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New Editorial Advisory Panel Member 

Crisis Response Journal

Roger retired in from the Metropolitan Police Service after a successful 34-year career in 2012. He has a unique background in operational command, having been pivotal in all major events in London for over 14 years.

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CrypoLocker – It couldn’t possibly happen to you……

Plan B Consulting

You stroll into work one morning without a care in the world, you fire up your computer, get yourself a coffee and then settle down to work. You decide the first task of the day is to finish the report you started yesterday and go to open the file you saved last night. You find that the file won’t open, it’s still there but it just refuses to open. You then try other files you were working on yesterday but they won’t open either.

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Behaviour now accepts PayPal for online registrations purchase

Behavior Group

Behaviour is offering to its customers a new way of pay through the online registration process for applications done directly on the website: PayPal. Now, it is possible to enroll in a course and ensure your seat in the course you pretend to participate. This innovative virtual method allows you to send and receive payments… Continue reading.

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Introducing AlertMedia…

Alert Media

AlertMedia is changing mass notification into useful communication. When a message is urgent or important, when communication is critical, AlertMedia offers the most complete solution for knowing what’s going on, getting the word out, and controlling the message throughout an event. One time, one-way communication is useless. Your people need updates.

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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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'No box at all' Part III scenario training 

Crisis Response Journal

Following my previous blogs, this one looks at the third evening of training for 20 firefighters from the VRR/IJsselland cluster, writes Christo Motz. This training was held in the Lage Bergsche Bos in Bergschenhoek from 19:30 to 22:00hrs.

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Thoughts on the long-term effects of nuclear waste 

Crisis Response Journal

I watched an ominous report on BBC News today, which was filmed on August 6, 2013, regarding the enormous amount of highly radioactive water that was contaminating the ocean at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Public disorder: Different styles of policing 

Crisis Response Journal

Roger Gomm, Fellow of the ICPEM, who is writing an article on public order policing for the next issue of CRJ (published September), shares his thoughts on recent events in Turkey, after analysing the issues in an interview for the BBC.

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A deeper look at the causes of incidents. 

Crisis Response Journal

On page 38 of the next issue of Crisis Response Journal, Phil Wood, MBE, Head of the Department of Security and Resilience at Buckinghamshire New University in the UK, says that the disciplines of crisis and disaster response usually deal with real-time i By Phil Wood

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'Out of the Box' exercise by Christo Motz 

Crisis Response Journal

Education, training and practice - the well-known trinity within the worlds of firefighting, crisis preparation and operational emergency assistance.

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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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Out of the Box scenario training Part II 

Crisis Response Journal

Further to his previous blog entry on a series of training exercises in the Netherlands, Christo Motz presents part II of his three-part blog.

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Comment - CRJ Issue 8:4 

Crisis Response Journal

Crisis Response Journal, Issue 8:2 has now gone to press and will be published shortly. Here, we give a preview of the comment column.

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Jerusalem snowstorm - an analysis 

Crisis Response Journal

Jay Levinson analyses the emergency response to recent unprecedented snowfall in Jerusalem.

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CrypoLocker – It couldn’t possibly happen to you……

Plan B Consulting

You stroll into work one morning without a care in the world, you fire up your computer, get yourself a coffee and then settle down to work. You decide the first task of the day is to finish the report you started yesterday and go to open the file you saved last night. You find that the file won’t open, it’s still there but it just refuses to open. You then try other files you were working on yesterday but they won’t open either.

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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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A force of nature – some thoughts on Typhoon Haiyan

Plan B Consulting

There is no bigger incident to comment on this week than the typhoon in the Philippines. Our thoughts go out to all those who have been affected by it and those who have lost loved ones. The devastation seems immense having seen the pictures on TV. As I watch the news it seems at last that aid is getting through to all the affected areas. A few comments… 1.

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Worst case scenario….There is no such thing

Plan B Consulting

This week there was a storm in the South of England called Storm St Jude, which killed four people and caused a swathe of damage. There was lots of warning before the storm and so most people made some preparation. The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. His main office had no power due to the storm.

