Bernstein Crisis Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Why, then, is it so common to encounter major brands with national reputations…and no reputation management planning to speak of? Reputation is any organization’s most valuable asset, therefore crisis management should be looked at as a critical form of asset protection. Is my plan complete?

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

With most organisations adopting hybrid working, it is becoming more likely that incidents will be managed by a combination of people in the office and those at home. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system. Last week I ran a SIMEX for a bank crisis management team.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFPA has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

All-Hazards 105

All-Hazards Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction 105

Emergency Planning

MARCH 29, 2023

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Transportation Hospitality Sports Emergency Response 208

Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

If we as a collective learned anything in 2020, it is that we cannot assume that our year will turn out as planned. The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot.

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Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

If we as a collective learned anything in 2020, it is that we cannot assume that our year will turn out as planned. The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot.

Emergency Planning 40

Emergency Planning Crisis Management Business Continuity Management 40

Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

If we as a collective learned anything in 2020, it is that we cannot assume that our year will turn out as planned. The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot.

Emergency Planning 40

Emergency Planning Crisis Management Business Continuity Management 40

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one.

Emergency Response 52

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

Hazard 77

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National Fire Protection Association

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Ensure that you have a site plan outlining what is at your location and your emergency plans, and ensure those who could be affected by chemicals are properly trained. When planning, make sure to check out NFPA 1660, Standard for Emergency, Continuity, and Crisis Management: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.

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Hazard All-Hazards Manufacturing Emergency Planning 99

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2020

This thought was also in my mind after the Emergency Planning Society’s weekly email highlighted a report by the UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee on their response to COVID-19. One of the subjects we got talking about was the scope of incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Crisis Management Continuity Professionals Strategic 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2020

This thought was also in my mind after the Emergency Planning Society’s weekly email highlighted a report by the UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee on their response to COVID-19. One of the subjects we got talking about was the scope of incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Crisis Management Continuity Professionals Strategic 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2020

This thought was also in my mind after the Emergency Planning Society’s weekly email highlighted a report by the UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee on their response to COVID-19. Be very clear to senior managers the scope of BC.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Crisis Management Continuity Professionals Strategic 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2020

This thought was also in my mind after the Emergency Planning Society’s weekly email highlighted a report by the UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee on their response to COVID-19. Be very clear to senior managers the scope of BC.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Crisis Management Continuity Professionals Strategic 52

Castellan

AUGUST 2, 2022

Drawing on respondents’ answers, the report finds that even with the increased severe weather potential, along with long-term climate risks , many organizations are still not approaching these events from a resilience management perspective. It may also be helpful to have them develop a family emergency plan. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, in the public sector, Scotland Emergency Planning Units have renamed themselves as ‘Resilience’ and I have seen a number of resilience roles within the banking sector. This stops risks being managed in silos and mitigation measures in one area potentially increasing risk in another.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Audit Crisis Management 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, in the public sector, Scotland Emergency Planning Units have renamed themselves as ‘Resilience’ and I have seen a number of resilience roles within the banking sector. This stops risks being managed in silos and mitigation measures in one area potentially increasing risk in another.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Audit Crisis Management 52

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. We classify disasters in order to deal with "more manageable conceptual units." Disaster Prevention and Management 11(3): 209-213. Alexander, D.E. Elliott, D.,

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 52

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 52

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 40

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 40

MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

Every organization’s crisis management plan must include a crisis communications plan and strategy. Before we get to that list of resources, let’s review a few crisis communication essentials to set the stage. Here are eight tips to help you protect your brand in a crisis: Become brand-aware.

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BryghtPath

JULY 19, 2023

Explore "Exercise success factors" in business continuity planning: enhancing performance, managing expectations, and accurate documentation. The post Success factors for effective crisis exercises appeared first on Bryghtpath.

Continuity Planning 40

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Becoming proactive and investing in disaster risk reduction and enterprise resilience; through critical event management solutions, public safety solutions , and Public Warning systems. This is what, in the climate environment, the World Meteorological Organization and Disaster Management Agencies at national Government levels are doing.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

This week Charlie looks at the performance of incident management teams and how incident team members can be assessed using competencies. You have just completed the crisis team exercise; luckily, it’s a small business with only one plan and one incident management team, so you can relax.

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Consulting Emergency Planning Communications Management 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

This week Charlie looks at the performance of incident management teams and how incident team members can be assessed using competencies. You have just completed the crisis team exercise; luckily, it’s a small business with only one plan and one incident management team, so you can relax.

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Consulting Emergency Planning Communications Management 52

everbridge

APRIL 29, 2022

Even the best emergency response plan, however, stands little chance of being successful if the members of the leadership team orchestrating the company’s response are ill equipped to manage a coordinated response. There are three categories of critical events that organizations experience and need to be able to manage.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 2, 2021

Has your organization ever dropped the ball in responding to a crisis, thus making a bad situation worse? In today’s post, we’re going to look at six of the most … The post Dropping the Ball: 6 Common Crisis Response Mistakes appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Consulting Disaster Preparedness Emergency Planning Crisis Management 55

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In any manageable geographical unit there are likely to be associations of citizens: faith groups, voluntary associations; recreational, political and business groups. The challenge of the 21st century is to involve people and organisations in managing their own risks. Encyclopedia of Crisis Management. Statler and R.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

Providing contradictory information in an incident is poor incident management, and within the same website, plays into a narrative of poor communications. Those of you who have yet to prepare your organisation for managing an incident and put in place the basics now is the time to do so.

Communications 52

Communications Media Government Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

Providing contradictory information in an incident is poor incident management, and within the same website, plays into a narrative of poor communications. Those of you who have yet to prepare your organisation for managing an incident and put in place the basics now is the time to do so. For more information click here.

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Communications Media Government Publishing 52

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 27(1): 27-33. Internet and emergency management: prospects for the future. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 16(1): 55-72.

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Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

For many years I have slightly shied away from crisis communications. I have developed crisis management plans, emergency plans and business continuity plans at all levels, for a multitude of different organisations and industries.

Communications 40

Communications Media Crisis Management Airlines 40

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

For many years I have slightly shied away from crisis communications. I have developed crisis management plans, emergency plans and business continuity plans at all levels, for a multitude of different organisations and industries.

Communications 40

Communications Media Crisis Management Airlines 40