Feedback as an Essential Skill in the Outdoors

Speaker: Emily Ambrose, Owner of Engage Coaching & Consulting

For outdoor professionals, effective communication and feedback are critical for ensuring safety. During a crisis, questions like "Who is my Incident Commander?" and "What’s the patient’s status?" are paramount. Yet, outside of emergencies, feedback remains crucial for fostering a culture of belonging within your team.

This webinar and discussion will explore how the brain processes feedback and the various methods of giving and receiving it. Topics will include “course correction” and “course continuation,” along with the importance of time, place, and manner in delivering feedback. We will also delve into “pushing-feedback” versus “pulling-feedback.”

Additionally, we’ll link these concepts to the ally action continuum, illustrating how feedback supports inclusion efforts. Whether you’re looking to refine your skills or prepare for a difficult conversation, this session offers valuable insights to navigate challenging waters more smoothly. Join us to enhance your feedback techniques and strengthen your team dynamics.

Registration link coming soon!

About the 2024 A-DASH Webinar Series

August - November 2024

This year’s series is provided free of charge, but registration is required. Registrants will receive an email containing a link to join the session, as well as the recording after the webinar concludes. We will not record attendee discussion that follows the presentation.

About the A-DASH Collaborative

We are educators, trainers, business owners and nonprofit leaders collaboratively inspiring and supporting organizations to eliminate workplace discrimination and harassment through policy assessment, training, and organizational change. Our name A-DASH (Anti-Discrimination and Sexual Harassment) reflects the group’s focus on the unwelcome behaviors and unsafe culture that are commonly accepted and tolerated in many river-based workplaces. Our Collaborative includes representatives from River Management Society, National Park Service, Arizona Raft Adventures, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Engage Coaching and Consulting, Strand Squared Solutions. and Respect Outside.