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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management  

MHA Consulting

Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management. In our experience at MHA, most organizations do pretty well with the tactical side of CM—writing plans to accomplish the CM priorities and executing on them when an event occurs. They are: Crisis team distribution and integration.

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

MHA Consulting

We’ll also share some ideas on how you can ensure that your documentation is not simply window dressing but is a real aid that can improve your company’s ability to recover in the event of a disruption. 1: Trying to document a recovery plan that does not exist. The recovery plan does not live in a vacuum. Common Mistake No.

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

MHA Consulting

Crisis Management. Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.) and how these should be implemented to ensure a swift, effective response in the event of a disruption? Business and Disaster Recovery.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Another definition from the Federal Continuity Directive 1 is, Continuity Plan is a documented plan that details how an individual organization will ensure it can continue to perform its essential functions during a wide range of events that can impact normal operations. Business Impact Analysis Key Findings. Crisis Management Levels.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency. There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. A response plan can cover a variety of emergencies.

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Planning Your Next Mock Disaster Exercise

MHA Consulting

As BCM Practitioners we are often required to dream up, plan, implement and facilitate a mock disaster exercise for our Crisis Management teams. Typically, a couple of these sessions will build the framework that you can use to create the detail events. Validate the exercise framework meets objectives.

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America – The Time to Be Prepared for the Next Disaster is Now

MHA Consulting

As a leading continuity-consulting firm to major private and public entities over the last thirteen (13) years, we have worked across many industries and seen varying levels of organizational preparedness in the event of an unplanned disruption due to natural, man-made or technological events. And yes, the companies recovered.