Where in the World is Bruce Palmer?

Usually the Commander in Chief of the NOLS News blog, there has been an eerie silence since Bruce Palmer, NOLS Marketing Director, slipped quietly out of the office this week. So where in the world is he?

My radar found Bruce in Baltimore, Maryland participating in the 2006 Educational Travel Conference. The conference is being hosted by the Educational Travel Community, “a community of leaders worldwide, dedicated to advancing experiential learning through travel,” so says their website: http://www.travelearning.com/

This is the first time NOLS has attended the conference and Bruce is representing our risk management angle. Overall he will participate in two panels on this topic that is vital to the NOLS mission. Yesterday he presented on “Handling Emergencies on Tour: Crisis Management Protocols” and today, “How to Articulate Risk: And Communicate it to your Travelers”, is on the agenda. For the complete details on the content check it out at the “Risk Management & Communications Track Agenda” on http://travelearning.com/conference/conference_agenda.php

NOLS has over 40 years of experience managing risk in wilderness environments and hosts the Wilderness Risk Managment Conference in partnership with Outward Bound and the Student Conservaton Association: http://www.nols.edu/wrmc/

We’ll look forward to what Bruce has to say about the event when he returns next week!

-Joanne Kuntz, Publications Intern