January, 2024

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Elevate Your Business with Proactive Crisis Preparedness

Bernstein Crisis Management

Elevate Your Business with Proactive Crisis Preparedness In the business world, the unexpected lurks around every corner. Disruptions come without warning, carrying the power to shake your organization to its core. That’s why embracing crisis preparedness is not just wise — it’s also a critical component of savvy business operations. As we navigate an ever-more complex business environment, let’s examine why your organization should integrate robust crisis preparedness into its day-to-day operat

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FEMA Improves Individual Assistance Program

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: ‘We can do better’: FEMA makes sweeping changes to speed up disaster aid. Hearing frustrations from victims, the federal agency is drastically reforming its individual assistance program for the first time in 20 years.

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Financial Crisis Management and Your Reputation

Bernstein Crisis Management

Financial Crisis Management and Your Reputation When the term “financial crisis management” springs to mind, it often conjures images of plummeting stock prices, emergency board meetings, and frenzied efforts to safeguard assets. While there’s no denying the importance of addressing the finances in a financial crisis, there’s another crucial aspect that’s frequently overshadowed by the monetary turmoil — the impact on public relations and reputation.

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Letter from the President: 2023 at-a-glance

DRI Drive

In 2023, we celebrated our 35th year serving this exciting profession of service. Because milestones are always a time for reflection, I’d like to dedicate this edition of our annual review to look back at some of the accomplishments of this venerable institution not just from this year but also to provide a review of […] The post Letter from the President: 2023 at-a-glance appeared first on DRI Drive.

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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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Federal Government Will Require Purchase of ‘Made in America’ Drones

Disaster Zone

A long time coming.

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Upping the Ante on Western Weapons Could End the Stalemate in Ukraine

The Rand Blog

The Russo-Ukrainian war might be at a strategic tipping point. The ground fight in Ukraine's east is stalemated, but Russian sea and air power in Crimea is diminished. The future flow of Western aid may be less certain. To address these challenges, the West might escalate support for Ukraine's military and signal firmness to Moscow.

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Managed Retreat of Communities

Recovery Diva

From HSNW, This report from the National Academy of Sciences: MANAGED RETREAT; Proactively Planning for Community Relocation Before and After Climate Disasters “Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018.

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Reputation Management During Crisis

Bernstein Crisis Management

Reputation Management During Crisis Strong reputation management during crisis situations is critical today. While many of the resources out there will proclaim the need for immediate full transparency and constant communications through all channels, the truth is that this approach can sometimes create more trouble than it resolves. In order to make reputation management during crisis effective, you need to recognize the importance of balancing openness with strategic discretion.

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Interview: New DRI Board Chair Michele Turner, MBCP on Her History in Business Continuity and What’s on the Horizon

DRI Drive

DRI International is pleased to welcome Michele Turner, MBCP, as Chair of the DRI Board of Directors. Currently Vice President of Risk Management for Marriott International, she brings a wealth of resilience experience to the table. We spoke with her about her career, her views on the profession, and her work with DRI. For those […] The post Interview: New DRI Board Chair Michele Turner, MBCP on Her History in Business Continuity and What’s on the Horizon appeared first on DRI Drive.

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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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Technology Continuing to Drive Emergency Management and First Responders

Disaster Zone

Gird up your loins, you will be in a race to adopt new technology.

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Thinking Forward: Compliance Management for 2024 & Beyond

LogisManager

Thinking Forward: Compliance Management for 2024 & Beyond Last Updated: January 30, 2024 Traditional approaches to compliance management are no longer sufficient and can expose your business to expensive penalties for failure to meet compliance standards. One prevalent issue is the inclination towards an auditor-focused strategy, where mere checkbox compliance may fall short in addressing evolving risks.

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Security Industry Association Announces Commitment to Expand Outreach to Native American Communities

Security Industry Association

SIA to promote and expand eligibility for its training, scholarship, mentorship and community offerings and foster greater engagement with security industry and Native American populations SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced a commitment to grow its outreach to Native American and indigenous communities beginning in 2024, including expanding access to SIA services and programs such as its training, scholarship and mentorship offerings.

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Likely Locations of Damaging Earthquakes

Recovery Diva

From HSNW: Where Damaging Earthquakes Are Mo st Likely to Occur in U.S Scientists recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.

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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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Celebrating 30 Years of Bernstein Crisis Management

Bernstein Crisis Management

Celebrating 30 Years of Bernstein Crisis Management The big three-oh! This year, Bernstein Crisis Management celebrates thirty years in business, and thirty years of proving critics who weren’t shy about proclaiming, “You can’t manage a crisis!”, wrong. As we celebrate this milestone, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on our journey, the evolution of crisis management, and the ever-increasing relevance of our work in today’s world.

