Month: August 2019

Being Prepared Posts Start here About Contact Framework · ER Planning · 8 min read Vendor, provider or partner? The word you use for the people you call in a crisis reveals how you’ll actually treat them when one happens. By Jeff Morgan·August 1, 2026 Many of the industries I work in refer to organizations like Aviem and the Foundation with the term vendor. It’s a transactional word, and in twenty-five years I’ve come to believe it’s the wrong one — not because it’s rude, but because it quietly sets the terms of the relationship before anything has happened....