Fri.Jan 13, 2023

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2023 Predictions: Will a Major City Experience Unprecedented Flooding?

DRI Drive

The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 8th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction on a major storm event. Prediction 5: A major city in the developed world will experience […]. The post 2023 Predictions: Will a Major City Experience Unprecedented Flooding?

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The 'Digital Town Square' Problem

The Rand Blog

Privately owned public spaces like Twitter are often viewed as “public town squares.” But it's unclear exactly how private companies' influence on the so-called public spaces they control affects actual civic outcomes.

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January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month. How Can You Make the Most of It?

National Fire Protection Association

As we begin the new year and gear up for the work that lies ahead, firefighter health and safety remain a priority for all of us at NFPA®. That’s why we’re helping promote Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month, which works to increase public and member awareness about firefighter cancer risks and proactive steps to mitigate them. Sponsored by the Firefighter Cancer Support Network in coordination with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and a host of other groups, organizations, a

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Grounded: The FAA Alert System Failure Could Be a Wake Up Call

The Rand Blog

It turned out to be a system failure that grounded thousands of flights on January 11, but U.S. critical infrastructure faces a range of threats—from Russian hackers, to weather events, to angry individuals with guns. The government and organizations responsible for critical infrastructure can take steps to actively manage these risks.

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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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On-Demand Webinar: Safety and Security in Crowds!

Continuity Insights

There are many important lessons to be learned from the tragedy at the Astroland Festival in Houston. Business and community leaders, as well as individuals, can take steps to improve their safety and survival if things go wrong in large crowd events. Whether at a concert, political rally, sporting event, or shopping, the behavior of.

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Ten Reasons Why You Should Conduct Short Exercises

Continuity Insights

Being short doesn’t necessarily mean bad, well at least in business continuity exercises. If you are an exercise beginner or want to carry out more exercises, then here are 10 reasons why you should run short exercises. Read the full article on Rothstein.com. Source.

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SLA vs. SLO. vs SLI: What’s the Difference and Why They Matter

Pure Storage

When it comes to today’s digital solutions, customers expect a lot—in terms of performance, availability, usability, and more. That’s why most service providers have put a lot of thought into the standards of quality and customer experience they’re going to offer, and develop SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs to help them maintain those standards. These very important initialisms stand for: .

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The Best Possible Plan

Continuity Insights

If you have played chess, then you know that to be a good chess player, planning three or four moves ahead gives you head space to think and also hopefully, set you up to win the game. So it is with incident or crisis management the more moves you can plan ahead, the more successful. Source.

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On-Demand Webinar: Safety and Security in Crowds!

Continuity Insights

There are many important lessons to be learned from the tragedy at the Astroland Festival in Houston. Business and community leaders, as well as individuals, can take steps to improve their safety and survival if things go wrong in large crowd events. Whether at a concert, political rally, sporting event, or shopping, the behavior of. Source.

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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.