January 2, 2008
These NewsBriefs are produced and delivered weekly by
Attainium to keep our friends and clients
current on topics relating to Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management.
As we look back over 2007, we wish to thank you for your continued support of our NewsBriefs, Disaster Experiences,
and business continuity consulting services. We greatly appreciate your valuable input and participation in all of our endeavors.
For this issue only, here is a look at some of what we have done during the past year and what we've got coming up in 2008.
Please let me know how we can be of service to you and your organization in 2008.
Happy New Year,
Bob Mellinger
President
Attainium Corp
Quote of the Week
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."
- Oprah Winfrey -
Articles
The Disaster Experience - tabletop disaster simulation exercises
Over the past 12 months, Attainium has conducted its half-day Disaster Experience simulation workshop for many organizations
throughout the US and Canada. Here is a partial list of groups that offered our unique training experience:
- Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) chapters in Cincinnati, San Antonio & San Francisco
- Association of Contingency Planners / Connecticut
- Association of Legal Administrators
- Association Forum of Chicagoland
- Chesapeake Area Society of Healthcare Engineers
- Facilities Midwest
- Hawaii Credit Union League
- International Safety & Security Conference (ISSC)
- Midwest Management Issues Conference for Credit Unions
- Michigan Chapter of Meeting Planners International (MPI)
- National Facilities Management & Technology Conference (NFM&T)
- World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
Conduct It Yourself Disaster Experiences
Our Conduct It Yourself™ series of Disaster Experiences has drawn rave reviews
and continues to be a key factor of success for dozens of in-house tabletop exercises.
With Conduct It Yourself™ Disaster Experiences, you can have a professionally developed tabletop exercise with everything you need
to conduct the exercise yourself.
Each Conduct It Yourself™ CD includes an exercise overview, how-to instructions, forms, script
and a ready-to-run PowerPoint slide show with all of the incidents, scenarios, and guidelines for post-exercise discussion and debriefing.
For more information or to order, visit our Product Catalog.
New Business Continuity Planning Workshop
In 2007 we launched our latest workshop -- Develop YOUR Business Continuity Plan Today.
This 1/2 day workshop takes the participants through the steps necessary to develop THEIR Business Continuity Plan. Each participant uses his/her own organization's
information. It starts by identifying critical infrastructure, prioritizing key business functions then analyzing the impact of various disruptions to these business
functions. From there it's on to developing emergency response procedures and disaster recovery plans. Upon completion, the participants will have a basic business
continuity plan. This workshop would be a valuable addition to any association's educational calendar.
Business Continuity Consulting
and Tabletop Exercises
Many organizations continue to invest in the (a) safety & security of staff, guests & customers, (b) effective crisis communications,
and (c) the continuity of their business operations. Below are just a few of the organizations that we have worked with this past year:
- America's Health Insurance Programs
- American Society of Association Executives
- Council of Residential Specialists
- Fenwick & West, LLP
- Guardian Realty
- National Association of Realtors
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- Radiological Society of North America
- Rohm & Haas
- SPIE
- United Network for Organ Sharing
Upcoming Sessions and Events
An updated list of engagements is always available on the Attainium web site at
www.attainium.net.
Below are some of the programs that we will be conducting early in 2008:
Case Studies
For more information about the work we've done for these and others, check out the
Case Studies section on our web site.
Thanks again for your continued support. Best wishes for a safe and prosperous 2008.
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