Episode Overview
Hopefully your nonprofit will never face a suicide among your staff, clients, or constituents. Just as we develop emergency plans for fires and natural disasters, we also need to be prepared in the event of a suicide within our organizations.
In today’s episode with Beth Eversole, we discuss suicide postvention. Postvention is an organized response following a suicide to facilitate emotional recovery while also mitigating the negative effects that exposure to suicide brings. A good postvention strategy can reduce the risk of suicide contagion, support survivors, and address the stigma associated with suicide.
Speaking from first-hand experience, Beth shares the immediate, short, and long-term action steps of postvention. She also offers a decision-making flow-chart and specific ways to support the survivors.
Timestamp Highlights
[02:40] What is postvention?
[04:30] What is safe communication?
[05:50] How can I bolster my postvention plan?
[06:40] How long should I provide postvention services?
[10:40] How can I put a postvention plan in place at my organization?
[15:30] What are the key postvention dos and don’ts?
Links
Beth’s LinkedIn
Palmer Drug Abuse Program
Website: American Association of Suicidology
Podcast: Ep 309: Breaking Taboos: Saving Lives through Suicide Prevention with Beth Eversole
Podcast: Ep 148: Trauma Informed Leadership with Matt Bennett
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Many fundraising “best practices” in reality promote the inequalities that many development professionals are striving to overcome. Join me for this groundbreaking episode with Tanya Rumble and Nicole McVan as we expose these harmful norms and explore steps you can take to challenge and dismantle harmful practices and ultimately develop a more equitable and inclusive fundraising strategy.