Preparing for the Unexpected

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.

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.

We put allot of energy into creating our BCM/BCP/DR plans and some can contain reams and reams of information but the bigger the plan doesn't always equate to a better plans.

To often the plans contain information that doesn't help the user because there is too much fluff in the plan and not enough actions.

This week's show will identify 12 segments of information that doesn't need to be included in your action plans because it's fluff information, which can cause the segments are really required to be actioned during a disaster or crisis, to be buried under unimportant information. Tune in and find out if you've got too much fluff in your action plans.

Continuing with our speaker series from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference (Toronto, May 2018), this week's episode will focus on BCM Program Trends and what successful programs are doing right. We speak with well-known and well-respected industry recruiter, Cheyene Marling. More than ever business continuity professionals want to know how the most mature programs are approaching business continuity planning. What are these organizations doing different from the rest? How are they achieving the visibility within the organization? How are they obtaining the necessary executive support? We'll chat with Cheyene to assess the differentiating factors between the "Very Immature" programs and the "Very Mature" programs and get some great tips along the way.

Part 2 of How BCM programs address our fears. People around the world share some common fears, regardless of their location, ethnicity or their place in history. In the1st episode of a 2 part series, we'll identify these common fears and provide examples of how Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) programs help to address these fears. We'll identify key program components that when developed, leveraged and executed correctly, can help alleviate to some degree, the fear and confusion people feel when disasters, incidents or crises occur. Find out if your program is addressing our fears.

For decades BCM / DR professionals have performed the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) the same way with the same results; often not quite the results expected.

John Jackson, an early visionary in BCM / DR, talks about how the traditional BIA may need to change; change how we ask questions, who we ask information from and what results it needs to deliver if its to be effective for organizations.

We'll learn how to increase the value of BCM and DR by simply refocusing our efforts when executing a BIA to provide information that can benefit an organization when developing its BCM strategies and increasing the ability to respond to negative events.

John provides allot of great tips and information to increase the value of new and experiences BCM professionals and increase the effectiveness of BCM programs.

Hear some first hand examples of how the traditional BIA can be reimagined and executed from an industry pioneer. It's sure to be a great educational experience for all.

People around the world share some common fears, regardless of their location, ethnicity or their place in history. In the1st episode of a 2 part series, we'll identify these common fears and provide examples of how Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) programs help to address these fears. We'll identify key program components that when developed, leveraged and executed correctly, can help alleviate to some degree, the fear and confusion people feel when disasters, incidents or crises occur. Find out if your program is addressing our fears.

Cyber Security is a relatively new realm in the Business Continuity / Disaster Planning / Information Security world and often, people are clear on what it is or how should help during crises. For this show, we speak with expert Douglas Grant who will share his experiences integrating cyber security best practices into a broader incident management framework, allowing organizations to respond effectively to a range of network based attacks and disruptions. Douglas will provide an overview of his experience in addressing these issues, particularly focusing on how to effectively align cyber security with existing crisis or emergency management functions.

Many organizations see BCM/DR as an expense but we'll speak with Marty Fox, author of The Ultimate Business Continuity $uccess Guide, who will tips and ideas of how BCM/DR can add value to an organization.

Marty has a passion for Business Continuity and has extensive global experiences when building and maintaining BCM/DR programs. Marty will leverage his global experience and provide listeners many insightful tips and ideas for BCM/DR practitioners and organizations that can be implemented in their own workplaces.

Marty will also give us some insight into what kinds of things warehouses, manufacturers and distribution companies need to think about when building and maintaining their BCM programs - information that isn't easy to find.

Join host Alex Fullick and guest Marty Fox and feel the passion and discover the value of BCM/DR.

Communications during disasters is paramount, especially when there is the potential for the loss of human life. The need for communications and the way we communicate, along with what we communicate, has changed with the advent of social media and drones. We speak with social media expert, researcher and author of Social Media, Crisis Communications, and Emergency Management: Leveraging Web 2.0 Technologies Dr. Connie M White. Dr. White will talk about how Social Media assists first responders and emergency personnel, as well as how it gives a voice to those that didn't have one before - especially when that voice can help during disasters. Dr. White will also talk to us about a new communication tool that is helping the realm of Emergency Management; the use of drones. A leading researcher in decision support systems during disasters, we'll learn how drone are assisting and changing the face of traditional emergency response and management.