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6 Webinars to Keep Your Organization Up and Running
When your business is ensuring operational resilience, you know even the best laid plans can change quickly. That’s why SAI Global brings timely BCM content to you, wherever you may be sheltering.
Take advantage of 6 webinars to hear how to keep your organization up and running in this novel business environment.The webinars review challenges unique to the COVID-19 outbreak including:
– Vendor Risk and Supply Chain Disruption
– Effective Crisis Communications
– Remote work policies and procedures to keep your business operational.
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Business Continuity and the Pandemic Threat
Global travel is ever expanding and international tourism numbers is predicted to reach 1.8 billion by 2030. Organizations may receive little or even no notice of a pandemic heading their way. Pandemic plans must be incorporated and validated as an integral part of the BC programs. Expert Robert Clark, author of the book “Business Continuity and the Pandemic Threat”, offers a case study based upon an exercise that was run to validate a mail order organization’s pandemic plan. Although the actual exercise only ran for a matter of hours, it simulated a timeframe covering twelve weeks.
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In the Know...
BC Professional from Italy Shares Useful Guidance
With thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths, the Italian government has imposed a state of lockdown across the country, with bans on travelling and public gatherings. In the midst of this alarming situation, Laura Zarrillo, Member of the Board of the BCI Italy Chapter, shares useful guidance in her paper: Pandemic Planning and Implementation for Business Resiliency.
Download the paper >>Guidance For Companies In Time Of Coronavirus: Self-Isolating Policies For Businesses During The COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, companies are increasingly shifting to work from home models for public safety. Here’s what experts say about best practices and policies.
Read MoreHackers Hit Home: Effective Cybersecurity Protection For Telecommuting Workers
When working from home, it is crucial for workers to practice good cybersecurity hygiene as well.
Read MoreState Of Emergency 101: Breaking it down
What exactly does a State of Emergency mean on a national and state level?
Read MoreFirst Line of Defence: How Emergency Responders Will Handle COVID-19
Paul Biddinger, director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Disaster Medicine, talks about the challengers facing first responders.
Read MoreCommunity Cares: Efforts to help local people and businesses
People and businesses band together to help one another during the pandemic
Read MorePandemic Updates: WHO Resources For Business
Where companies can find accurate information and even simulation resources about COVID-19.
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which will offer 4 days of lessons from the 2020 Pandemic. Mark your calendars now for can’t-miss event. September 28 to October 1 at the JW Marriott in Phoenix, Arizona
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Every day there’s new, scarier information about the on-going spread of the Coronavirus. We don’t know where it will turn up next, but we do know we all need to take precautions to not only keep ourselves healthy, but our coworkers healthy too. Does your team know what to do and how to handle an office epidemic?
Download this white paper to help equip your company in mitigating a virus outbreak and maintaining productivity during this time.
Download the White Paper>>Pandemic Preparedness for Organizations
Duration: 1 day of instruction (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) with 8 CEAPs and Certificate of Completion provided.
Pandemic Preparedness for Organizations provides an in-depth review and analysis of a specialized methodology that serves the need to prepare businesses for the potential outbreak of a pandemic. Topics cover a full range from starting to think through the differences in a pandemic-specific plan to exercising and maintaining such a plan.
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Become familiar with definitions surrounding, and potential consequences of a pandemic
- Outline the starting point(s) for your organization
- Assess organizational risks associated with pandemics
- Properly identify critical organizational functions that may be affected
- Verify related current procedures and responsibilities within your organization
- Build plan elements and strategies that are pandemic-specific
- Exercise and maintain pandemic-specific plans
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