PSEMA’s monthly networking call where connections are built before the crisis, not during it.

Virtual Village is where the PSEMA network connects between activations. These member-led sessions bring business, nonprofit, and industry leaders to the same table to share what’s working, surface real challenges, and build the relationships that make coordination faster when disruption hits. It’s the network doing what it does best: business helping business, before the next disaster.

The Why

Disaster managers have a saying: you should never exchange a business card in a disaster. The relationships that carry you through a crisis have to be built before it arrives.

That’s what Virtual Village is for. Every month, PSEMA opens a space for business, industry, and nonprofit partners to connect, compare notes, and build the working relationships that make coordination possible when it counts.

How It Works

Virtual Village is a member-led conversation, not a lecture. Each month we take on a challenge members are working through, or open the floor for the group to raise what’s on their minds. Bring a question, share a win, or surface a problem you want help thinking through.

What you get:

  • A monthly virtual call, open to members and partners across the field
  • Member-led discussion on real challenges in preparedness, response, and recovery
  • Best-practice sharing, resource exchange, and new collaboration opportunities
  • A standing table of peers who know your work before the next crisis hits

Who’s at the Table

Virtual Village brings together the people who keep business running and communities supported when disruption strikes: continuity planners, emergency managers, logistics and supply chain leaders, nonprofit responders, and the private-sector partners who connect them. If your work touches preparedness, response, or recovery, there’s a seat for you.

Join the Next Call

Virtual Village meets the first Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. CT, 2:00 p.m. MT, 1:00 p.m. PT) on Zoom.

Upcoming calls: November 5 and December 3, 2026; January 7, February 4, and March 4, 2027.

Register once and you are set for every call. Zoom will email your personal join link. PSEMA members are encouraged to invite a colleague.

Have a topic for the agenda? Send it to [email protected].

Not a PSEMA Member Yet?

Membership puts you at the table year-round, not just on the first Thursday. PSEMA members get:

  • Every session of the research webinar series at no cost
  • The PSEMA Training Program and tabletop exercises, launching February 2027
  • A standing network of private-sector, nonprofit, and government peers to call before, during, and after disasters

Memberships are available for corporations, small businesses, trade associations, and government and nonprofit organizations.

Questions about which membership fits? Write to [email protected].