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A force of nature – some thoughts on Typhoon Haiyan

Plan B Consulting

There is no bigger incident to comment on this week than the typhoon in the Philippines. Our thoughts go out to all those who have been affected by it and those who have lost loved ones. The devastation seems immense having seen the pictures on TV. As I watch the news it seems at last that aid is getting through to all the affected areas. A few comments…. 1.

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Worst case scenario….There is no such thing

Plan B Consulting

This week there was a storm in the South of England called Storm St Jude, which killed four people and caused a swathe of damage. There was lots of warning before the storm and so most people made some preparation. The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. His main office had no power due to the storm.

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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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Taking terrorism seriously – Kenya shopping centre attack

Plan B Consulting

The news this week has been dominated by the horrific events that unfolded at the Nairobi Westgate Shopping Centre in Kenya. At least 72 people died, including many innocent civilians, as a result of a four-day siege by Islamist Militants. The building is now nothing but rubble after three of its floors collapsed following a blaze. Government forces finally brought an end to the tense stand-off after days of battling Al-Shabab fighters.

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Shutdowns and spiders! Grangemouth dispute

Plan B Consulting

Two incidents have caught my eye this week. One is the closure of the Grangemouth petrochemical site in Scotland. The dispute centres around the owners Ineos claiming that they are losing £10m a month. They want to renegotiate the workers terms and conditions in order to turn around the lossmaking plant and make an investment of £300m to modernise it.

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Computer says no! NHS Glasgow computer outage

Plan B Consulting

This week we have seen a textbook example of a business continuity issue making the mainstream news. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had problems with its server which caused more than 700 patients’ appointments to be cancelled. With staff unable to access records and scans, treatments such as chemotherapy were called off. Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments.

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Taking terrorism seriously – Kenya shopping centre attack

Plan B Consulting

The news this week has been dominated by the horrific events that unfolded at the Nairobi Westgate Shopping Centre in Kenya. At least 72 people died, including many innocent civilians, as a result of a four-day siege by Islamist Militants. The building is now nothing but rubble after three of its floors collapsed following a blaze. Government forces finally brought an end to the tense stand-off after days of battling Al-Shabab fighters.

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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

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Shutdowns and spiders! Grangemouth dispute

Plan B Consulting

Two incidents have caught my eye this week. One is the closure of the Grangemouth petrochemical site in Scotland. The dispute centres around the owners Ineos claiming that they are losing £10m a month. They want to renegotiate the workers terms and conditions in order to turn around the lossmaking plant and make an investment of £300m to modernise it.

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Computer says no! NHS Glasgow computer outage

Plan B Consulting

This week we have seen a textbook example of a business continuity issue making the mainstream news. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde had problems with its server which caused more than 700 patients’ appointments to be cancelled. With staff unable to access records and scans, treatments such as chemotherapy were called off. Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments.

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The missing link in the business continuity lifecycle

Plan B Consulting

This week I thought I would discuss what I think is a missing part of the business continuity life cycle. It was brought home to me when I conducted some crisis management training on Monday and then again when I conducted a major exercise on Tuesday. The new business continuity life cycle starts with ‘analysis’ or understanding the organisation, as we used to call it, and then goes on to ‘design’ (strategy).

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Greenpeace and Russia Clash in the Arctic

Plan B Consulting

In the Southern Ocean everybody can hear you scream! This morning I heard a news item on the radio about Russia seizing the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise, which had been protesting about Russian oil drilling in the Arctic. The crew of 26 activists had been held at gunpoint and then detailed by Russian Security Officers… On the BBC website it was saying that this incident might turn into a very awkward diplomatic stand-off.

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The missing link in the business continuity lifecycle

Plan B Consulting

This week I thought I would discuss what I think is a missing part of the business continuity life cycle. It was brought home to me when I conducted some crisis management training on Monday and then again when I conducted a major exercise on Tuesday. The new business continuity life cycle starts with ‘analysis’ or understanding the organisation, as we used to call it, and then goes on to ‘design’ (strategy).