Have you ever smiled and laughed so much while designing disaster exercises?

Preppr.ai | Disaster exercise design evolved celebrated its first birthday last night 🍾

For the first time, anyone who wanted could test drive it.

As I hovered nervously—like a parent watching their kid step up to bat for the first time—Preppr didn’t just show up; it knocked it out of the park.

Eventually, I relaxed, sitting back and smiling as people explored, played, and were wowed by the experience. Watching them genuinely enjoy exercise design as a group—friction-free, faster, and focused on creativity, not note-taking and documentation—was incredible. It’s something I’ve envisioned for the past year, and seeing it in action was surreal.

This might feel like the end of the story, but with 57 users (update: 62 🥳) to onboard and years of development ahead, it’s really just the beginning.

This morning was packed with meetings—companies, users, and potential partners, all eager to join this journey.

I also woke up to a notice of award from the NYC Pandemic Response Institute funding the building and independent evaluation of Preppr’s community inclusion capabilities— what I call swarm exercise design.

We are just getting started, so join the beta test and help shape the future of preparedness.

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Thanks for joining and for the ongoing support, Cassandra Massano, MSEM, CEM®, Zack Borst, Kim Guevara, Arthur J. Simental, Emma Erwin, MSc, MPH, CPH, Michelle Pratt, BSc., PHEc., CEM, CBCP, CAPM, Carissa Jaquish

And this a big team to pull off. Thanks Daniel Daugherty, Domenico Colandrea, and their devs, Angel Oliver and his team on web, Gary Reeve for believing, and Megan Snair for holding down the house and for encouraging me to have the "ain't no strings on me" year. We can accomplish so much together.