Turn the tides on child drowning

I'm on a quest for global drowning prevention education. I believe that we can change the way the world behaves around water and keep our children happy, healthy and alive. Read about my thoughts, campaigns and news regarding water and children’s safety in my blog.

Self-Regulate Or Be Badly Regulated

May 22, 2013

Are you ready to be successful? I hope so, because if I am successful, all of you will see a drastic increase in demand for your services and products. In the past few weeks I’ve challenged the reality in drowning prevention that most organizations are relying on volunteers instead of decently-paid professionals. I’ve talked about [...]

International Water Safety Day

May 15, 2013

Happy International Water Safety Day! Did you know that today, May 15, is International Water Safety Day? The members of the U.S. Congress know, because a group representing drowning prevention efforts in the U.S. is meeting with them today to alert them to the hidden epidemic of drowning and make Congress aware of some of [...]

$472 Million. How Would You Spend It?

May 1, 2013

What if your budget for drowning prevention was $472 million? Every year. It seems ludicrous, doesn’t it? Absolutely impossible! Where could anyone get that kind of money??? Welcome to the world of cancer research. Cancer causes 7.6 million deaths per year. Cancer research is funded at an estimated €14.04 billion euros per year. That works [...]

What Is The Difference Between A Lifeguard And An Investment Banker?

April 17, 2013

First, what are the similarities between lifeguards and investment bankers? Both need training in their profession. Both professions have members that are passionate about their work. And…..well, I can’t think of any other similarities. Now let’s look at the differences. Lifeguards save lives, investment bankers save themselves. Lifeguards have to train for a physically demanding [...]

Heidi Klum’s Son Caught In Rip Current And We Said…

April 10, 2013

Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Wait, I take that back, kudos to @babyotterswim who mentioned it on Twitter, but where was the orchestrated response from the drowning prevention community? Where was the media blitz about rip currents, how to recognize them, how to escape a rip current and how to safely rescue someone? Where was [...]

Making Each Life Count.

April 3, 2013

Jaylin Shepherd was just four years old when she drowned. An adorable child, she is mourned by her twin sister, the rest of her large and loving extended family, her friends, and her neighbors. Her life, her spirit, her potential – lost forever in 2 fast minutes. It used to be that Jaylin’s life would [...]

Why Do You Work For Free?

March 20, 2013

Drowning is not a little issue. It is a global public health epidemic and we need to treat it like one. I know of only 5 organizations in the field that have a decent balance sheet – and their primary purpose isn’t even drowning prevention. Where is our Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation? Our [...]

Old Gits Or New Blood?

March 13, 2013

As I was leaving the World Conference in Vietnam almost 2 years ago, an expert from a major global organization took me to one side and told me that unless the drowning prevention field started attracting young people to the cause our chance of making real progress was slim. I agreed. I went to a [...]

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