3 Sept · 53 mins

September 3, 2025 (Season 1, Episode 11):

This week on Sometimes a Great Podcast, Deadline: ODHS rings the bell on two key dates — the agency-wide Rebranding Webinar happening today and Florence’s “Beat the Wave” Tsunami Evacuation Quest coming September 7 (4:59). In FACT of the Week, we highlight how you can be a part of the messages we share with our communities. (13:52) Then in The Magnificent Seven, we showcase three stories of teamwork and creativity: the launch of the new SAGE Employee Resource Group, a community mural project at Portland’s Alberta office, and major updates to ODHS workload models. (16:54) Finally, in The Big Picture, we sit down for the first of two interviews with Sylvia Ceron, a Social Services Emergency Liaison, to talk about resilience in the wake of the 2020 wildfires and what recovery really looks like five years later. (24:25)

From deadlines to data, murals to models, this week’s episode is all about sharpening our pencils, comparing notes, and showing how ODHS learns, adapts, and grows — together.