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The e-book also addresses risk reduction and improved operational continuity, and offers insights on managing end-to-end crisis response.
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Strategic Crisis Leadership: Being an Effective Leader in the Midst of Chaos
With no prior notice, you must make on-the-spot decisions and implement rapid-fire responses when crises unexpectedly strike. Your people will be stressed-out and deadlines time compressed. Information will not be adequate and the high consequences of your responses could determine if people will be harmed, careers ruined and your company seriously damaged. What would you do in such a situation? Bruce T. Blythe and Hart S. Brown provide some examples and insightful guidelines.
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Celebrating 35 Years in this Industry
When the devastating Mexico City earthquake struck, September, 1985, I had just left my job with an international non-profit to start a business. My dad always said, "Find a need and meet it." In the days following the disaster, southern California news media preached the importance of business and community preparedness. This was before COVID, before 9/11, before the recent weather and wildfire crises - and preparedness was not on many ToDo lists! I researched solutions and became excited. There were SO many products and services that could make a difference, but they were not easy to find. That began my passion to connect buyers and sellers.
A few months later, I founded Emergency Lifeline Corp. Then during the early 90s, there was an increasing integration of emergency management and business recovery. Fast forward to 1996, we launched the Disaster Resource GUIDE, followed by the industry's first e-newsletter, Continuity eGUIDE and now the Risk and Resilience HUB. (www.RiskAndResilienceHUB.com)
Our vision is big and we cannot do it alone. Will you help us build the HUB to meet the needs of future generations? Here are some ways you can help:
- Invite your colleagues and associates to join the HUB
- Recommend topics and your favorite experts to write articles
- Send us feedback on how we can make the HUB work better
- Start and moderate a group for an industry vertical
If you can help, reach out with the subject line: Count Me In. With your help, the best is yet to come! [email protected]
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Designed to not require Internet connectivity, the tool provides support for navigation and coordination.
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Read MoreThe Safe Word: An outreach program works to provide disaster response education and advice in languages other than English
With an original focus on Spanish, the California-based program also provides information and training in Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, and other languages.
Read MoreA Change of Employment: COVID-19 has redesigned the way many workforces interact with their employers
Companies need to keep revisiting their business continuity plans to ensure effective continued operation as the pandemic progresses.
Read MoreRepackaging Knowledge: The UPS Foundation seeks to apply their expertise in logistics to help after disasters
Team members work with other organizations to help route resources to the people and areas that need them most.
Read MoreHoliday Hassles: Weaknesses in e-commerce platforms can lead to big financial losses as holiday sales ramp up
Retailers face increased threats as cybercriminals target new points of attack.
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A Perfect Holiday Gift – the Deluxe Road Warrior Kit
It supplies basic necessities for any everyday personal emergency you may encounter while traveling. Being the deluxe version of this kit it is also the most comprehensive and complete kit of its type that we carry. Don't be left out on the road without one.
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The Resilience Excellence Summit
will be held online Mar. 1-3, 2021. DRI International will be hosting this FREE online event including educational sessions and the announcement of the winners of the Awards of Excellence where DRII will announce the award winners and celebrate the accomplishments of the resilience community!
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2021 DRI Awards of Excellence: Get Your Nominations In Now!
Put the spotlight on yourself, your team, and your colleagues — send in your nominations for the 2021 DRI Awards of Excellence. The Deadline is Dec. 2, so don’t wait any longer!
This has been a year unlike any other for the resilience community, and to reflect that, we’ve added a new award category: the COVID-19 Response and Recovery of the Year.
This award will honor organizations that provided a safe environment for its employees, relieved the financial pressure that employees face, aided medical personnel, or otherwise provided support for the welfare of the community as a whole.
Submit your nominations for one or more of these exciting categories:
Program Leader of the Year (Private Sector) – Leaders who have demonstrated exceptional innovation and leadership within the private sector, as well as a deep understanding of the continuity issues most important to the field.
Program Leader of the Year (Public Sector) – Leaders who have enhanced the business resilience of a public sector organization, while improving community preparedness as a champion of business continuity to local businesses.
Program Leader of the Year (Non-Profit Sector – 501(c)(3)) – Practitioners working to make the non-profit sector more resilient by strengthening relationships among service suppliers, insurers, and continuity professionals, as well as developing creative, effective approaches to continuity planning and promotion.
Consultant of the Year – Those who excel in the field of business continuity program management, use creative problem solving to tackle difficult issues, and instill a culture of continuity in every organization with which they work.
Newcomer of the Year – Up-and-coming leaders who display ingenuity and understand the wider impact of business continuity within their organizations.
Lifetime Achievement Award (Voted online) – The most experienced professionals in the industry, honored for the stellar work they have done over the course of their careers.
Team of the Year – Groups who display exceptional teamwork within the business continuity department, in-house across the organization, and with external consultants and partners.
Response and Recovery of the Year – Organizations who have successfully bounced back from a major incident using their plans, skills, and creativity.
COVID-19 Response and Recovery of the Year – This award will recognize the organization that has demonstrated the greatest commitment to meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19 — not only to the organization itself, but also to the community it serves.
Product/Service Provider of the Year (Voted online) – The best in products and services developed for business continuity providers.
Nominate here today >>THE MARKETPLACE
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