Preparing for the Unexpected

In this episode we'll talk to industry expert Dennis Lenard about the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and it's relationship to the IT Disaster Recovery Plan (ITDRP). In many instances, IT recovery planning is performed solely within the IT department, without communication to other departments in the organization. The BIA provides a wealth of information, but more importantly the communication between the owner of the BIA and the IT department allows for a BIA that provides the requirements for a successful recovery. Dennis will talk on such themes as: Business Relationships, IT DR Requirements, Resulting Actions, DR usage of the BIA, the 'Realities' and Stakeholder Discussions. It's sure to give many some insight on how to link their BIA with the IT DRP.

This is hour 2 of the Live Broadcast from September 24/18.

This show is Part 2 of our conversation with BC experts and authors, David Lindstedt and Marc Armour. We'll continue to discuss Adaptive Business Continuity - A New Approach and what readers, listeners and BC professionals can expect from a new way of thinking about BCM. David and Mark will provide some insight in to what works in today's BCM industry and what isn't working, why it isn't working and what we must due to change it. It's sure to be another eye-opening show.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is always trying to progress itself - sometimes successfully and sometime with not so much. For BCM and Disaster Recovery (DR) to stay relevant with other industries such as Privacy, Security, Information Security et al, it needs to think differently.

We'll be joined by BCM thought leaders and authors David Lindstedt Ph.D. and Mark Armour who together, wrote the book 'Adaptive Business Continuity; A New Approach'.

David and Mark will offer some new ways of thinking about BCM and provide some insight in to what works in today's industry and what isn't working - and needs to change.

It's sure to be an eye-opening show.

One of the newest and most talked about subjects for BCM and DR professionals is how to plan for, and respond to, an active shooter situation. The headlines have been full of examples in recent years and BCM /DR professionals need to have solid understanding of how to manage such situations. For this episdoe, we'll speak with known expert David Shepherd, who will help up us understand the difference between active and passive shooters and what triggers ad motivates these situations. David will also teach us how we ca de-escalate situations using one of the most forgotten or overlooked positions in an organization. Tune in to find out what postion taht is, and what techniques can be leveraged to deal with an active shooter, or a potential situation from escalating out of control. David will also provide some guidance on what an organization can do to ensure they are prepared for such (potentiall) dangerous circumstances.

Continuing with our speaker series from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference in Toronto (May 2018), we speak with Emergency Management subject matter expert and registered nurse, Dee Grimm who will talk about the Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey (August 2017). Harvey presented unique challenges as it created unprecedented numbers of evacuees and those left homeless. Even today there are over 30,000 displaced persons in shelters and hotels throughout the state. Additionally, the medical challenges of closed or evacuating healthcare facilities, the loss of community health support systems and home health services for these displaced individuals all had to be planned for. Dee with talk about how the State managed the sheltering and medical responses and about the "boots on the ground". Valuable lessons learned will be discussed and Dee will provide insight into best practices for providing mass care sheltering and medical support during catastrophic events.

December and part of January hold many significant celebration periods and times for individuals to take some sort of holiday. Regardless of religious or spiritual beliefs, these two months have multiple celebrations around the globe - and sometimes people aren't prepared for the possibility of there being a disaster or crisis situation. This show will focus on some key areas for people to consider during these celebration periods. We'll look at safety tips for such things as: food safety, driving safety, winter concerns, heat exhaustion concerns and even concerns related to celebration decorations. Tune in to make sure your celebrations are safe and you're prepared for anything unexpected

The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) held its 25th Anniversary Global Conference in Manila, Philippines, November 13-16, 2018. This episode will provide a conference summary of some of the great speakers and presentations represented; from thoughtful and insightful presentations to some of the detailed research oriented sessions. It was a successful conference and listen in to find out why.

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, which makes our conferences the largest in the entire industry. DRJ has an exciting array of events available throughout the year. Participation in any or all is a great way to boost your industry knowledge and expand your networking circle. The opportunities include annual conferences, webinars and podcasts. The conferences are held twice each year. The spring show is in Orlando, Florida; the fall show is in Phoenix, Arizona. The webinars are held monthly and may be viewed live or recorded for later use. The podcasts offer a chance to hear sessions from previous conferences.

Continuing with our series of speakers from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference in Toronto (May 2018), we speak with Paul Doucet who is the Regional Security Manager, Security Solutions, for the Asia Pacific region for Joint Venture International SOS and Control Risks. Paul with discuss the current global terrorism threats and the plans and communications required when escalating situations occur. He will also provide some best practices based on experience tht organizations and business travelers can leverage to help mitigate issues when finding themselves in threatening situations.