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02/01/2012 - The Economy & Business Continuity
While some folks say the economy is improving, albeit slowly. For many organizations, this means cutting back on spending on business continuity and disaster recovery. You might want to think again. It seems that the right way to approach this economic impact is to recognize that BC is more important than ever in these difficult times and to learn how to maximize the impact of what you spend.
01/25/2012 - Meetings & Events
If your job includes planning for and/or running meetings and events for your organization, you might want to pay careful attention to these articles. If your continuity plans do not cover everything they should, your organization could find itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit. Even worse, its reputation could be seriously damaged.
01/18/2012 - Getting Management Buy-in
Almost everyone has had the experience of having to convince senior management or worse the board of directors to spend money on business continuity or BC testing. Some of us failed to make the case, so this week we are looking at different tactics you can use to win the buy-in of the folks at the top to your project.
01/11/2012 - Business Continuity Trends for 2012
What's in store for us in 2012? Many experts feel it will be more of the types of disasters we saw in 2011, but with some additions and differences. This week we're looking at trends in business continuity, regulatory compliance, security, etc. If you are updating your BC plan this year, you might want to see what's new that you should plan for in the revision.
01/04/2012 - Lessons Learned from the Crises of 2011
What lessons if any have we learned from the crises that have occurred in 2011 and earlier? Do we have new knowledge we can carry forward and incorporate into our business continuity plans in 2012? From the use of social media, to communicating effectively in a crisis, there are lessons for all of us in how various disasters were handled or mishandled.
12/21/2011 - Preparedness at Home
This is our annual home preparedness edition of the NewsBriefs. Make sure that you don't neglect your home family when you're thinking about continuity. There are many things you can do to help ensure that a disaster doesn't become a personal disaster. Create your home preparedness plan today.
12/14/2011 - Shelter in Place
On December 9, 2011, shots once again were heard on the campus of Virginia Tech, and a shelter-in-place (SiP) situation followed. We don't know if they had SiP supplies in all the campus buildings, because the situation fortunately did not last very long. But the incident should give us all pause to consider how prepared we are for such a situation. These articles link to sites that will help you plan and prepare.
12/07/2011 - Winter Weather Preparedness
You can't do anything about the weather except be prepared for it... with winter just weeks away we should be thinking about those preparations. Snow on the roads and the roof, freezing precipitation, blizzards and high winds can impact everything from product distribution to whether employees can get to work. The potential impacts of weather are as varied as the organizations they affect; weather affects everyone.
11/30/2011 - Testing Your Plan
One of the biggest difficulties that organizations face is testing and exercising their business continuity plans. Because it is perceived to be expensive and time-consuming, plan testing is simply not done by many companies. What is often overlooked is the fact that testing the plan could be the only thing between it working when it's needed and failure. Testing doesn't have to be an overwhelming task...
11/16/2011 - Emergency Supplies
Just in case you have to shelter in place at home or at work, or evacuate your premises, do you know what you need to have available for survival? Even if there is no immediate threat, there is always the chance that weather will give use reason to leave or stay in place and we need to know what to have on hand so we can get through whatever happens.
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