May, 2016

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Bringing CERT and SAR training to NepalĀ 

Crisis Response Journal

Dr Behrouz Moghaddasi, a physician from Iran and founder of that country's Search and Rescue Team, is now in Nepal, seeking to improve safety and preparedness by setting up a new institute.

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Emergency Notifications to a Massive Audience: Four Keys to Success

Alert Media

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BCPcast Episode 1 - An Aptitude For Disaster

The Business Continuity Podcast

In the first episode of the Business Continuity Podcast, we meet the people who keep some of the largest organisations in the UK running throughout disruption, and ask the question: what makes someone good in a disaster? And why are certain people attracted to situations where everything goes wrong? We also cover the first of our resilience quick fixes: What is one thing you could do tomorrow that would improve your ability to withstand and recover from major disruption?

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Chinese supply chain riskā€¦

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie looks at the importance of identifying succession within your supply chain. I have spent a day working with a manufacturing client this week to provide some supply chain continuity management training. The majority of their products are built or partially built in China and then shipped to the UK for final assembly. During the training we came across a new risk to suppliers that I had not come across in my reading, or heard of before, so I thought I would share it with you.

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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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The hazards of managing spontaneous volunteers during emergenciesĀ 

Crisis Response Journal

Asfandeyar Niazi says that although Pakistan now has rescue teams and a respectable, and expanding, emergency medical service, there is still the need for a unified incident command system.

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How to Use an Emergency Phone Number [+4 Tips From Our Customers]

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Using Groups to Succeed With Your Emergency Notification System

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7 Must-Have Features of an Emergency Notification System

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Chinese supply chain riskā€¦

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie looks at the importance of identifying succession within your supply chain. I have spent a day working with a manufacturing client this week to provide some supply chain continuity management training. The majority of their products are built or partially built in China and then shipped to the UK for final assembly. During the training we came across a new risk to suppliers that I had not come across in my reading, or heard of before, so I thought I would share it with you.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: youā€™ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect thereā€™s something going on that training canā€™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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Is Kidnapping a Business Continuity Threat?

Plan B Consulting

This bulletin was written before the Egypt air crash and may be the subject of next week’s bulletin. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims. This week Charlie looks at kidnap as a business continuity threat after his recent travels. Last week I was in Monterrey in Mexico , and as it was my first time in Mexico, apart from going there for breakfast from Belize, I thought I should focus this weekā€™s bulletin on what I learned from the trip.

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Is Kidnapping a Business Continuity Threat?

Plan B Consulting

This bulletin was written before the Egypt air crash and may be the subject of next week’s bulletin. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims. This week Charlie looks at kidnap as a business continuity threat after his recent travels. Last week I was in Monterrey in Mexico , and as it was my first time in Mexico, apart from going there for breakfast from Belize, I thought I should focus this weekā€™s bulletin on what I learned from the trip.

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Gaff or Crisisā€¦

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie looks at the importance of ‘thinking before you speak’, especially when your words can affect your organisation and its reputation. The former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, was suspended from the Labour Party earlier this week for making anti-Semitic comments. It got me thinking about how the words of senior managers can have a major affect on their organisation and its reputation.

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Gaff or Crisisā€¦

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie looks at the importance of ‘thinking before you speak’, especially when your words can affect your organisation and its reputation. The former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, was suspended from the Labour Party earlier this week for making anti-Semitic comments. It got me thinking about how the words of senior managers can have a major affect on their organisation and its reputation.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Weā€™ve all been there. Youā€™ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. Youā€™re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this ā€œboringā€ content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, ā€œBoring in means boring out.