June, 2021

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When Buildings Collapse

DisasterDoc

Building collapse is a common phenomenon associated with multiple disasters, including those caused by so-called “natural hazards” such as earthquakes and tsunamis and landslides, as well as “technological hazards” such. The post When Buildings Collapse appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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Bystanders, gawkers and gaffers 

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova investigates the phenomenon of bystanders filming and taking photos of accident victims rather than calling the emergency services for help, or clearing the way for first responders

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USPS Faces Another Crisis Communications Crunch

Bernstein Crisis Management

Breaking down a reputational tough spot. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has seen no shortage of crisis communications challenges connected – directly or tangentially – to its strange status as a business enterprise operated by the federal government. Though most will say out loud that they have low expectations from the USPS, it only takes witnessing someone receiving a package from across the country one day late or a bit banged up to hear their displeasure and realize how

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BCP Headaches you can Avoid by using Shield: Part 3

KingsBridge BCP

Solve BCP Headaches. Welcome to the third and final installment of our series on how Shield can solve BCP headaches. Last time we talked about how Shield helps the newcomer to Business Continuity get started on the plan development process. Today we’ll look at challenges that can come up after you finally have that plan written. Headache #1: Updating contact information is so time consuming!

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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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Data Replication VS Backup. What’s the Difference?

Assurance IT

Data Replication and Backup, what’s the difference? These data protection services are very popular but knowing the difference is important. Data backup is more popular with 90% of businesses backing up their data. Although, one is more popular, they are equally important and valuable services that your enterprise needs. Continue reading to see why.

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“TARGET UP” for effective disaster plans

DisasterDoc

Measures of effectiveness describe the extent to which emergency operations accomplish our intended outcomes. Thus, effective planning represents the foundation for accomplishing the intended outcomes of group deliberation and execution. The post “TARGET UP” for effective disaster plans appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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How to defuse a bomb on a spaceship 

Crisis Response Journal

The world is a spaceship travelling around the sun, but inside the air is getting stuffy and the crew are growing in number.

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How Businesses Can Prepare for the 2021 Hurricane Season [+ Free Checklist]

Alert Media

The post How Businesses Can Prepare for the 2021 Hurricane Season [+ Free Checklist] appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Organizational Resilience is About How You Respond, Not React

Donyati

As organizations around the globe begin to negotiate a new array of post-Covid situations – such as when, or if, to return employees to the office – some celebration is certainly in order. But although 2020’s pandemic is finally ending, a new era for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) has just begun, according to Donyati BCP experts Joseph Brewer and Patrick Dunn.

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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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Transitioning to Tech: Making the Leap from the Education World to a Career in Software

LogisManager

Transitioning to Tech: Making the Leap from the Education World to a Career in Software. Rebecca Hohlenwerger | Customer Success Team Lead at LogicManager. Before Rebecca Hohlenwerger joined LogicManager’s Advisory Team, she never imagined working in software. But with an itch for change and after considering the ever-expanding breadth and depth of the technology industry, Rebecca soon found herself in a new, more digital world.

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New York City’s New Biometric Information Law Governs Collection and Use of Consumer Health Data

Risk Management Monitor

For risk professionals, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the importance of ensuring customer and employee safety measures are incorporated into operations, processes and future strategies. As many businesses reopen from pandemic shutdowns or return from remote work arrangements, some enterprises are now exploring both the effectiveness and the risks associated with conducting health screenings that collect biometric information and other personal health data.

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Near-Evacuation Reveals Dangerous Gaps in Communications for Senior Community

DisasterDoc

A special guest blog from emergency preparedness and disaster survival author, Virginia Nicols. Make sure it doesn’t happen this way in your community. On October 26, 2020, over a period of. The post Near-Evacuation Reveals Dangerous Gaps in Communications for Senior Community appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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EU Covid vaccination passports  

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova describes the initiative that is taking off this summer in the hopes of increasing travel and boosting tourism and trade

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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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Beat Hurricane Season With Emergency Notification Templates

Alert Media

The post Beat Hurricane Season With Emergency Notification Templates appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Overcoming Data Protection Challenges in Today’s Data-Driven World

Talkingpoint

The volume of data that organizations must store, manage and protect is exploding. Every day, the world generates more than 2.5 exabytes of data, which must be stored and managed by businesses or cloud providers. The growth of data, the […]. The post Overcoming Data Protection Challenges in Today’s Data-Driven World appeared first on TierPoint.

