September, 2016

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Tsunami warning systems to be strengthened in Europe 

Crisis Response Journal

Nations on the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea have decided to bolster their tsunami warning systems by giving France, Greece, Italy and Turkey a region-wide alert role, reports Jonathan Fowler for the UNISDR.

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Zika revisited

Plan B Consulting

I first wrote about the Zika virus earlier this year in January. In this week’s bulletin I revisit the subject, highlighting what Business Continuity Managers should be aware of within their organisations. This week I thought I would write about the Zika virus as you occasionally hear something about it in the news. As we in the UK are not affected by it, it is not a big story.

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Rockingham County Fair Leverages AlertMedia to Host Family Event

Alert Media

To prepare for one of the biggest annual celebrations in the Shenandoah Valley, the Rockingham County Fair partnered with AlertMedia to keep all attendees and staff safe and informed throughout the week-long event. “[Fair] organizers say nothing is more important than safety,” reports WHSV News. Making the fairgrounds a fun and safe environment for family has always been a top priority for Rockingham County.

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A review of the San Bernadino public safety response to 2015 terrorist shooting incident 

Crisis Response Journal

A critical incident review titled Bringing calm to chaos, looks at the San Bernardino public safety response to the 2015 terrorist shooting incident at the Inland Regional Centre, reports Roger Gomm for CRJ.

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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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National Flood Resilience Review in the UK 

Crisis Response Journal

The National Flood Resilience Review was established in January 2016 to assess how the UK can be better protected from future flooding and extreme weather events such as during December 2015, reports Roger Gomm for CRJ.

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What’s on the agenda at AIDF? Why emergency procurement strategies are so important 

Crisis Response Journal

Ahead of next week’s Global Disaster Relief Summit, Founder and CEO of The Level Market, Stephanie Cox, says the aid industry is ripe for a customised, open ecommerce platform than the aid world.

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Humans can make rockfalls from earthquakes more dangerous 

Crisis Response Journal

Mark Quigley of the University of Melbourne and Josh Borella, University of Canterbury, describe new research in an article first published in The Conversation.

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Zika revisited

Plan B Consulting

I first wrote about the Zika virus earlier this year in January. In this week’s bulletin I revisit the subject, highlighting what Business Continuity Managers should be aware of within their organisations. This week I thought I would write about the Zika virus as you occasionally hear something about it in the news. As we in the UK are not affected by it, it is not a big story.

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Increased Resilience – The Missing Strategy

Plan B Consulting

This week I have been doing a lot of thinking about BIAs, so I thought I would write this week’s bulletin on a strategy I think is missing from the Business Continuity Institutes “Good Practice Guidelines” (GPG). At present according to the GPG there are seven strategies you can use to plan your recovery. These are: 1. Diverse Sites – the activity is carried out at two sites 2.

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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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The extra 1% of Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

This week, I thought for this week’s bulletin we should celebrate our country’s success at the Olympics, and see if there is anything we can learn from it. Often as a fan of British sport, and especially Scottish sport, we have the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and we seemingly do well, and then fail at the last moment. What a joy it was in the Olympics to see even when we were behind, as in many cycling races, the likelihood was our rider would fly past the opposition at the

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Increased Resilience – The Missing Strategy

Plan B Consulting

This week I have been doing a lot of thinking about BIAs, so I thought I would write this week’s bulletin on a strategy I think is missing from the Business Continuity Institutes “Good Practice Guidelines” (GPG). At present according to the GPG there are seven strategies you can use to plan your recovery. These are: 1. Diverse Sites – the activity is carried out at two sites. 2.

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The extra 1% of Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

This week, I thought for this week’s bulletin we should celebrate our country’s success at the Olympics, and see if there is anything we can learn from it. Often as a fan of British sport, and especially Scottish sport, we have the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and we seemingly do well, and then fail at the last moment. What a joy it was in the Olympics to see even when we were behind, as in many cycling races, the likelihood was our rider would fly past the opposition at the

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Is It Safe for Employees to Travel Abroad? How Companies Can Use Incident Communications Software to Protect Themselves

Alert Media

The post Is It Safe for Employees to Travel Abroad? How Companies Can Use Incident Communications Software to Protect Themselves appeared first on AlertMedia.

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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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How a Mass Communication Solution Can Help You Effectively Prepare for Hurricane Season

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The post How a Mass Communication Solution Can Help You Effectively Prepare for Hurricane Season appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Why Do So Many Emergency Communications Plans Fail?

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The post Why Do So Many Emergency Communications Plans Fail? appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Are You As Prepared As You Think You Are?

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The post Are You As Prepared As You Think You Are? appeared first on AlertMedia.