Dec 27, 2018
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...
Dec 20, 2018
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...
Dec 13, 2018
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...
Nov 29, 2018
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...
Nov 22, 2018
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...
Preparing for the Unexpected is about how people, organizations and communities plan, prepare, test, communicate and respond to sudden unplanned events such as natural and manmade disasters and crises. The show is for everyone who wants an understanding of how plans are created for individuals, organizations and communities and for anyone who wants to know what they can do in their own lives to help protect themselves from unexpected events. There is a myth that disasters happen to others but in reality, they happen to everyone. It's just a matter of when and how well-prepared you are. The greater the level of awareness, communication and knowledge, the quicker one bounces back from adversity. The overall aim of Preparing for the Unexpected is to reduce the suffering, effects and impacts caused as a result of disasters and unexpected life events by increasing knowledge and awareness of Operational Resilience, Business Contingency, Disaster Planning, Crisis Management, and related activities.