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DRI: 2023 Year in Review

DRI Drive

In 2023, we celebrated our 35th year serving this exciting profession of service. Because milestones are always a time for reflection, we’d like to dedicate this edition of our annual review to look back at some of the accomplishments of this venerable institution not just from this year but also to provide a review of […] The post DRI: 2023 Year in Review appeared first on DRI Drive.

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What, Where and How to Build?

Disaster Zone

The pressures to build will likely overcome disaster resilience concerns.

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Thinking Forward: IT Governance & Cybersecurity for 2024 & Beyond

LogisManager

Thinking Forward: IT Governance & Cybersecurity for 2024 & Beyond Last Updated: January 22, 2024 As we step into 2024, practitioners and managers of IT Governance & Cybersecurity programs are under more pressure than ever. The landscape across IT security and privacy is constantly evolving, with changes to the regulatory landscape and new cyber threats around every corner.

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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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Postwar Ukraine: Planning for a Successful and Secure Recovery

The Rand Blog

To rebuild successfully, Ukraine will need to come out of the war on a new trajectory. It already has an outline of what recovery will look like. The plan looks beyond the immediate damages and envisions more than $750 billion in economic support and projects that would raise a new Ukraine from the destruction.

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From HSToday: How Artificial Intelligence Can Reshape Homeland Security in 2024

Recovery Diva

[link] An excerpt: “AI is a valuable tool for DHS due to the incredible volume of data and information collected, stored, and shared on a daily basis. DHS can use AI to extract actionable insights from these troves of information. In turn, the DHS workforce is better equipped to make informed decisions quickly, so issues are resolved promptly.

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Why 2024 Should Be the Year of Crisis Preparedness for Your Brand

Bernstein Crisis Management

Why 2024 Should Be the Year of Crisis Preparedness for Your Brand We’re going to pose a question here and, while it’s not a terribly complicated one, if you’re reading this post because you truly care about your own organization’s wellbeing then we’d suggest you stop, take a minute and really think about your answer. Ready?

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Collaborative Partner Spotlight: February 2024

DRI Drive

As the leading nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on a wide network of partner organizations who share that mission and promote greater resiliency. DRI encourages Certified Professionals to actively support these valuable partner organizations. Business Resiliency Planners Association (BRPA) – BRPA’s next virtual event is […] The post Collaborative Partner Spotlight: February 2024 appeared first on DRI Drive.

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New Federal Legislation to Provide Federally Backed Reinsurance

Disaster Zone

One way to help, but not solve, the price of property insurance.

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Be on the Lookout for NIST 2.0 in 2024

LogisManager

Be on the Lookout for NIST 2.0 in 2024 Last Updated: January 8, 2024 What is NIST CSF 1.1? The NIST CSF 1.1 refers to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) version 1.1. The CSF is a set of guidelines, standards, and best practices designed to help organizations manage and improve their cybersecurity posture.

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Countering Truth Decay: Q&A with Ray Block, Jr.

The Rand Blog

Ray Block, Jr., leads RAND's efforts to combat Truth Decay—the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life. It's the talking heads on TV, distrust and conspiracy theories, and basic disagreements over not just what's right, but what's real. He advises people to be active consumers of information.

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FEMA Webinar Series

Recovery Diva

FEMA is hosting a webinar series for the newly released Achieving Equitable Recovery: A Post-Disaster Guide for Local Officials and Leaders (“Equity Guide”). Webinars will be held: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, Feb. 13, noon to 1 p.m., Eastern Time The goal of the Equity Guide is to help local officials and leaders incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEIA”) in their post-disaster recovery management

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Safeguard your PC or Mac with a BaaS solution

Synology

As the threat of data loss, data breach, and ransomware attacks keep IT admins up at night, as a PC or Mac user, are you doing your due diligence and safeguarding your endpoint data?

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Announcing the Finalists for the 2024 DRI Awards of Excellence

DRI Drive

Each year, the DRI International Awards of Excellence program honors the leaders and innovators in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. We’re pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Awards of Excellence. This year’s winners will be revealed at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at DRI2024 in New Orleans, LA, […] The post Announcing the Finalists for the 2024 DRI Awards of Excellence appeared first on DRI Drive.

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FEMA Updates and Simplfies Individual Assistance Disaster Aid Processes

Disaster Zone

This will help many people get the help they are entitled to.

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Thinking Forward: Managing Business Continuity for 2024 & Beyond

LogisManager

Thinking Forward: Managing Business Continuity for 2024 & Beyond Last Updated: January 9, 2024 As we step into 2024, practitioners and managers of Business Continuity programs are under more pressure than ever. Not only has the threat of operational disruptions increased, both internally and externally, but teams are being asked to do more with less.

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California Just Banned 'Crime-Free' Housing. Here's Why Other States Should Too

The Rand Blog

Crime-free housing policies target low-income and minority renters for eviction and violate their civil rights. That's bad enough. But they also fail to reduce crime. At worst, they're a harmful form of discrimination that leads to more crime and homelessness.

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