DRI Drive
JANUARY 7, 2022
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 quickly spreads around the world, it’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who find themselves once again facing an evolving resilience threat without the resources they need. Historically speaking, SMEs are the most vulnerable – an estimated 25% of them never reopen following a major disaster – but one survey’s […].
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 2, 2022
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Crisis Response Journal
JANUARY 5, 2022
January 2022: CRJ Advisory Panel Member, Lina Kolesnikova analyses the challenges involved in protecting large crowds from vehicle attacks and she explores how the threat is evolving as technology plays a greater role
Emergency Planning
JANUARY 5, 2022
The island of Capri seen from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius (photo: D. Alexander) There are two things we don’t teach our students but we should: to see and to listen. They are virtues--and skills--that are at least as important as writing and speaking. Some would argue that they are even more important. Pierre Bonnard, the great post-Impressionist painter, said that “many people look, but few see”.
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Recovery Diva
JANUARY 7, 2022
From Issues in Science and Technology magazine:“ Major Reforms Have Been Driven by Crisis,” b y Jeremy Farrar, Molly Galvin. Farrar, the director of the Wellcome charitable foundation in the United Kingdom, discusses the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and what society must do to prepare for future global crises.
Continuity Professional Pulse brings together the best content for business continuity professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 6, 2022
“A different skill set is needed to communicate effectively as a leader in a virtual environment. This may be uncomfortable for leaders who aren’t used to putting themselves out there online. But like it or not, the expectation has been set. As you refine your list of individual professional priorities for 2022, don’t wait any […]. The post Make 2022 the Year You Become a Connected Leader: Chloe Demrovsky for Forbes appeared first on DRI Drive.
National Fire Protection Association
JANUARY 5, 2022
It’s never a good day when you get an email like this. “Hello, we have had a tragic day in Philadelphia. Thirteen people, including seven children, died in a row home fire. Twenty-one people were living in two apartments in the building and the fire department says there were smoke alarms, but they were not working. Is anyone from NFPA interested/available to speak with us about this type of. [[ This is a content summary only.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 5, 2022
From the WashPost: Much has changed since the start of the pandemic. But the nation’s public health system remains fractured. Another discouraging article from the NY Times: The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own.
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 3, 2022
Following the science seems complicated.
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.
Bernstein Crisis Management
JANUARY 5, 2022
Turns out you can “just” do crisis management… A long time ago, in a strange and wonderful galaxy known as Los Angeles County, intrepid public relations expert Jonathan Bernstein took a leap of faith. Trusting his belief that a firm specializing in crisis communications and management alone could succeed, he left his agency position to establish what would become Bernstein Crisis Management.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 4, 2022
Good citizen science brings a community together and helps it prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. A RAND guide takes non-expert investigators from the early stages of defining their questions and setting their goals, through building their teams, to planning for action.
Crisis Response Journal
JANUARY 5, 2022
January 2022: Tony Jaques explains how a school tragedy that occurred in Tasmania and a water-ride disaster in Queensland demonstrate ‘issue contagion’ – the rapid spread of a crisis throughout organisations
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 6, 2022
You need a kit at home, at work and in the car.
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!
Disaster Zone Podcast
JANUARY 4, 2022
The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused all types of stresses on people and organizations. The guest for this podcast is Dr. Kira Mauseth who is a practicing clinical psychologist, splitting her professional time between seeing patients at Snohomish Psychology Associates, teaching as a Senior Instructor at Seattle University and serving as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 6, 2022
Since the Diva has family and friends in and near Boulder, CO, she has been trying to offer some sources of help for them about preparing your home for a disaster. See these sites for some useful guidance: www.flash.org. www.disastersafety.org.
Crisis Response Journal
JANUARY 4, 2022
In this in-depth read, CRJ Advisory Panel Member Patrick Lagadec examines the complex relationship between leadership and citizens in times of crisis, telling us that responsibility lies on both sides and giving us his thoughts on civil responsibility
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 6, 2022
They are biting off more than they can chew.
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.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 4, 2022
Currently, you have two storage device options: a solid-state drive (SSD) or a hard-disk drive (HDD). Both types of storage are built and engineered differently, and they offer different benefits. SSD devices are faster, but they also cost more. HDD devices are slower, but they have a large storage capacity. What’s the Difference Between SSD and HDD?
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 5, 2022
The title of RAND's 1955 classic, A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates, doesn't exactly dance off the page. But Paul Dunham, a sound artist in New Zealand, thought the work could make its own kind of music.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 6, 2022
The Continuity Professionals Pulse website often reprints postings from this blog. It is aimed at business continuity specialists, but others may find their articles of interest as well.
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 3, 2022
Many cases, fewer hospitalizations, for now.
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.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 4, 2022
Data mobility from an on-premises FlashBlade ® system to cloud-adjacent locations, like Equinix for cloud bursting, is important for staging the data in the Equinix-hosted FlashBlade to use the compute resources in Azure Cloud. Our recent post, Data Mobility for HPC and EDA Workloads from On-premises to Azure Cloud , highlights the process to handle data mobility between an on-premises FlashBlade and an Equinix-hosted FlashBlade using file system replication.
National Fire Protection Association
JANUARY 7, 2022
A fire alarm system is intended to notify occupants and, often, the responding personnel to an emergency. During the initial stages of the system design, it is important to answer the following questions: who needs to be notified; what do they need to know; when do they need to know it; where will they be; and why do they need to know? The answers to these questions will determine the most. [[ This is a content summary only.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 4, 2022
From Politico: California continues to face wildfire risks. Insurers think they have an answer.
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 3, 2022
Basic information you need to know.
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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