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Award Announcement

Recovery Diva

Prof. Shirley Jensen, Cal State University at Long Beach, has created the Claire B. Rubin award, which is given to a notable graduate student each year. Here is the latest winner: Deputy Fire Chief Eleni Pappas in Los Angeles County.

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Oregon Emergency Management Moves Under the Governor

Disaster Zone

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War of the Worlds: How Cognitive Dissonance and Repression Shape Russian Perceptions of the Conflict in Ukraine

The Rand Blog

Cognitive dissonance theory offers a compelling explanation for one of the confounding phenomena emerging from the war in Ukraine—Russians who refuse to believe their Ukrainian family members' lived experiences of the war. How is it that of the two cognitions Russians are wrestling with, the Kremlin's manufactured truth often prevails?

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How The Development Of A Crisis Response Program Strengthens Resilience Management

Castellan

Article Originally Published on Forbes in May 2022. In your role as a board member or a member of your organization’s leadership team, it is your job to set and inspect the organization’s overall vision while also steering the company toward a sustainable future. A large part of sustainability is preventing and overcoming disruptions. This starts with understanding and inspecting the organization’s readiness posture, as well as its ability to respond to disruption.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Russia's Ambitions and the War in Ukraine: Q&A with Dara Massicot

The Rand Blog

Dara Massicot is a senior policy researcher at RAND who specializes in Russian military strategy. In this interview, she discusses Russia's war in Ukraine, its incorrect assumptions about Ukraine's will to fight, and how hard it's going to be for Russia to restore its military capabilities.

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Get Inspired: Microsoft recognizes Citrix in Partner of the Year Awards

Citrix

Citrix is more engaged than ever as one of Microsoft’s strongest and most reliable partnerships. Globally we are a leader in driving Azure consumption with our Citrix DaaS solution; a visionary and innovator on the Azure Marketplace platform; and are … The post Get Inspired: Microsoft recognizes Citrix in Partner of the Year Awards first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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New Corona Vaccines Likely Coming in the Fall

Disaster Zone

Trying to target existing and future variants.

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How CISOs Look at Physical Security: A Conversation With CISO Nicole Ford

Security Industry Association

The SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board (CAB) presents an engaging discussion with chief information security officer (CISO) Nicole Ford (previously of Carrier and currently at Rockwell Automation), along with the CAB’s Min Kyriannis, CEO of Amyna Systems. Their discussion uncovers top down challenges and affirms some prevailing cybersecurity perceptions leaving viewers with new understanding and tools to become resiliency champions within their own organizations.

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What Is a Dereliction of Duty?

Disaster Zone

Acts of omission and perhaps commission.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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What’s new with the Citrix ITSM Adapter service

Citrix

Since we announced the Citrix ITSM Adapter service , we’ve continued to add more capabilities that enhance our customers’ IT productivity. To ensure we are addressing their critical business challenges, we’ve focused on reviewing customer feedback as we plan new … The post What’s new with the Citrix ITSM Adapter service first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Competence or Character, Which is More Important?

Disaster Zone

What about judgment?

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Public Safety Call Answering and Event Processing Times Survey: Requesting Participation in the Fire Protection Research Foundation’s Study

National Fire Protection Association

The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), NFPA’s research affiliate, is conducting a study on Public Safety Call Answering and Event Processing Times and we need your participation! Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is working alongside the Fire Protection Research Foundation to collect, analyze, and summarize data regarding public safety call answering and processing times in the United. [[ This is a content summary only.

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CEF at the Finland Futures Academy Planetary Futures Conference

Engaged Foresight

Last week the Center for Engaged Foresight Chief Futurist Prof. Shermon Cruz and Ph.D. Candidate Heidi Mendoza of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam presented their paper “From Foresight to Power: Challenging and Reimagining Futures and Pathways of Land Use, and Water Governance” at 2022: Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing organized by the Finland Futures Academy at Turku University.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Using Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology to Assist in On-Site Guarding

Security Industry Association

Tommy Zarna, vice president of client solutions at Securitas, is a member of the SIA RISE Steering Committee and RISE’s AcceleRISE Subcommittee. Many companies across the world are facing new challenges in terms of recruiting and retaining talent. With that, we’ve seen a shift in the industry towards technology. When looking specifically at the on-site guarding side of the industry, many companies have started offering alternative solutions using technology as a way to innovate and augment

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Better Data for Public Health: How Nexleaf and PagerDuty are Monitoring Healthcare by Rachel Schmitz

PagerDuty

Having a reliable power source is something many of us take for granted. It is particularly important for healthcare facilities to have a consistent, reliable power source to ensure that vulnerable patients – specifically those who rely on electricity to sustain their lives – are not disrupted. . In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, however, it’s estimated that only about 28% of hospitals have reliable electricity.

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How Can We Better Market the Security Industry?

Security Industry Association

Dakota Bierly, marketing and sales at Northland Controls, is a member of the SIA RISE Steering Committee and RISE’s AcceleRISE Subcommittee. “How did you get started in security?” This simple question will tell you a lot about the people who make up our evolving industry. For the most part, you’ll hear responses ranging from serendipitous entrances to personal introductions or unexpected opportunities.

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People of Pure: Meet Alias Lacson

Pure Storage

“When I see a problem, I want to fix it,” explains Alias Lacson. Whether that problem is an old hairdryer, a broken laptop, or a networking error, Alias isn’t someone to settle for a simple fix. “I don’t want to have the word ‘settle’ associated with who I am,” he continues. “I’m ambitious. I’m constantly growing and learning.”. As the oldest of seven siblings, Alias currently resides in San Francisco’s Sunset District, where he spends his spare time taking boxing, kickboxing, and ju

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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People of Pure: Meet Alias Lacson

Pure Storage

“When I see a problem, I want to fix it,” explains Alias Lacson. Whether that problem is an old hairdryer, a broken laptop, or a networking error, Alias isn’t someone to settle for a simple fix. “I don’t want to have the word ‘settle’ associated with who I am,” he continues. “I’m ambitious. I’m constantly growing and learning.”. As the oldest of seven siblings, Alias currently resides in San Francisco’s Sunset District, where he spends his spare time taking boxing, kickboxing, and ju