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Disaster Recovery (DR) Architecture on AWS, Part IV: Multi-site Active/Active

AWS Disaster Recovery

In my first blog post of this series , I introduced you to four strategies for disaster recovery (DR). My subsequent posts shared details on the backup and restore , pilot light, and warm standby active/passive strategies. In this post, you’ll learn how to implement an active/active strategy to run your workload and serve requests in two or more distinct sites.

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Looking Around the Corner: Why ESG Has Never Been More Important

LogisManager

Looking Around the Corner: Why Is ESG Important In The Present And Future. By Steven Minsky. Introduction: Why is ESG important? The topic of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is especially prominent right now. But why is ESG important? It’s all about the See-Through Economy. By taking a look at trends and patterns over the course of recent history, it’s clear that ESG is a growing concern for consumers, investors and regulators everywhere.

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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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Post-Pandemic Business Continuity Recovery Strategies

FEI

I often lead crisis management drills for one of our customers in the hospitality industry. One of their biggest concerns is how to effectively recover from their loss of staff during COVID-19. It wasn’t just small business that took a major hit during the pandemic. Some big-name franchises did as well. All this leads to the question: How do you continue to respond to crises with a skeleton staff?

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Allowing for growth while embracing renewable energy 

Crisis Response Journal

Haseeb Irfanullah analyses the Bangladesh Government’s strategy for green energy and climate responsibility through the lens of its response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar

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Introducing New Mobile App Features to Empower Anywhere Workers

Alert Media

The post Introducing New Mobile App Features to Empower Anywhere Workers appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Using Colocation for Disaster Recovery

Talkingpoint

Disasters don’t care about your business-critical applications & data. Colocation in a provider’s data center can help protect your business. We explore the benefits of using colocation as a defense against disaster. The post Using Colocation for Disaster Recovery appeared first on TierPoint.

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Data Warehouse vs Data Lake - Which Is Best?

Calligo

While both data warehouses and lakes are big data storage solutions, they are useful in distinctly different situations. Data warehouses store structured data that can be accessed and interpreted by anyone with permission to do so, whereas a data lake is an unstructured storage space for large quantities of raw data.

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Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date

MHA Consulting

Many organizations bring great energy to the job of creating new business continuity plans, then they put them on a shelf and allow the passage of time to make them … The post Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Crisis Hits Home: When Family is Sick in a Foreign Country

BCM METRICS

It’s one thing to talk about crisis management as it affects other people’s organizations. It’s something else when it involves your college-age son and he’s seriously ill in a country 6,000 miles away. Read for more on how this family crisis reenforced my crisis management training and experience. When Crisis Hits Home I provide crisis management advice to organizations for a living. […].

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And the Emergency Services Oscars go to… 

Crisis Response Journal

For the entertainment industry, there are the Oscars… For the emergency services, there is the 112 Awards Ceremony, writes Marta Azevedo Silva, EENA’s Communications and Press Officer

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How to Conduct a Fire Drill at Work

Alert Media

The post How to Conduct a Fire Drill at Work appeared first on AlertMedia.

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The Path to Maximum Data Center Uptime

Talkingpoint

Of all the many ways IT organizations are measured, maximizing uptime has to be one of the most important. After all, if employees and customers can’t access mission-critical systems, none of the rest of what IT does really matters. In […]. The post The Path to Maximum Data Center Uptime appeared first on TierPoint.

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How Julia Landauer, NASCAR Champion & ISC West Keynote Speaker, Built Her Career Confidence

Security Industry Association

ISC West 2021 is coming up July 19-21 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West have revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including 65+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments and this year’s engaging Keynote Series presentations. SIA is looking forward to the SIA Women in Security Forum Keynote on Day 3 of ISC West featuring remarks from two-time racing champion Julia Landauer on risk a

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Dropping the Ball: 6 Common Crisis Response Mistakes

MHA Consulting

Has your organization ever dropped the ball in responding to a crisis, thus making a bad situation worse? In today’s post, we’re going to look at six of the most … The post Dropping the Ball: 6 Common Crisis Response Mistakes appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Calculated Risk: The Two Kinds of Risk Assessment

BCM METRICS

There are two kinds of risk assessment. In today’s blog we’ll look at what they are and why your company would benefit from performing one of each type, once every year. The Two Types of Risk Assessment A lot of people who come to the blog are looking for basic information on risk assessment as […]. The post Calculated Risk: The Two Kinds of Risk Assessment appeared first on BCMMETRICS.