News & Features
Craig Fugate discusses comms options for hurricane season, predicts local agency job loss post-epidemic
Craig Fugate visited Yahoo! Finance to discuss concern around job loss surrounding local emergency management agencies and public safety departments in the wake of the novel coronavirus epidemic. Fugate also mentioned the option of mesh networking solutions in the age of smartphones and how the average American, as well as our local responders, are already…
Fugate weighs in on hurricane preparedness in the face of coronavirus epidemic
In the face of the first hurricane of the 2020 season, BlueDot Senior Adviser Craig Fugate provides some insight from the perspective of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in an article by The Washington Post. The article faces the natural disasters expected to form this year while also battling the novel coronavirus epidemic. To…
Craig Fugate: The Cellphone is a ubiquitous comms tool amidst disaster
Craig Fugate, senior advisor at BlueDot Strategies, sat down with Jim McKay at Emergency Management to offer solutions to disaster response as we slide into hurricane season while riding a pandemic. Hand in hand with the work of goTenna, a mesh networking solutions company, Fugate suggests that community leaders can build volunteer networks out of…
Emergency comms to be next COVID-19 challenge, says Sr Adviser
Craig Fugate, Senior Adviser at BlueDot Strategies, submitted an opinion piece to The Hill addressing the next area to feel the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic: emergency communications. When communications break down during a disaster response, chaos follows. Supplies of food, water, and protective gear, badly needed in an area only a few miles away,…
Moira Whelan to leave BlueDot, join NDI
Today is the formal announcement that BlueDot Founding Partner, Moira Whelan, will be leaving to become the Director of Democracy and Technology at the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The press release can be found here. When BlueDot Strategies was started over four years ago, the goal, first and foremost, was to leave the world a…
Medium: Moira Whelan op-ed on democracy, technology, and COVID-19
An opinion piece by Founding Partner Moira Whelan was featured on Medium regarding the affects the novel coronavirus has taken and will take on the safety and security of democracy in the technology space. Below is an excerpt of the op-ed which can be found on Medium: The very tools keeping us together when our…
Senior Adviser weighs in on coronavirus response, commission
Below is an excerpt from an opinion piece by BlueDot Strategies’ senior adviser Craig Fugate, the former FEMA administrator under President Obama and crisis management expert. The piece was featured on washingtonpost.com. “The United States now has the world’s largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, and more citizens have died from covid-19 than were killed…
Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter
See how we have closed out 2019 and be sure to stay on top of what 2020 has in store! Click here for the Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter
Intern with BlueDot!
BlueDot Strategies is hiring an intern for the Spring 2020 semester! This position will be a short-term mid-tier level internship with BlueDot Strategies, a DC-based, veteran-owned, women-led communications firm. We are seeking a candidate to provide support in communications, administration, and policy development support, while we, in turn, provide experience in the areas of communications,…
Digital Diplomacy Bootcamp – January 27 & 28, 2020
Developed for public sector and embassy personnel, the Digital Diplomacy Bootcamp is designed to provide hands-on training for creating and implementing digital strategies for foreign ministries, embassies and international institutions. Conducted by leading experts in the field, the Digital Diplomacy Bootcamp is a unique experience that will build the skills of communications and public diplomacy…