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The disability programme trying to bridge the disconnect between talent and acquisition 

Crisis Response Journal

A new UK aid-funded programme directed by Sightsavers in collaboration with various cross-sector partners, has set out to overcome employment barriers that prevent millions of people with disabilities from accessing employment.

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Brexit: Baa Humbug

Plan B Consulting

Charlie looks at a different aspect of the effects of a no-deal Brexit. This week my brother Alex got top price for Cheviot Lambs at Stirling Auction Mart. I also went for a run and listened to the BBC Sounds podcast ‘Beyond Today – No deal: what’s going to happen to our food?’ Inspired by these two things, I thought I would write this week’s bulletin on sheep farming and the effects of a no-deal Brexit.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Is Key To Closing The Cybersecurity Talent Gap

Behavior Group

The cybersecurity talent gap is undeniable. It’s also a presidential priority and well-established trend that some estimates project will reach 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. And it’s not just a question of numbers but also skills. A January report by the Center for Strategic & International Studies asked if cybersecurity education and training programs… Continue reading.

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Deadly extreme weather is the new normal

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

This piece was originally published on May 23, 2019 in The Hill. . The extreme weather events this week in the Midwest are both alarming and tragic. It is estimated that at least 30 tornados touched down in Kansas, Missouri and elsewhere on Tuesday alone. Unfortunately, there have also been at least four fatalities with more injuries reported. Flooding has also been an outsized consequence of these storms.

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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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Problem pests – vicious vectors 

Crisis Response Journal

With the rise in temperature over the summer months comes an increase in the number of flying insects that can make their way into homes, onto food and on car windscreens. In everyday life, they are simply an annoyance.

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Cybersecurity Should Be Handled by Law Enforcement and Government

Behavior Group

A quarter (25%) of survey respondents feel cybersecurity should be the responsibility of law enforcement, and 28% feel it is down to the government, according to a report by Palo Alto Networks. Cybersecurity The study, which surveyed over 10,000 respondents in EMEA and UAE, explored the attitudes towards new cybersecurity technologies, such as artificial intelligence… Continue reading.

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Mass Shootings: Reassuring Children After a Traumatic Event

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

America is reckoning with two new mass shootings, one in Dayton, Ohio and the other in El Paso, Texas – believed to be the eighth deadliest in modern U.S. history. While processing the constant stream of disturbing media, parents must also anticipate the needs of their children by helping them process the upsetting news. As a pediatrician and director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, I am offering some guidelines on how adults can speak to, comfort, and console

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Bullets or bacterium – in pursuit of the forgotten school intruder 

Crisis Response Journal

David P Perrodin, PhD, examines how the shadow of superbugs - a host of tiny, unseen enemies - could be a far greater danger than security threats to schools than many people currently perceive.

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5 Strategies On How Your Brand Should Handle A Product Recall

Marketpoint Recall

It's the moment brands dread: one of your company's products has been recalled for health concerns, inaccurate marketing, defective operation or any of a number of reasons, that are, at the surface, wholly negative. One has to look no further than the Samsung Galaxy 7 Note recall , which has been described as "the biggest debacle to happen the smartphone market in the last decade.

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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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How GSC Logistics Uses Emergency Communications to Keep Their Business Moving

Alert Media

The post How GSC Logistics Uses Emergency Communications to Keep Their Business Moving appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Record Abandonment -Identify RIM Provider Alternatives?

Prism International

Who pays the bill when the company declares bankruptcy? When a practitioner retires and/or meets an untimely death–who pays the RIM service invoice? What about the outstanding invoices when a practitioner closes a “single practitioner” office and joins a large consortium practice or medical school? As an example, who pays the invoice for those boxes of records sitting on a shelf in the record center (when he indicates he no longer needs them)?

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Wildfire Risks Due to Global Warming

Disaster Recovery

The Conventional Effects of Global Warming. Melting glaciers. Severe droughts. Rising sea levels. Heat waves. More pests and disease outbreaks. While global warming is a relatively well known phenomenon, the damage and impact they can cause to our surroundings are still taking us by surprise. Today, even localities traditionally known for humid climate are becoming prone to wildfire risks.