operational needs and practical improvements.
👉 Discover more about our program assessment process, pricing, and the industries we serve.
Project Management Advisory Support
Maximize the impact of your preparedness projects. Our structured, expert-driven advisory support is specifically designed for executives in emergency management and corporate security to effectively delegate, oversee, and complete critical preparedness initiatives.
Bi-weekly advisory calls provide structured strategic guidance to ensure your projects stay aligned, accountable, and on track.
Ongoing expert access and unlimited email support between scheduled calls ensures small questions never escalate into larger risks or delays.
Equip your team with proven tools and clear expectations to confidently complete preparedness projects.
Our approach leverages deep expertise gained from managing hundreds of disaster preparedness projects across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including our widely recognized "Left of Bang" methodology.
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Speaking Events
Patrick Van Horne delivers keynote presentations, interactive insight sessions, and podcast interviews designed to equip your team, conference attendees, or audiences with the situational awareness needed to proactively navigate uncertainty. Each session leverages the proven Left of Bang approach to:
Enhance situational awareness and threat detection capabilities
Clarify emerging threats, trends, and operational environments
Provide practical frameworks for proactive decision-making
Create interactive, engaging dialogue to align teams and spark action
Each presentation or facilitated discussion is customized for your audience, ensuring actionable insights and immediate value.
👉 Discover more about Patrick’s speaking engagements and request a conversation about your event.
Operational Work Planning
A successful EOC activation starts with a shared definition of what success looks like. We help public safety agencies and emergency managers:
Define success criteria tied to real-world expectations
Assess current capabilities, staffing, and processes
Prioritize preparedness projects that align with response goals
Develop operational work plans to guide long-term efforts
Whether you’re building a new team or reorienting an existing one, we support the development of realistic, strategic, and measurable preparedness goals.
Read our case study on how one agency aligned its work plan around EOC activation success.
Disaster Planning
Plans shouldn’t sit on a shelf. We help organizations create operationally useful, adaptable disaster plans by:
Facilitating cross-agency stakeholder engagement
Translating policy goals into actionable planning frameworks
Designing flexible templates and tools that adapt to changing threats
Our proven and practiced approach to planning helps organizations move from compliance to capability.
Exercises and Simulations
A plan is only as strong as the team’s ability to execute it under pressure. We design and deliver exercises that do more than check a box, they improve decision-making, and build confidence through scenario-based learning. Our exercise services include:
Discussion-based and operations-based exercise design
Integration of current threats and realistic scenarios
Facilitated hot washes and after-action discussions
Educational content embedded in scenario delivery
These exercises transform plans from theoretical documents into practical, tested capabilities that teams can rely on when it matters most.