July, 2020

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Harnessing Adversity with Dr. Paul Stoltz

PEAK Learning

Introducing our new Alchemy Series, presented by Wells Fargo and Prudential. Our first guest is Dr. Paul G. Stoltz. Listen Now. The post Harnessing Adversity with Dr. Paul Stoltz appeared first on PEAK Learning.

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Ep. 05- Building a WFH Strategy in 1 Day | Anitha Abraham

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: Shane starts a series of interviews with business & operational leaders who had no previous business continuity experience and were thrust into launching a work from home strategy in not-so-ideal circumstances. Anitha Abraham is a leader of a Medical Center business unit with tasks that were entirely office based. Listen as she describes the actions she had to take (without any BC planning) to get her team working from home and continuing her vital tasks. .

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How to Create a Unique Brand

Norita Omar

Creating a unique brand is the best strategy to have a competitive advantage against your competitors. Here are the main tips which have helped me effortlessly spread my business message, grow my brand and attract the right audience and clients. And if you need more resources to help you build a dynamic brand, then grab the key to The Vault where I stored heaps of free ebooks, worksheets, guides, checklist etc including my newest ‘Using Content to Create a Dynamic Personal Brand – Free Worksheet

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SARS-CoV-2, faecal shedding and our duty to schools 

Crisis Response Journal

Christopher J Butcher from Eastern Michigan University in the US, says that most of the arguments for reopening schools in the autumn have validity. However, one aspect is currently being overlooked – the toilet situation.

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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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UK authorities and allies expose Russian cyber attacks on Coronavirus vaccine development

Behavior Group

RUSSIAN CYBER actors are strongly believed to be targeting organisations involved in Coronavirus vaccine development, UK security officials have revealed. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published an advisory detailing the activities of the threat group known as APT29, which has exploited organisations globally. expose Russian cyber attacks, attacks on Coronavirus vaccine The NCSC… Continue reading.

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20 Minutes With: Grit Expert Dr. Paul G. Stoltz

PEAK Learning

Grit, according to the thought leader and social scientist Dr. Paul G. Stoltz, is the “capacity to dig deep, to do whatever it takes” to achieve one’s goals. Understanding how to strengthen and deploy grit has been central to Stoltz’s life’s work. In 1987, he founded Peak Learning, Inc., a consultancy that has worked with leading Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

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Ep. 04- Integrating Continuous Improvement into BCM Programs | John Hill

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: On today's show, Shane interviews John Hill, a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. John has found a great way to address the consistent appearance of process issues when preparing organizations for regulatory examinations. John integrated the concept of continuous improvement concepts into his BC programs and has lots of stories about how this work has enabled him to create value with leadership.

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My Top 3 Tips on How to Grow a Brand

Norita Omar

Apart from knowing your target audience and other strategies which are involved in creating a branding strategy, here are my top 3 tips which will make you grow your brand wide and fast. And if you need more resources to help you build a dynamic brand, then grab the key to The Vault where I stored heaps of free ebooks, worksheets, guides, checklist etc including my newest ‘Using Content to Create a Dynamic Personal Brand – Free Worksheet’!

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A brave new world: Building back better from Covid-19 

Crisis Response Journal

Dr William Avis from the University of Birmingham in the UK and Maclina Birungi of AirQo, Uganda say that bold action and bravery are needed from policymakers to ensure that sustainability, inclusivity and equity are major priorities in the post-Covid-19 By Maclina Birungi

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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 Blue Cell

BCP Builder

The Blue Cell BCP Builder was recently featured on The Blue Cell – Michael Brown Show. During this podcast we discussed: My background in Business Continuity and focus on keeping Business Continuity as simple as possible. A description of BCP Builder and how it works. How you can prepare a Business Continuity Plan in one day, and develop it over time.

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Digital privacy: A double-edged sword

Behavior Group

Digital privacy is paramount to the global community, but it must be balanced against the proliferation of digital-first crimes, including child sexual abuse, human trafficking, hate crimes, government suppression, and identity theft. The more the world connects with each other, the greater the tension between maintaining privacy and protecting those who could be victimized.

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Your Personal Pandemic Re-Set Moment—What’s Your Real Deal?

PEAK Learning

My eyes welled up with tears, unexpectedly, last night when I saw the faces of the roughly 500 people, across six continents, who were joining me for my live webinar on “PEAK Adaptability.” See, I had read their pre-session survey results, and people reported that, on average, for 91% of their days they suffered a meaningful dose of stress, anxiety, hardship…adversity.

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Ep. 03- Adaptive BC (Part 2): Where do we go from here? | Dr. David Lindstedt & Mark Armour

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: Shane continues the discussion with business continuity industry disruptors- Dr. David Lindstedt and Mark Armour- authors of "Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach" and creators of the Adaptive Business Continuity movement which started in 2015. In this episode, we specifically discuss some of the hurdles they face today for going against the grain, their desire to enter into real debate about the value ABC brings, and we look ahead at where they want to take Adaptive Bu

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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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Building an Incident Team Competency Framework

Plan B Consulting

Charlie outlines his ideas on building an incident team competency framework. This week I thought I would share some ideas I have been developing on incident management. They are not fully solidified yet, so I would welcome any thoughts or comments on what I have written. There are many lessons organisations will learn from COVID-19, but one of the major lessons is the need for every organisation to have the ability to manage incidents.

