DRI Drive

JULY 27, 2023

In today’s competitive job market, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd and showcase your skills and achievements. That’s why DRI digital badges are a great way to boost your career progression and demonstrate your expertise in the business continuity management and resilience fields. DRI digital badges are verifiable, portable and shareable […] The post How DRI Digital Badges Can Advance Your Career in Resilience appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Disaster Zone

JULY 18, 2023

How much of a problem do we have? Solutions?

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BryghtPath

JULY 18, 2023

In December 2004, I graduated from Augsburg College in Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in management information systems, economics, and business administration. I wasn’t sure which direction my future career would take me but I was looking forward to finding out what was next. Discovering Disaster Recovery Fortunately, I landed the first job I applied … The post An Unexpected Path: Finding My Niche in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning appeared first on Bryghtpath

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Recovery Diva

JULY 7, 2023

From Smart Cities Diva, this article on the outcome of a recent Wash Post live event last week: As billion-dollar disasters increase, FEMA evolves to keep up.The agency is reevaluating when to scale up staffing and eyeing building codes as a strategy to save on recovery costs.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 25, 2023

One of the personal and organizational constraining factors that limit our aspirations is the lack of funding. To accomplish anything requires money. Emergency management as a profession has become overly dependent on grant funding. However, there are other sources of funding that can be tapped. In this podcast we talk with an expert fundraiser. We discuss the challenges that come from even just thinking about asking for money and then transition to some tools you can use to get the money you ne

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DRI Drive

JULY 10, 2023

As the leading nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on a wide network of partner organizations who share that mission and promote greater resiliency. DRI encourages Certified Professionals to actively support these valuable partner organizations. Here’s what’s coming up in your region: MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum […] The post Collaborative Partner Organization News: July 10, 2023 appeared first on DRI D

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Disaster Zone

JULY 11, 2023

Learn about the hazards and the organization charged with all aspects of emergency management.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Russian oligarch turned warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin is in exile in Belarus, but what will become of the tens of thousands of fighters who signed up to risk their lives for a paycheck or a ticket out of jail? It seems likely they will continue fighting, mostly because they have few better options.

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Recovery Diva

JULY 5, 2023

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Homeland Security. Full report is 34 pp. “Each year, we make more than 1,000 recommendations to help the federal government save money, address issues on our High Risk List, and significantly improve government operations. This letter to DHS outlines 42 open recommendations that it should prioritize.

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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!

Mitigation

Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 18, 2023

If you think you know all about the capabilities of drones, you don’t know the half of it. In this podcast we explore the capabilities of drones to fly “inside of buildings” and not using GPS. My guest is Blake Resnick a technology star if there ever was one. We talk about the future of drone technology and the expected revisions to FAA rules and regulations which will open up the use of drones in so many different ways.

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Pure Storage

JULY 31, 2023

Move to Pure: The Last Storage vMotion You’ll Ever Need to Do by Pure Storage Blog Back to Las Vegas! While we’re all returning to a deeply familiar place (this time for VMware Explore, August 21-24), the content isn’t! There is a ton of new innovation to learn about and discuss—especially when it comes to storage. Pure Storage has been hard at work innovating and developing new paths for VMware customers to take advantage of their storage platform to drive their applications forward.

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DRI Drive

JULY 12, 2023

“We’re in the dead center of summer, and as extreme climate change creates every type of challenge imaginable – floods, droughts, storms, wildfires – the question many business leaders may be asking is, “What can I do about it? Before you write off the weather as being beyond your control, read on to learn about […] The post Extreme Heat is Creating ‘Quiet Killer’ Conditions: Business Leaders Keep Your Cool!

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Disaster Zone

JULY 6, 2023

Cyber attack forecast for this summer.

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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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The Rand Blog

JULY 6, 2023

What signal does revoking policies related to improved access to reproductive health care send to young women who are considering the military as a possible path for them? Given an already concerning recruiting environment, can we really afford to further alienate an entire gender when it comes to protecting our national security?

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Security 104

Recovery Diva

JULY 7, 2023

Here is some advice for those with major illnesses to help anticipate and enhance their ability to cope with a major disaster. The source of this information is the Mesothelioma Center. Those who have been diagnosed or have a family member diagnosed with cancer can have a particularly hard time when natural disasters occur. This can range from not having the ability to refill a prescription to roadways being blocked so they can’t make it to the hospital to continue their treatment.

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Hospitality 133

Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 11, 2023

Washington State is one of the most high hazard states here in the United States. The emergency management leader there is Robert Ezelle who is the fifth senior state emergency management director in the nation. He serves as Director of the Washington Military Department’s Emergency Management Division (EMD), which is responsible for leading and coordinating mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities to minimize the impact of disasters and emergencies on the people, property, env

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Pure Storage

JULY 31, 2023

Data Storage Innovation: Power, Water, and Space by Pure Storage Blog Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs have become commonplace across industries, geographies, and companies of all sizes. Organizations are earmarking more resources toward ESG-related initiatives as consumers and investors demand higher standards of sustainability and accountability—and as the impacts of climate change continue to rise.

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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.

DRI Drive

JULY 31, 2023

As the leading nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on a wide network of partner organizations who share that mission and promote greater resiliency. DRI encourages Certified Professionals to actively support these valuable partner organizations. Here’s what’s coming up in your region: MidAmerica Contingency Planning Forum […] The post Collaborative Partner Organization News: Aug. 1, 2023 appeared first on DRI Dr

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Disaster Zone

JULY 19, 2023

If you have not started this journey, begin soon.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 31, 2023

The U.S. Air Force is experiencing a shortfall in Fiscal Year 23 military personnel appropriation funding. While the Department of Defense and Congress have taken action to shore up Air Force funding in the short term, the more critical task is to rebalance long-term military personnel funding for sustainable workforce development and utilization.

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Recovery Diva

JULY 12, 2023

From Bloomberglaw, an article that provides an historic account of FEMA.

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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

Entertainment

Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 4, 2023

If you don’t know it, we are headed for a significant energy challenge in the near future. Too much demand for electricity, an outdated and aging electrical grid, and an imbalance for where the energy needs are and where energy is being generated. Which brings us to the topic of today’s podcast. How energy storage using batteries is a good choice for a number of applications, be it for a home, business or a utility.

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Acronis

JULY 31, 2023

At Acronis, we are constantly striving to enhance our solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers and partners. Today, we are excited to announce a significant development in our Advanced File Sync and Share for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud: integration of eIDAS electronic signature functionality, providing our users with a seamless and secure experience when sharing and signing documents.

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DRI Drive

JULY 20, 2023

DRI’s audit courses describe and explain the requirements in the identified international standard. Core competencies – including risk assessment, business impact analysis, continuity strategies, and crisis communications – are addressed in similar ways within both courses. Content specific to NFPA 1600 (such as emergency management, employee assistance and support, and crisis management) is not included, […] The post Frequently Asked Questions: Differences between BCLE AUD ISO 22301 and B

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Disaster Zone

JULY 5, 2023

Is energy storage in your future?

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Security Industry Association

JULY 27, 2023

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Flash Security Integrators Inc. offers home security, commercial security and multitenant solutions. The company is headquartered in Hazlet, New Jersey. SIA spoke with Michael Laterza, president/co-founder/owner at Flash Security Integrators, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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