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05/16/2012 - Mass Notification Systems Ever since such events as the shootings at Virginia Tech and the sniper at Ft. Hood, there has been increasing interest in mass notification systems (MNS). Do you have one or are you thinking of implementing one? Read Full Issue 05/09/2012 - Business Continuity Planning Expect the best, but prepare for the worst. We have all heard this before, it is easy to see how appropriate it is for business continuity planning. After all, we do all the planning and preparing hoping we will never have to use it. If your plans are not quite up to snuff, these articles should help make you - better safe than sorry. Read Full Issue 05/02/2012 - Employees & Business Continuity There is no doubt about it… employees are an important consideration, both in your business continuity planning and in estimating your risk. You must keep your workforce safe; therefore, it is important to know all you can on how to do so - before, during and after a disruption. It is also important, however, to be aware of the ways in which your employees can be the cause of some difficulties such as decreased productivity, alienated clients, etc. Read Full Issue 04/25/2012 - Testing, Exercising & Evaluation It has been said many times before... if you have not tested your business continuity/disaster recovery plan, you could be in for a big surprise when it fails to work. Do you really want the continuation of your business - and possibly the lives of your employees - to rely on a plan that has never been tested? We think not. Learn what you can do to see how well your plan works and whether you will be able to count it when needed. Read Full Issue 04/18/2012 - Getting Management Buy-in No matter what the project, management buy-in is critical to its success, and it is no different with your business continuity plan. A champion on the board or in the executive suite can help keep things on course and make it easier for a project that essentially is viewed as overhead. Learn some tips on how to make getting buy-in easier. Read Full Issue 04/11/2012 - Social Media Do you know the potential benefits and dangers of social media? How they can help in your continuity of operations efforts? How do you deal with the risks? This phenomenon that is not just for kids anymore. Read Full Issue 04/04/2012 - Crisis Communications With the JetBlue incident last week and a number of other crises in the recent past, we should be thinking more about crisis communication. Do we have a workable plan? Have we tested it? Have we covered everything we should? Read Full Issue 03/28/2012 - Facility Safety and Security There are so many aspects of business continuity planning, sometimes one gets overlooked. Business continuity teams sometimes forget that ensuring the organizational continuity of operations should include the safety of the facility itself. Learn more about the importance of coordinating with facility managers to support your BC plan. Read Full Issue 03/21/2012 - Online Reputation Management Most organizations understand the importance reputation has on their bottom line and do their utmost – through marketing, member/customer relations, and other methods – to protect the value of that reputation. But what about their online reputation? This is a critical component of reputation that often is not given the same amount of attention as off-line reputation. Put some focus online to ensure that your reputation is protected there as well. Read Full Issue 03/14/2012 - Why Business Continuity Awareness? Because time is not on your side! Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) begins March 19, with a theme about time. As the BCAW web site says, “No crisis improves with age.” Time is not on your side in a crisis... this is why being prepared is so critical. If you can’t handle a crisis or disruption successfully – and in a timely manner – your organization can suffer in ways you may not anticipate. Read Full Issue
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