2011

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'Self-reliance, resilience and survival during a crisis' Part III 

Crisis Response Journal

Editorial Advisory Panel Member Christo Motz covers the military urban survival course he attended from September 18 – 24, 2011, in the area around Halmstad and deals with practical solutions and strategies to survive a worst-case scenario during a massiv By Christo Motz

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Some initial business continuity thoughts on the Japanese Earthquake

Plan B Consulting

Whatever resilience you have within the organisation mother nature by sheer power can overwhelm them. Think about your supply chain – do any of you essential good come from Japan. They may come from the affected area or as there will be a shortage of power your supplier may be impacted by the lack of electricity. Business deals. I heard on the radio that a business man had decided to take the next flight home from Japan.

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Guaranteed Dates Program

Behavior Group

All courses have guaranteed dates, so all public dates presented on the site are guaranteed to occur. You can schedule and plan ahead. Behaviour launches program Guaranteed Dates in all training offer. This program provides the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills without, professionals and companies, have to wait for other professionals and companies to have… Continue reading.

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Self-reliance, resilience and survival during a crisis PART II 

Crisis Response Journal

The recent week has been very intense. On the morning of Friday, September 9, a meeting took place in the centre of Stockholm with Mr Anders M. Johansson and Mrs Leni Björklund, representatives of the Swedish Civil Defence League.

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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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Recovery, E-learning and strategic leadership - Editorial Board Member update 

Crisis Response Journal

Andy Marshall, Director of Civil Contingencies for Staffordshire, UK, writes: Staff at the Civil Contingencies Unit (CCU) in Stafford (UK) are currently preparing to run a CBRN response and recovery exercise to validate Staffordshire’s multi-agency CBRN p By Andy Marshall

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Essential reading - Dr Jay Levinson reviews a book on the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami 

Crisis Response Journal

The chapters in this well-edited book give a very comprehensive overview of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and it is clear in reading this publication that disaster responders should have at least a basic understanding of tsunamis and their characteristics By Jay Levinson

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Volcanic disruption - learning from last year's experience 

Crisis Response Journal

As CRJ went to press last week, news began to emerge of the Grimsvötn volcanic eruption in Iceland, and fears of further aviation disruption have now materialised, though these were not as severe as during last April’s crisis and most flights have now ret

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New Zealand quake update 

Crisis Response Journal

I wouldn’t normally write a news update like this on our blog as there is no shortage of excellent and up-to-date information on the earthquake in New Zealand – the main value of CRJ lies in analysis and reflection.

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Welcome to the Crisis Response Journal Blog 

Crisis Response Journal

Welcome to the Crisis Response Journal blog, which we’ll be using to update you with news, event launches, event reviews and emerging themes and topics. We’ll also be giving you updates on our editorial board members and partners.

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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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CRJ August issue

Crisis Response Journal

We're putting the finishing touches to the August issue of Crisis Response Journal. The main feature will be looking at climate effects on emergency planning and response.

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Singapore 

Crisis Response Journal

I am at the IAFPA Conference at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore, which is proving to be a fascinating and extremely well-organised event in a fantastic setting.

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Solar Activity 

Crisis Response Journal

I was interested to note the recent BBC report that the Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years triggering warnings of Geomagnetic storms.

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Next Issue Update 

Crisis Response Journal

I’m delighted to announce that Professor Edward Blakely will be starting an in-depth series looking at recovery management in the next issue of CRJ.

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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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Some initial business continuity thoughts on the Japanese Earthquake

Plan B Consulting

Whatever resilience you have within the organisation mother nature by sheer power can overwhelm them. Think about your supply chain – do any of you essential good come from Japan. They may come from the affected area or as there will be a shortage of power your supplier may be impacted by the lack of electricity. Business deals. I heard on the radio that a business man had decided to take the next flight home from Japan.

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The Definitive List of Exercise Scenarios

Plan B Consulting

I put the following post on the Linkedin BCMIX Group about a month ago. I asked readers to help me compile the definitive list of exercise scenarios. I have had about 50 replies so far. The list can be found at [link]. I have also put some information on what events the scenario is good for and the likely timescales of the incident. What I would like to do is get some example of real events which could help people get some background information for the scenario or can show that the actual scena

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The Definitive List of Exercise Scenarios

Plan B Consulting

I put the following post on the Linkedin BCMIX Group about a month ago. I asked readers to help me compile the definitive list of exercise scenarios. I have had about 50 replies so far. The list can be found at [link]. I have also put some information on what events the scenario is good for and the likely timescales of the incident. What I would like to do is get some example of real events which could help people get some background information for the scenario or can show that the actual scena

