Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Disaster and Emergency Management Methods; Social Science Approaches in Application by Jason Rivera. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. ISBN-hardcover: 978 0 367 42398 8 ISBN-electronic: 978 0 367 82394 8; Pages: 381; on-line price $52.95 for paperback., $172.55 for hardback, $42.36 for etext USD. Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation.

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Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It doesn’t come from reading a book.

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Management 278

Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

November 2021: In a free-to-attend webinar on December 7, 2021, Amanda Coleman will share how to rebuild reputations after a crisis and the five steps to recovery

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

During the pandemic, the rapid spread of information has been a powerful force for good. But it has also allowed misinformation and conspiracy theories to spread more virulently than ever before. The vast scale of the problem means scalable solutions like machine learning could be needed to rein in the bots, trolls, and conspiracy theories being spread by bad-faith actors.

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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!

Mitigation

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Management 202

LogisManager

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Customer Value Story: How to Know What You Don’t Know. After disrupting business operations across the world, the pandemic has been a catalyst for innovation. Since the beginning, LogicManager has been working with our clients to help them pivot and prepare to face new challenges, but also transform and streamline their processes in order to emerge even stronger on the other side.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine has been accompanied by dramatically tougher rhetoric in recent months. Russian President Vladimir Putin may believe Ukraine is at an inflection point and that it's time to up the ante. The risk of a major war seems real enough to justify a new U.S. approach.

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Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

An in-depth article by the WashPost. The ring in the ashes.Why FEMA’s billion-dollar program to prevent disasters failed to save Mount Olive Road. Be sure to see the segment titled : What’s the Wait.

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National Fire Protection Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Standpipe systems consist of piping and hose connections installed throughout a building to provide reliable water for the manual suppression of a fire by either the fire department or trained personnel. NFPA 14, Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems, Chapter 6, outlines design and installation requirements for standpipe and hose systems.

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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.

Evaluation

Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

What is on your list for professional development?

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Management 147

The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Russian military shifts and stinging Kremlin criticisms of Ukraine are raising questions about Moscow's aims. Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014 led to a strong Western response. What could be in store now?

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Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

From the New Yorker: The Migrant Workers Who Follow Climate Disasters. A growing group of laborers is trailing hurricanes and wildfires the way farm workers follow crops, contracting for big disaster-recovery firms, and facing exploitation, injury, and death.

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Disaster Recovery 100

Castellan

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If you’re still using spreadsheets or word processing documents printed and stored in stacks of binders to manage your business continuity program and related plans, then you may be setting your program up for unforeseen obstacles that could negatively affect your program success. While these processes and older, expensive governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools have been used in business continuity for decades, if you’ve relied on any of them, you know they’re time-consuming, error-prone,

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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.

Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The winter surge in cases may be beginning.

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Pandemic 147

The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With interdependence comes risk, and in the case of supply chains, these risks often are not fully appreciated. A systematic effort, cutting across agencies and public and private sectors, could be one way to ensure that vulnerabilities are understood and mitigated.

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Vulnerability Mitigation 130

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As the end of the year approaches, the Diva needs a web specialist to help check all of the URLs to be sure they still work. If you like this site, and find the 12 years of postings that are stored here helpful, please consider making a donation. See the DONATE NOW button in the right hand column of the home page.Thanks!

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Acronis

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Acronis #CyberFit Summit in Schaffhausen ends on November 19. Whether you were able to join us at the Acronis HQ or not, here’s a quick look at some of the top takeaways from this amazing IT channel event.

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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

Entertainment

Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Our neighbors to the north took the brunt.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Health care consolidation is endemic across the United States. With consolidation has come public attention and regulatory scrutiny. Unfortunately, evidence is accumulating that health care consolidation is harming competition in the U.S. health care market, while neither reducing costs nor improving care.

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Marketing 115

Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

What Does It Take to Build a Disaster-Proof House? A few homeowners across the country are trying to find out, by experimenting with new (and old) construction techniques.

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Unitrends

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

“Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what… it has the power to unite us.” – Lady Gaga Music has passed from generation to generation — from the first bone-carved instruments in the Paleolithic period to the easily consumable entertainment product it has become in the 21st […]. The post Unitrends Greatest Hits: The Evolution of Music and the Technology That Drives It appeared first on Unitrends.

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Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Get experience when and where you can!

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Management 147

The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Leaders of EU member states and institutions have recently renewed calls for Europe to assume a greater role and increased autonomy in transatlantic and global security and defense. How can Europe and the United States work together to reduce misperceptions about strategic autonomy and chart an outcome that could enhance transatlantic solidarity and security?

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Acronis

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As the Acronis #CyberFit Summit at the company’s Schaffhausen headquarters came to a close, members of the leadership team took to the stage to officially announce that 2021 was the best year in the cyber protection company’s history, citing tremendous milestone achievements, personnel growth, and product updates.

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BryghtPath

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This article is part of a two-part series dedicated to helping crisis team leaders and team members prepare for their next crisis. An average of 60 hours of training is required to become a certified first responder. 600 hours to become a firefighter. And to become a crisis management leader? A whopping zero. And yet … The post Suiting Up for a Crisis Part I: The Crisis Leader appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Security Industry Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Security Industry Association (SIA) member Boon Edam Inc. is a leading manufacturer of revolving doors and security turnstiles. The company is headquartered in Lillington, North Carolina, with additional offices across the United States and internationally. SIA spoke with Valerie Currin, president and managing director at Boon Edam, about her experiences with the company.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Why is Russia's main export to Africa advanced conventional weapons at a time when other needs are so great? African leaders might think twice about aggressive Russian arms pitches and engagement of mercenaries, and prioritize measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage economic growth.

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Pandemic 105

Acronis

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Acronis #CyberFit Summit in Schaffhausen kicks off today, gathering IT channel professionals from across Europe to connect, learn, and grow their businesses together at the Acronis HQ. Here are some of the can’t-miss events and opportunities attendees will experience.

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Fusion Risk Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In a Fusion Customer Roundtable on November 10, 2021, Paula Fontana, Senior Director Product Marketing, and I discussed how resiliency, risk, and compliance professionals know that ESG is much more than just a marketing activity – it is the missing link to resilience strategy. ESG is critical to the success of organizations resiliency strategy for three reasons: Companies are facing growing expectations and reporting requirements from regulators and investors.

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Disaster Zone

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It is that time of year, plus.

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