Managing Violence Podcast with Joe Saunders

MVP99: The Martial Art of Communication

In this interview I have a chance to share my take on modern conflict communication, verbal de-escalation, the importance of empathy, and why you should be training speaking as much (or more than) fighting.
Republished with permission from Finding the Truth. Available on all podcast platforms or here: https://anchor.fm/benjamin--myers?fbc...
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MVP98: Domestic violence and abuse with Pamela Armitage

Pamela Armitage is the Chief Impact Officer at Study of Violence and an instructor with SAFE International. She has pioneered the trauma-informed self-defence movement and is a global thought leader in the evolution of violence management education.
This is not a comfortable or fun conversation, nor should it be. Trigger warnings for discussions around abuse, bullying, manipulation, gaslighting and related topics. 
 
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MVP97: Training Elite Protectors with Bill DuChene

Bill DuChene is the Vice President of Training & Tactics at Gavin DeBecker & Associates As the Director of Training, Bill DuChene is responsible for the development of all in house training programs to include the Essential Protector Skills Academy for all new hires, Special Field Services Academy for dedicated field agents, and the Academy for Protectors which teaches outside organizations like corporate security, Law Enforcement, and government entities the core skills of being a protector.
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MVP96: Preventing Tragedy with Rick Shaw

Rick Shaw is the founder of Awareity, founder of First Preventers, leading Prevention Coach, author of The First Preventers Playbook, and trusted advisor to organization and community leaders. For 20+ years Rick has been researching failed preventions, post-incident reports, and lessons learned and was the first to identify the profile of failed preventions. Rick utilized the research and lessons learned to identify the 6 Stages of Prevention and create the first of its kind First Preventers Framework, strategies, and tools to eliminate common gaps, silos, and disconnects and radically simplify prevention and safety in organizations and communities.
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MVP95: Violence Intervention with Dr Jim Cawood

Dr. Cawood is President of Factor One which is a California based corporation specializing in threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, behavioral analysis, security consulting, and investigations. Dr. Cawood has worked in the field for more than 30 years. He has successfully assessed and managed over 5000 violence related cases for federal and state government agencies, universities and colleges, public and private corporations, and other business entities throughout North America and the world.
Dr. Cawood is currently serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management (American Psychological Association), as the Vice-Chairman of the Certification Committee which is responsible for the ATAP Certified Threat Manager (CTM) program, and he is also serving on the Professional Certification Board (PCB) of ASIS International. He is the former Association President of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP).
Dr. Cawood is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, holds a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Northcentral University. He has served on the faculties of Golden Gate University, in their Security Management degree program and the University of California, Santa Cruz extension, teaching Threat Management.
He co-authored the book, Violence Assessment and Intervention: The Practitioner's Handbook, CRC Press. His most recent book, Threat and Violence Interventions: The Effective Application of Influence released by Academic Press in November of 2020.
 
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MVP94: The Safety Trap with Spencer Coursen

SPENCER COURSEN is a nationally recognized threat management expert and author of THE SAFETY TRAP. He is a combat veteran, former supervisory special agent, and private security professional who’s unique global experience has supported an exceptional record of success in the assessment, management, and resolution of threats, conflict resolution, employee terminations, physical security assessments, expert witness testimony, policy authorship, protective intelligence, and vulnerability reduction. Mr Coursen is the founder of COURSEN SECURITY GROUP (CSG) — a premier threat management firm based in Austin, Texas. CSG provides expert security assessment, consultation, and protective strategy to help organizations, public figures, and private families succeed in staying safe.
Connect with SPENCER COURSENLinkTree: https://linktr.ee/spencercoursen 
 
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MVP BONUS EPISODE! A verbal randori with Randy and Rory

In this special bonus episode, listen in on a conversation I had with former guests Randy King and Rory Miller as they travel around the United States on their epic RandRory Seminar Tour.
Find out more about the tour here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/326802868398295

MVP93: Mark Hatmaker on Western Martial Arts and Rough‘n‘Tumble

Mark Hatmaker is a legend of the self-protection and martial arts world, and it was a great pleasure to listen to him speak about western martial arts, boxing, wrestling and rough'n'tumble. Support Mark's websites here:
https://www.extremeselfprotection.com/
https://indigenousability.blogspot.com/
 
This is the last episode of the Managing Violence Podcast for a little while as I focus energies on teaching, training and designing better systems to help my clients manage the risk of violence in their workplaces.
 
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Stay safe and be good to each other! We'll be back soon!

MVP92: Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken - #500Rising for Women‘s Self Protection

Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken has  25+ years as a therapist working with survivors of violence, anxiety and PTSD. Wanting to do more to prevent trauma and build opportunity for resilience, Tammy became an instructor in Krav Maga and started a journey into self-protection training. Today she is the found of #500Rising - an initiative seeking to equip and empower women to lead other women in self-protection and violence management. You can find out more about Tammy at www.500rising.com
 
LISTENER GIVEAWAY!
We are also doing a giveaway for signed copies of Joe's book, Neon Jungle: A Bouncer's True Tales of Lessons, Laughs & Lacerations. There are two ways to enter the contest:
 
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Option B:
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At the end of July, we’ll randomly select two names from those who left reviews and reach out to you to send you a free signed copy of the book.
 
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MVP91: The Ethics of Martial Arts Marketing with Ron Amram

In this episode I'm joined by good friend, martial artist, business consultant and academy owner, Ron Amram. We chat about the common pitfalls of marketing and reaching students, how easy it can be to compromise our ethics, and how the strategies that are used by predators and conmen are the same strategies we use to get their victims into training! 
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