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10 BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid: Part 1

By Tam Williams, KingsBridge BCP: Wondering if your business is going to get your through the next wave of Covid-19 or some other business interruption? Make sure your planning efforts arenā€™t going to waste by learning about these 10 BCP mistakes youā€™ll want to avoid in your business continuity plan ... Read more

How to Keep Your Employees Calm During a Hurricane

By AlertMedia: A major storm system swirls together in the Atlantic. Over 48 hours, it rapidly intensifies into a Category 4 beast with sustained wind speeds of 130 mph. Forecasters warn that the hurricane will unleash catastrophic damage. Itā€™s moving due west and your state is directly in its path. ... Read more

Adaptive Tip: Enabling (not Delivering) Continuity

By Mark Armour, cABCF: A fundamental problem with our traditional approach to business continuity is that it is predicated on the belief that BC is something that can be delivered. This forms the foundation of our lifecycle and methodology-driven approach as it believed that, by properly executing a series of ... Read more

2020 Wildfire Season Outlook and How to Prepare Your Employees and Business

By Agility Recovery: Wildfire Season Risk, Outlook and Facts: A Wildfire season typicallyĀ aligns with times when thereā€™s an excess of dry fuels, winds and temperatures are above average, and humidity is low, which creates hot, dry conditions. Wildfire season also varies from one region to another.Ā While there are wildfire hot ... Read more

Recently Acknowledged Authorities Join Recognized Subject Matter Experts at 2019 Conference

ā€œOur goal in procuring high-profile presenters is to strike a balance between lining up recognized subject matter experts, while continuing to tap new resources and recently acknowledged authorities,ā€ said Bob Nakao, Conference Chair of the 2019 Continuity Insights Management Conference. ā€œThis yearā€™s respected faculty is eager to share their experience ... Read more

Tying it Together: Why Organizations Should Take an Operational Approach to Risk Management

By Robert Sibik: Combining business continuity and risk management into a single operational process is the most effective way to prepare for the worst. Combining two seemingly unrelated entities to make a better, more useful creation is a keystone of innovation. Think of products like the clock radio and the ... Read more

Are You Ready, Getting Ready, or Getting Ready to Get Ready?

By Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC: How ready are you to communicate quickly, like an expert, in a crisis? Adjacent to your Business Continuity Plan should be your Crisis Communications Plan. Your crisis readiness should position your organization to communicate quickly with your employees, the media, your customers, your community, ... Read more

ICYMI: Building a Crisis Communications Team

By Jennifer March, Vanguard ā€“ Warren Buffett once famously said, ā€œIt takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.ā€ A crisis communications team, as part of a robust business continuity program, is a companyā€™s best tool to protect their reputation after a disaster strikes. While ... Read more

ICYMI: The Threat of Violence ā€“ A Reality in the Modern Workplace

Steve Crimando | Behavioral Science Applications Like it or not, every organization is vulnerable to workplace violence, regardless its size, type or location. An incident of workplace violence can be devastating to an organizationā€”to employee safety and security, to employee morale, to employee retention and recruiting, and to its reputation ... Read more

Building a Crisis Communications Team

By Jennifer March, Vanguard ā€“ Warren Buffett once famously said, ā€œIt takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.ā€ A crisis communications team, as part of a robust business continuity program, is a companyā€™s best tool to protect their reputation after a disaster strikes. While ... Read more

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