Thu.Jan 06, 2022

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Make 2022 the Year You Become a Connected Leader: Chloe Demrovsky for Forbes

DRI Drive

“A different skill set is needed to communicate effectively as a leader in a virtual environment. This may be uncomfortable for leaders who aren’t used to putting themselves out there online. But like it or not, the expectation has been set. As you refine your list of individual professional priorities for 2022, don’t wait any […]. The post Make 2022 the Year You Become a Connected Leader: Chloe Demrovsky for Forbes appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Home Preparations for a Disaster

Recovery Diva

Since the Diva has family and friends in and near Boulder, CO, she has been trying to offer some sources of help for them about preparing your home for a disaster. See these sites for some useful guidance: www.flash.org. www.disastersafety.org.

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Trapped Motorists on I-95 Shows Value of a Car Kit

Disaster Zone

You need a kit at home, at work and in the car.

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Website of Interest

Recovery Diva

The Continuity Professionals Pulse website often reprints postings from this blog. It is aimed at business continuity specialists, but others may find their articles of interest as well.

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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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Can FEMA and the Feds Serve as Disaster 911?

Disaster Zone

They are biting off more than they can chew.

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Is Russia's Su-75 'Checkmate' Aircraft a Case of Vapor Marketing?

The Rand Blog

During a Moscow air show last summer, Russia rolled out a mockup of the Su-75, a multipurpose fighter-bomber designed to compete in the global marketplace. But given the Russian aerospace sector's difficulties in developing, let alone delivering, advanced combat aircraft, prospective buyers should consider a range of options to meet defense needs.

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Deep Impact: Gain Resilience By Using Impact Categories

BCM METRICS

Taking a casual attitude toward assessing the impact of interruptions to your business processes undercuts your whole business continuity program. In today’s post, we’ll explain how being systematic in assessing impacts improves resilience and show you an easy but effective way to perform this task. Many companies take a casual attitude toward gauging the impacts […].

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Scrum Ceremonies: A Beginner’s Guide by schun@pagerduty.com

PagerDuty

A Scrum Ceremony is a type of scrum event or meeting that is intended to help move projects forward in a more timely and efficient manner. These ceremonies occur at key points in the production process, emphasizing organized collaboration and communication between team members to help simplify complex development processes and queues. For example, Daily Scrum is a ceremony held every morning to go over which items have been completed, which are being worked on, and which are coming up.

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How to Get Started with CrystalDiskMark on a Mac

Pure Storage

What Is CrystalDiskMark?CrystalDiskMark is an IT industry-wide recognized tool for benchmarking storage devices. It’s also a valuable tool for diagnosing hard drive issues. But, can you use CrystalDiskMark on a Mac? Technically, yes. However, there are better options for a Mac. CrystalDiskMark is a benchmarking tool for storage devices. IT analysts and journalists use it.

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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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Here’s why New Year’s resolutions are not for everyone…

Beaumont Resilience Training

It’s January again and the past 12 months have been a whirlwind for the nation, so it’s easy to feel you have to make 2022 the best year yet. The start of a new year is symbolic for a lot of us; it can signify a new chapter starting in your life and inspire you to set goals for the year ahead. In theory this sounds great, but more often than not we feel the pressure to set ambitious goals.

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Risk Mitigation: Stopping an Emergency Before It Starts

Alert Media

The post Risk Mitigation: Stopping an Emergency Before It Starts appeared first on AlertMedia.

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HSDL Disaster Recovery Resources Available

Continuity Insights

As natural disasters continue to break records and with the COVID-19 pandemic complicating disaster management and recovery across the world, the Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) has collected a number of resources to provide readers with some guidance on disaster recovery reform and issues. The following list contains a small sample of resources that HSDL.

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How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 87: How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022 We’ve all heard of “The Great Resignation,” but many of us in the business continuity space are on the frontlines witnessing and feeling the effects of massive staffing shortages. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is only continuing into 2022, but with the right action steps, you can reduce its effects on your organization.

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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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FEMA Releases 2021 National Preparedness Report

Continuity Insights

In its move to be more accountable and strategic in its efforts to improve the readiness of the nation to disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the 2021 National Preparedness Report. The report summarizes the state of national preparedness, discussing the risks the nation faces and how those risks drive whole-community emergency.

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How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 87: How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022 We’ve all heard of “The Great Resignation,” but many of us in the business continuity space are on the frontlines witnessing and feeling the effects of massive staffing shortages. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is only continuing into 2022, but with the right action steps, you can reduce its effects on your organization.

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New Webinar: Cyber Resilience – What We Learned From 2021

Continuity Insights

Over the last 18 months, organizations have become increasingly concerned about cybersecurity as criminals adapt their methods to capitalize on changes to how we work, communicate, and do business. In the BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report 2021 survey sponsored by Fusion Risk Management, the results indicated that organizations are realizing the time is now to take.

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How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 87: How the Great Resignation is Affecting Business Continuity & How to Prepare for It in 2022 We’ve all heard of “The Great Resignation,” but many of us in the business continuity space are on the frontlines witnessing and feeling the effects of massive staffing shortages. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is only continuing into 2022, but with the right action steps, you can reduce its effects on your organization.

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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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Infinite Blue Celebrates Successful 2021

Continuity Insights

Infinite Blue, a leading provider of business continuity/disaster recovery planning and response management software, enjoyed a remarkable 2021 – from corporate growth and recognition to product enhancements and new offerings. “I am so proud of what the Infinite Blue Crew achieved in 2021,” said Frank Shultz, Chairman and CEO of Infinite Blue. “More than ever, Source.

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2022 Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance Outlook

Continuity Insights

A with a record number of cyber attacks reported in 2021, the year couldn’t end soon enough. Taking a look back at the high profile attacks and increases in ransomware and cyber incidents, it’s clear that organizations need to be more proactive in their approaches to resiliency. In this must-read post, Security Magazine takes a. Source.

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8 Dangerous Assumptions That Will Make Any Crisis Worse

Continuity Insights

Making assumptions makes us vulnerable. It’s even more dangerous when it comes to crisis management. To start off the new year, crisis management/communications expert and Forbes senior contributor Edward Segal has compiled and excellent list of assumptions to avoid. Read his outline of eight crisis management and crisis communications pitfalls to avoid at Forbes.com.

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4 Critical Event Management Competencies Every Business Must Master

Continuity Insights

By Sarah Perry, OnSolve: It’s not news that our world grows more complicated every day. Whether it’s COVID variants, severe weather, active shooters or cybercrime, it seems risk is constantly increasing. Yet when we become desensitized to this ever-encroaching threat landscape we often begin to take protective measures for granted or overestimate their effectiveness.

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The Case for Continuing Education – 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference

Continuity Insights

The pre- and post-conference sessions scheduled for the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference, April 25-27, in Louisville, KY, will give experienced business continuity professionals, as well those climbing the ranks, the necessary instruction and education to advance their career goals, gain valuable certification, and further secure the resiliency of their organizations.