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Regus incident in Australia

Plan B Consulting

Regus who claim to provide business continuity services let many of their customers down just before Christmas. Those who sell business continuity need to make sure that their own house is in order. See the full article at [link] The post Regus incident in Australia appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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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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Regus incident in Australia

Plan B Consulting

Regus who claim to provide business continuity services let many of their customers down just before Christmas. Those who sell business continuity need to make sure that their own house is in order. See the full article at [link]. The post Regus incident in Australia appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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St Pauls Cathedral Protests

Plan B Consulting

I have been following the Occupy movement protest at St Paul’s Cathedral in London (and round the world) with some interest as this is a type of Business Continuity incident which perhaps many have not thought about. Most would agree that the Church of England’s handling of the incident has been poor. The protestors are protesting about points such as “We refuse to pay for the banking crisis” and “We want structural change towards authentic global equality.

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Business Continuity & The Olympics – is your organisation ready

Plan B Consulting

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. The big area he was stressing, was not how good the Olympics business continuity plans were, but whether businesses and public organisations are ready for the disruption caused by the Olympics. I personally thought there would be just some transport disruption in London during the actual three weeks of the games; his message was that the games

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St Pauls Cathedral Protests

Plan B Consulting

I have been following the Occupy movement protest at St Paul’s Cathedral in London (and round the world) with some interest as this is a type of Business Continuity incident which perhaps many have not thought about. Most would agree that the Church of England’s handling of the incident has been poor. The protestors are protesting about points such as “We refuse to pay for the banking crisis” and “We want structural change towards authentic global equality.

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Business Continuity & The Olympics – is your organisation ready

Plan B Consulting

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. The big area he was stressing, was not how good the Olympics business continuity plans were, but whether businesses and public organisations are ready for the disruption caused by the Olympics. I personally thought there would be just some transport disruption in London during the actual three weeks of the games; his message was that the games

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Learning from Incidents

Plan B Consulting

I was sent an exercise report from a colleague in Shetland who had taken part in Exercise Sulla, an exercise looking at the response to an incident similar to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I am working on doing some incident training for the team which would respond to an incident. One of the thoughts I have had for a while is, do we actually from learn from reports.

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Learning from Incidents

Plan B Consulting

I was sent an exercise report from a colleague in Shetland who had taken part in Exercise Sulla, an exercise looking at the response to an incident similar to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I am working on doing some incident training for the team which would respond to an incident. One of the thoughts I have had for a while is, do we actually from learn from reports.

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The next incident is always the one we haven’t thought of…

Plan B Consulting

“The next incident is always the one we haven’t thought of…’ I use this phrase during all my training and time and time again it proves to be true; ash cloud, fuel crisis etc. Who would have thought that there would be rioting on the streets of United Kingdom. Dare I say this is the sort of thing we see on the news which other nations do rather than the ‘civilised’ British……I will not comment on the people who are doing the rioting as if you look at any twi

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Counting the costs of the riots

Plan B Consulting

I saw this headline on the online version of The Telegraph today (24th August) “UK retailers lost 30,000 trading hours due to riots” which they say equates to upwards of 1,250 trading days lost. When we are carrying out the business impact analysis stage of the business continuity lifecycle we are always trying to find calculations of how to estimate how much money we could lose due to a business continuity incident.

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The next incident is always the one we haven’t thought of…

Plan B Consulting

“The next incident is always the one we haven’t thought of…’ I use this phrase during all my training and time and time again it proves to be true; ash cloud, fuel crisis etc. Who would have thought that there would be rioting on the streets of United Kingdom. Dare I say this is the sort of thing we see on the news which other nations do rather than the ‘civilised’ British……I will not comment on the people who are doing the rioting as if you look at any twi

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Counting the costs of the riots

Plan B Consulting

I saw this headline on the online version of The Telegraph today (24th August) “UK retailers lost 30,000 trading hours due to riots” which they say equates to upwards of 1,250 trading days lost. When we are carrying out the business impact analysis stage of the business continuity lifecycle we are always trying to find calculations of how to estimate how much money we could lose due to a business continuity incident.

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Disaster Recovery – What a Business Continuity Manager should know about their organisations I.T. systems

Plan B Consulting

I am just about to go down and see a clients IT department and was preparing a list of questions to ask them. I thought I would share it with the readers of this blog. These are the questions I think all Business Continuity Managers (BCM) should know about their own IT systems. I believe you don’t need to know the finer details and how the technology works but you need a good understanding of the following points.

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Disaster Recovery – What a Business Continuity Manager should know about their organisations I.T. systems

Plan B Consulting

I am just about to go down and see a clients IT department and was preparing a list of questions to ask them. I thought I would share it with the readers of this blog. These are the questions I think all Business Continuity Managers (BCM) should know about their own IT systems. I believe you don’t need to know the finer details and how the technology works but you need a good understanding of the following points.