January, 2023

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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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2023 Predictions: What is China’s Future on the World Stage?

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 on China’s economic and political outlook. Prediction 6: China will face a period of economic uncertainty […].

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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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Troubling Details re Disabled People Post Disaster

Recovery Diva

Majority of disabled people never go home after disasters. Excerpts from the report: Advocates have been trying for years to draw attention to the harsh conditions that people with disabilities face after natural disasters. Now federal data shows that the suffering is worse than anyone could have imagined. Census Bureau data released Thursday shows that people with disabilities are far more likely than anyone else to face major hardships including displacement from their homes due to a major dis

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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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.

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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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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. Providing a roadmap of the issues resilience professionals may face in the coming year, the report was […].

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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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CISA What is it. What does it Do?

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast we learn about the mission and functions of our nation’s most recently established Federal office. We also achieve a better understanding of the challenges that came with starting from scratch, hiring staff and supporting states and local jurisdictions on the subject areas of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security. Pat Massey is the guest.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

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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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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How to Protect Your Database with Zerto

Zerto

For a business, databases have become more valuable than diamonds, as they often store millions of dollars in value. However, unlike diamonds, databases are dynamic and therefore require protection from a plethora of vulnerabilities and data loss. Database contents change depending on the applications they serve, and they need to be protected alongside other application components.

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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. Team, This has been a difficult week for our company. For those of you who were not able to attend our town hall discussion today, I wanted to share what we discussed.

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Global Report Warns of ‘Polycrisis’ of Current and Oncoming Risks

DRI Drive

Coming out of the World Economic Forum, the 2023 Global Risks Report has a new way of describing the increasingly interconnected levels of risk we’re dealing with: “polycrisis.” The World Economic Forum, held in Davos last month, surveyed over 1,200 global risk experts, policy-makers and industry leaders to get a sense of both the short- […] The post Global Report Warns of ‘Polycrisis’ of Current and Oncoming Risks appeared first on DRI Drive.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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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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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Leading in a Crisis

Disaster Zone Podcast

Not everyone can lead during a crisis. Some think they can, others fear that they will not be up to the task. Sometimes the crisis finds you, whether you are ready or not. In this podcast, Pete Gaynor, the immediate past Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator shares his ideas on Leadership Essentials for Unthinkable Events. See www.femapete.com for more information.

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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. Emerging technologies almost always raise an important question for companies on the brink of breakthroughs: What will this innovation mean for our existing IT infrastructure? Do we have the foundation to support it?

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Understanding Different Types and Uses of Video Surveillance Data

Security Industry Association

Jan. 22-28 is Data Privacy Week , and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Data Privacy Advisory Board is marking the occasion with helpful tips and guidance on key data privacy topics. Here, learn about different types and uses of video surveillance data. As artificial intelligence (AI) applications have matured, it has become commonplace to see video cameras shipped with basic AI analytics embedded as a standard feature.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

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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Where Is Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service Headed this Year?

Zerto

As we forecast where the industry may lead in the year ahead, it helps to ask experts for insights about what to expect. With the proper guidance, we can better adjust our business plans. In this article, the tech experts at Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, weigh in. Caroline Seymour, Christopher Rogers and Justin Paul had this to say about what 2023 may have in store for ransomware , disaster recovery , continuous data protection , supply chains, and Kubernetes data protection : Car

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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. Prediction 2: Inflation and high interest rates will fuel low growth or […].

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Three Years Later — What Did We Learn from COVID?

Disaster Zone

Yes, it has almost been three years from the start of the pandemic.

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Three Years Later--What did we learn from COVID?

Disaster Zone Podcast

Can you believe it—we are coming up on the three year anniversary of the COVID Pandemic. In this podcast we explore the challenges that we faced collectively and then in particular for public health and the rest of the emergency management community who responded. The podcast has an excellent guest with intimate experience with the pandemic. Nathan Weed is the Chief of Resiliency and Health Security for the Washington State Department of Health Mr.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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.

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How the War in Ukraine Could End Sooner Than Expected

The Rand Blog

There are predictions aplenty that Russia's war on Ukraine will persist. But it could also end soon. Kremlin regime change, a Russian army collapse, or a Ukrainian win are possible. None of these contingencies should be ruled out.

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Crisis Communications Firm’s Tips For Navigating Tough Conversations

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis Communications Firm’s Tips For Navigating Tough Conversations The occasional tough conversation is a part of doing business. Though these aren’t the task you’ll handle most frequently, it’s important to recognize that the way you handle those discussions can often determine whether you have an operational issue to address or face a full-blown crisis that threatens your reputation, your ability to operate, and your bottom line.

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Why Backup and Recovery Is Critical for Your Organization

Unitrends

Much has already been written about data and its significance in the current digital economy. Data remains one of the most valuable assets for a business today since losing it can render irreversible damage in terms of productivity, revenue, reputation, and customer loyalty and satisfaction. That’s why keeping it protected and consistently available has become […] The post Why Backup and Recovery Is Critical for Your Organization appeared first on Unitrends.

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2023 Predictions: What’s Next for Remote Working?

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 evolution of remote working. Prediction 4: Organizations will consolidate in-office/remote/hybrid arrangements.

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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 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