2023

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2023 Predictions: Is a Global Recession Inevitable?

DRI Drive

The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 8th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction about the world economy.

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Is 'Run Hide Fight' Still the Answer to Mass Shooter Events?

Disaster Zone

Some think events have proven other courses of action are perhaps needed

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Book Review: Resilience Matters (5th edition)

Recovery Diva

Invited review by John Plodinec, Ph.D. is an independent scholar, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. Once again, Claire has asked me to review the latest in the Resilience Matters series – this one subtitled Collective Action for Healthier Communities. The ebook , again edited by Laurie Mazur, consists of 55 short essays, most of which have appeared as opinion pieces in various periodicals. The ebook is free, and can be downloaded here.

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5 Puzzling Aspects of Media Relations

Bernstein Crisis Management

5 Puzzling Aspects of Media Relations Through decades of work assisting with media-related crisis communications and media training spokespeople who are facing daunting tasks like live nationwide news interviews, we’ve come to realize that many people assume there are a standard set of rules which all reporters must follow. In truth, most of these “rules” — things like actually keeping ‘off the record’ comments, well, off the record — simply don’t exist!

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

This webinar with Tim Buteyn will teach you strategies for motivating learners even when training them on "boring" topics, methods to capture learner attention and bring your courses to life, and techniques that convert a course from dry and lifeless to relevant and engaging.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Source: Wikimedia Commons An interesting map was published by the US Geological Survey shortly after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes. [1]

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This I Believe

DisasterDoc

(Preface from Keim M. Emergency Health APHA Press, Washington, DC 2023) THIS I BELIEVE I believe in public health. Because of people like John Snow, I believe that disease does. The post This I Believe appeared first on DisasterDoc. Emergency Health APHA disasters health health equity public health

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Improving PagerDuty’s Operational Resilience to Achieve our Long Term Vision and Goals by Jennifer Tejada

PagerDuty

CEO Jennifer Tejada sent the following email to PagerDuty employees earlier today. Hi Dutonians, Part of our mission at PagerDuty is to help businesses “anticipate the unexpected in an unpredictable world.”

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CCPA Compliance Checklist

Reciprocity

If your organization has a presence in California or does business with California residents, then it most likely needs to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

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The Myth of America's Ukraine Fatigue

The Rand Blog

Perceptions that the United States has “Ukraine fatigue” may be more myth than reality. It could be years before any declines in the American public's support for Ukraine actually result in a change of policy

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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 this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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The Essentials of Business Continuity Program Management

Kings Bridge BCP

Not long ago I was asked the question, “So we have this Business Continuity Plan. All of the steps are documented, the contact information is confirmed, and the supporting documentation is up to date. Now what?” A great question! And one that requires a little bit of explanation.

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DRI International Releases 8th Annual Predictions Report

DRI Drive

DRI International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its Eighth Annual Predictions Report – resilience predictions for the profession by the profession. It is available as a free download in DRI’s online library.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Latest EOC Technology

Disaster Zone

You can scale your technology investments based on your facility and budget

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FEMA is now Involved in Palestine Ohio HazMat Disaster

Recovery Diva

As of Feb. 17, FEMA is now involved in the major hazmat disaster in Palestine. This is unusual, because EPA had the lead as is typical of such events. See this explanation: Ohio train derailment update: Gov. Mike DeWine announces FEMA to send team to East Palestine. The workers will “support ongoing operations, including incident coordination and ongoing assessments of potential long-term recovery needs ”

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5 Online Reputation Management Tips Every Business Should Know

Bernstein Crisis Management

5 Online Reputation Management Tips Every Business Should Know. Reputation is an incredibly valuable business asset, and these days the fate of that asset will often be decided online. Before you can even begin to consider how to best protect and grow your reputation, you need to get familiar with one of the basics of modern crisis management – monitoring the internet and social media.

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The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources    

MHA Consulting

The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. In today’s post, we’ll list and link to some of MHA’s best-ever resources on the art of communicating during a crisis.

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Storage and Data Protection News for the Month of February; Updates from Arcserve, Druva, HYCU & More

Solutions Review

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy storage and data protection news items for the month of February 2023. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task.

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3 Real-Life Cybersecurity Incidents… and What They Can Teach You

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN February 8, 2023 3 Real-Life Cybersecurity Incidents… and What They Can Teach You Before getting into the gritty details, let us first acknowledge that no one—be it an individual or a business—likes being “made an example of” in front of an audience.

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Spotlight: Silvereye Technologies and Perception Point key sponsors at Acronis Sales Kickoff

Acronis

During the week of Feb 6th, over 200 of the Acronis Global Sales Leadership Team will gather in Sofia, Bulgaria, to kick off 2023. This year, the annual sales meeting will be sponsored by two Acronis strategic partners: Silvereye Technologies and Perception Point.

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Letter to Employees by PagerDuty

PagerDuty

UPDATE: Friday, January 27, 2023 7:00PM PT CEO Jennifer Tejada and PagerDuty leadership hosted global team meetings where they discussed the layoff announcement made earlier this week. She sent the below email to our employees as a follow up to those conversations.

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Support to Ukraine Continues to Be for America First

The Rand Blog

Why should the United States spend tens of billions of dollars on a war half a world away? Because it's in America's economic and strategic interests

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Resiliency and Data Mobility in AWS with Veritas Alta™ Application Resiliency

VOX Veritas

Learn about how Veritas Alta Application Resiliency can help keep your applications always-on in the cloud

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Train Derailment and Chemical Explosion Exposes Clear and Present Danger in Railway Safety

DRI Drive

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Disaster Zone Podcast: CISA What Is it? What Does It Do?

Disaster Zone

What does a CISA Region do as opposed to FEMA Regions

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Earthquake in Turkey – troublesome details

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post: Turkey’s earthquake death toll might be more than just a natural disaster. An excerpt: Natural disaster is one aspect of the story. Turkey’s reliance on construction-driven economic growth, cronyism and willingness to ignore its own building standards is the other. The first was unavoidable. Did the second lead to mass casualties? At the very minimum, the Turkish people will have every right to demand a thorough investigation of precisely that question.

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Crisis Communication Strategy: First 5 Things To Do When a Crisis Breaks

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis Communication Strategy: First 5 Things To Do When a Crisis Breaks A major part of any crisis communication strategy is doing the preparedness and prevention work before you find yourself facing true crisis-level events that threaten to harm people or property, seriously interrupt operations and/or damage reputation.

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All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources

MHA Consulting

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. In today’s post, we list, link to, and describe MHA’s best BIA resources.

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An Expert Disaster Recovery Plan Checklist Template for 2023

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories. In this feature, Barracuda ‘s SVP of Data Protection offers a disaster recovery plan checklist as an essential resource to consider this year.

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Aligning IT During a Merger or Acquisition

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN January 25, 2023 Aligning IT During a Merger or Acquisition Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are as promising and exciting as they are intimidating.

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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

BCM METRICS

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one.

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What Will Blockchain Mean for Data Storage?

Pure Storage

This is part two in a three-part series covering blockchain technologies. Read part one to learn how blockchain is modernizing enterprise apps.

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One Year After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Experts React

The Rand Blog

We asked nearly 30 RAND experts to highlight takeaways from the first year of Russia's all-out war—and share what they're watching as the conflict in Ukraine grinds on. Here's what they said

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It’s Data Privacy Week, How Are You Helping Your Clients Stay Secure?

Prism International

The 22-28 of January is Data Privacy week. In honor of this week, i-SIGMA has put together this article that you can share with clients to help them secure data in everyday life. The business world may be shifting its focus to the digital realm, but vigilant cybersecurity is only one aspect of data protection.

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