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Building authenticity in crisis communications 

Crisis Response Journal

Swiftly springing into action with a well-oiled plan and a team that knows just what to do and when could, has historically been seen to be the heart of an effective crisis response.

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The Blue Cell

BCP Builder

The Blue Cell. BCP Builder was recently featured on The Blue Cell – Michael Brown Show. During this podcast we discussed: My background in Business Continuity and focus on keeping Business Continuity as simple as possible. A description of BCP Builder and how it works. How you can prepare a Business Continuity Plan in one day, and develop it over time.

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Adapting online security to the ways we work, remotely and post-coronavirus

Behavior Group

COVID-19 has tested our ability to pivot quickly how we work and where we work. The national workforce has shifted from in-the-office to online virtually overnight. online security, cyber vulnerabilities, security, covid-19 The good news is that those of us who can work remotely have adapted reasonably well, with 29 percent noting they feel equally… Continue reading.

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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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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

The Importance of Business Continuity is an extensive Whitepaper first written in 2009 by our CEO & Principle Managing Consultant – Keith Erwood. It is newly updated with fresh content, new stats and important new information. The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource. Importance of Business Continuity open. For continuity professionals and practitioners as well as business owners, executives, and business managers who have or are looking to implement Business Continuit

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Ep. 01- Creating BCM Engagement | Scott Baldwin

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary Shane Mathew talks with Scott Baldwin , a BCM program leader who has started several programs in Silicon Valley (Ebay, Charles Schwab, Symantec) in his career. Scott has found some unique way to keep things fresh. We’re learn more about his approach to not only starting a program, but how he keeps the organization engaged through simple things like a decentralized BCM certification program.

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Building an Incident Team Competency Framework

Plan B Consulting

Charlie outlines his ideas on building an incident team competency framework. This week I thought I would share some ideas I have been developing on incident management. They are not fully solidified yet, so I would welcome any thoughts or comments on what I have written. There are many lessons organisations will learn from COVID-19, but one of the major lessons is the need for every organisation to have the ability to manage incidents.

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How Covid-19 shows the critical need to transform crisis response 

Crisis Response Journal

Beyond the myriad weaknesses and strengths in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, which are sure to be highlighted by experience reviews and inquiries at a later date, this blog shares some essential and immediate convictions.

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Pandemic

BCP Builder

What does KFC running out of chicken have in common with how companies respond to a pandemic? Both rely on a business continuity plan to recover. Whether it’s a pandemic, a natural disaster, or something that could impact your reputation, a business continuity plan (BCP) will show you what steps you need to take, who you need to engage, the messages you need send, and how you will recover your business.

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Remote working security challenges urge MFA implementation

Behavior Group

The past few years have seen an increase in employees using personal devices and systems to access work emails and company databases, and exchange valuable information with colleagues, clients, and vendors. These tools can help people complete their jobs but are fraught with security challenges. Remote working security The scale of this challenge increased considerably… Continue reading.

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Reflections on Providing Operational Support During a Crisis

FEI

With so much going on in the world right now, I find a quiet satisfaction in knowing that I work with an organization that is making a positive difference. As an operations specialist with FEI’s crisis management team, I assist our customers by integrating our crisis support services into their business continuity planning. Preventing a crisis is always best but not always possible.

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Ep.02- Adaptive BC (Part 1): How did we get here? | Dr David Lindstedt & Mark Armour

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: Shane interviews business continuity industry disruptors- Dr. David Lindstedt and Mark Armour- authors of "Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach" and creators of the Adaptive Business Continuity movement which started in 2015. In this episode, we discuss not only how they started to formulate their perspective, but also learned about the lessons they learned while changing the way many looked at Business Continuity processes.

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Why we are entering the most dangerous period of coronavirus.

Plan B Consulting

Why, for many organisations, we are entering the most dangerous period of coronavirus. This week Charlie discusses why we are entering the most dangerous period of coronavirus for many businesses. In the first few months of the coronavirus outbreak, everyone was ‘in it together’ and people understood why organisations were not able to deliver their services or be available to their customers.

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Defining national security 

Crisis Response Journal

The Oxford Research Group (ORG) held a series of online roundtables to understand the risks and challenges remote warfare could present over the next five years and how the Integrated Review could address these.

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Pandemic

BCP Builder

What does KFC running out of chicken have in common with how companies respond to a pandemic? Both rely on a business continuity plan to recover. Whether it’s a pandemic, a natural disaster, or something that could impact your reputation, a business continuity plan (BCP) will show you what steps you need to take, who you need to engage, the messages you need send, and how you will recover your business.

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Cybersecurity software sales and training in a no-touch world

Behavior Group

The pandemic has led to an outbreak of cybercriminal activity focused on remote workers and enterprises that needed to quickly migrate to the cloud to maintain business continuity. More than 3,100 phishing and counterfeit websites were created each day in January. By March, that figure exceeded 8,300. Communication and collaboration phishing sites also grew by… Continue reading.

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Customer Success: The Most Crucial Element to an Emergency Notification System

Alert Media

The post Customer Success: The Most Crucial Element to an Emergency Notification System appeared first on AlertMedia.