Bernstein Crisis Management

MAY 19, 2023

Crisis Management Explained: A Comprehensive Guide Crisis management is a crucial aspect of running a successful organization. In today’s unpredictable and rapidly changing world, businesses must be prepared to handle unexpected events that can disrupt their normal operations, harm their reputation, or threaten their survival. This comprehensive guide will explore the various aspects of crisis management, including its definition, the importance of having a crisis management plan, the diff

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Recovery Diva

MAY 16, 2023

From the Wash Post, Want to know why America is losing its edge? Look around campus. An excerpt: “Some 2.5 million fewer Americans are enrolled in college than in 2011, and the decline is accelerating. The college-going rate of high school graduates has dropped from 70 percent in 2016 to 62 percent in 2022, and if this trend continues, a group of young Americans will — for the first time in our history — enter the workforce with less education than the one before.

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DRI Drive

MAY 9, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the coronavirus is no longer a global emergency. But it’s also taking steps to ensure the next pandemic doesn’t have the same disastrous effects. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a recent panel […] The post WHO Declares COVID-19 Emergency Over – So What’s Next?

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Disaster Zone

MAY 15, 2023

Standard stuff, growth over safety. Poor design. Inadequate standards and inspections.

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The Rand Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Extremism is like cancer: It will always exist, but ignoring it runs the risk that it rears its ugly head, metastasizing throughout the country. The United States needs to ensure it has the proper tools to diagnose extremism in its earliest stages, and that the agencies tasked with protecting our democracy have the capability to get it into, and keep it in, remission.

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Solutions Review

MAY 12, 2023

Solutions Review editors curated this list of the most noteworthy storage and data protection news items for the week of May 12, 2023. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy

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Recovery Diva

MAY 16, 2023

Opinion piece in HSToday by Richard Serino: A 10-Year Reflection on the Boston Marathon Bombing and a Call for a National Emergency Management Strategy. An excerpt: While nothing can replace those we lost, as a community we take solace that our preparedness saved lives. I often say: It was no accident that Boston was prepared to respond that day, it was no accident that equipment was on site.

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DRI Drive

MAY 5, 2023

DRI International and the University College London (UCL) Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) will be hosting a one-day, on-campus conference to be held June 14. While educational content is developed for resilience professionals, partnering with a university enables students to learn more about resilience careers and interact with those already doing the job. […] The post DRI and University College London to Host One-Day Conference in June appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Disaster Zone

MAY 26, 2023

It’s good for the next six months.

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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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The Rand Blog

MAY 31, 2023

After months of publicly lobbying to acquire U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, it appears that Ukraine may receive them later this year. However, there remains a long road ahead before the F-16s would see service in Ukraine—and it is an open question how much they would affect the outcome of the war.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

MAY 23, 2023

Maritime pilots provide a valuable service to the safety of broader maritime enterprise. This podcast explores their functions and what their role is in shepherding huge ships safely to dock and then back out to sea. The guest, Captain Eric Von Brandenfels is an experienced mariner and Puget Sound Pilot. He learned to sail at an early age and worked a tugboat job in high school.

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Zerto

MAY 24, 2023

Ransomware has become an increasingly prevalent threat for today’s businesses. While ransomware resilience efforts focus mostly on prevention and response, the ability to detect ransomware early is just as crucial. Early detection helps you determine the point of impact. Using early detection to protect your IT infrastructure against ransomware is much like guarding a bank vault.

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Recovery Diva

MAY 2, 2023

FEMA Disaster Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Hiring Data and Address Staffing Gaps. A short version and the full report ( 36 pages) are available on the website.

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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!

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DRI Drive

MAY 21, 2023

Recent years have seen the summer months accompanied by rolling blackouts and other energy shortfalls. This year, the risks may not be as extreme – but they will be more common. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment, warning that two thirds of North America is at risk […] The post Summertime Blues: Is Your Region Ready for Power Outages?

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Disaster Zone

MAY 9, 2023

Another hazard that you need to know about—The Sun!

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The Rand Blog

MAY 3, 2023

The United States badly needs a new secrecy paradigm to protect classified information, and one that also improves government transparency. Our archaic system for keeping classified information secure is terminally flawed, and no amount of triage tinkering can hope to fix it.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

MAY 16, 2023

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is the largest such organization in the world. Their 2023 IAEM Conference will be held in Long Beach California. Leading the conference preparations is Duane Hagelgans, Conference Chair. In this podcast we find out about the conference in general and more specifics on how the event is organized, how speakers are chosen and then other opportunities like the Exhibit Hall, where vendors of all types display their wares and services.

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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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Pure Storage

MAY 18, 2023

ESG Research Shows Why Data Analytics Maturity Matters by Pure Storage Blog Many organizations have expanded their analytics capabilities by capturing “big data” to explore new business capabilities. Now, some want to accelerate those capabilities by moving beyond experimentation with analytics toward more mature investments and capabilities. In 2020, Pure Storage ® partnered with Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) to sponsor a study that examines the benefits of these investments and reveals the

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Recovery Diva

MAY 24, 2023

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DRI Drive

MAY 25, 2023

As part of a focused campaign on curbing cyberattacks, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has developed updated guidance for organizations. The #StopRansomware Guide Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) was initially introduced in 2020 based on the FBI and CISA’s advisories for network defenders. Since then, ransomware threat actors have stepped up their tactics and techniques, […] The post #StopRansomware: New Guide From The U.S.

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Disaster Zone

MAY 2, 2023

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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.

The Rand Blog

MAY 8, 2023

From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

MAY 9, 2023

Everyone is familiar with the functions of the National Weather Service (NWS) and its role in forecasting the weather here on earth. They also have another function which is forecasting “space weather.” That is the topic of this podcast. Yes, there are potential dangers that can come from solar activity. The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster.

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Security Industry Association

MAY 23, 2023

SIA’s apprenticeship initiative will meet the demand for a highly skilled technical workforce, grow career development opportunities and diversify the industry’s talent pipeline. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has secured approval from the U.S. Department of Labor for its national program standards establishing a new apprenticeship initiative for security technicians and installers.

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Recovery Diva

MAY 25, 2023

From the WashPost: Melt from historic California snow may be less damaging than feared.

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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

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