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Webinar: Are You Ready for Violence in Your Workplace?

Written by Phil on June 11, 2009 in Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, Events.

What are you doing now to be ready to help management deal with serious menacing workplace problems? These incidents have enormously high visibility and extremely long-term organizational impact. Are you ready to prevent, mitigate, and de-escalate the circumstances of such events? To properly and safely respond to the worst case scenarios when they happen? To deal with the negative, long-term impacts these incidents cause?

On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, step out of your comfort zone and join James E. Lukaszewski, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, and Richard Sem, CPP, CSC, President of Sem Security Management, to learn about workplace violence prevention, detection, de-escalation, and response approaches.
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2009 Business Continuity Awards

Written by Phil on June 11, 2009 in Business Continuity, Events.

The Business Continuity Awards recognise excellence within the field of business continuity and operational risk management.

The Awards Gala Dinner, hosted by Stephen K. Amos, took place in the Great Room at Grosvenor House in London, United Kingdom on 27 May 2009.

The 2009 Business Continuity Award winners are:

Business Continuity Manager of the Year
Sponsored by IBM
Simon Dunn, Rolls-Royce
Highly commended: Niall Kinloch, National Australia Group Europe

Public Sector Continuity Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Community Resilience
James McAlister, Merseyside Police

Student of the Year
Sponsored by the BSI
Joseph M. Gana, Central Bank of Nigeria

Crisis Strategy of the Year
Sponsored by the Institute of Operational Risk
Royal Mail Group

Business Continuity Management Planning Software of the Year
Sponsored by Scottish Continuity Group
eSecurus, NonVerba

Most Innovative Solution of the Year
Sponsored by the Institute of Risk Management
Crisis Commander, Safeguard Communications

Datacentre Strategy of the Year
Sponsored by City of London Corporation
National Australia Bank Group

Lifetime Achievement
Sponsored by ICM Continuity Services
Julia Graham, chief risk officer, DLA Piper

Business Continuity Strategy of the Year
Sponsored by SunGard Availability Services
Vodafone
Highly commended: London Metal Exchange and IBM

Business Continuity Team of the Year
Sponsored by Vocal
Citi EMEA Institutional Clients Group

Most Effective Recovery of the Year
Sponsored by ICM Continuity Services
Deutsche Bank

Business Continuity Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by the City of London Police
UK Young Enterprise Business Continuity Scheme

Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year
Sponsored by CIR magazine
SunGard Availability Services

Industry Newcomer of the Year
Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dan Castle, RWE Npower
Highly commended: Olga Kovaleva, Sentronex & Jack Armstrong, Marsh

Excellence in Business Continuity in the Insurance Industry
Sponsored by AIRMIC
Lloyd’s of London

Business Continuity Consultant of the Year
Sponsored by the Emergency Planning Society
Hugh Morris, Marsh

Industry Personality of the Year
Sponsored by Willis
Rick Cudworth, Deloitte

Specialist Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Company of the Year
Sponsored by BAE Systems
Harwell Document Restoration Services

Most Innovative Product of the Year
Sponsored by London First
Business Continuity Exercising Toolkits, Ear Productions Ltd

“The Business Continuity Awards are the pinnacle of achievement for a business in our field and to be recognised by our peers and clients in this way is an excellent commendation of a year of hard work by everyone.” Mike Osborne, managing director, ICM Continuity Services

See Business Continuity Awards.

Events: Business Survival and Recovery Conference

Written by Phil on April 22, 2009 in Business Continuity, Events.

Contingency Planners of OHIO (CPO) annual Business Survival and Recovery Conference is coming this fall to the Online Computer Library Center in metro Columbus, Ohio USA, October 26-27, 2009. It is sure to be an exciting conference packed with educational information on Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management, plus many networking opportunities. Look for further conference information on their website at www.cpohio.org.

Events: London 4th Annual BCM Conference and Workshop

Written by Paul Kirvan on April 8, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Events, Standards, disaster preparedness.

How can you deliver improved business continuity in a recession? Are your resources being cut, and senior management distracted by other issues – while the threats and challenges continue to multiply?

Attend the Business Standards Institution’s Improving Business Continuity Management - BS25999 and Beyond conference and workshop to get the latest best practice advice on BCM issues and BS 25999 implementation, and hear about other standards that will support you.

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Eye-Opening Disaster Exercise For Community Leaders

Written by Phil on April 8, 2009 in Events, Testing.

It was an eye opener for the 270 delegates attending the Disaster Recovery exercise at the Community Board Conference 09 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Business Continuity Institute Briefs UK Parliament on Business Continuity

Written by Paul Kirvan on April 8, 2009 in Business Continuity, Events.

As part of its Business Continuity Awareness Week activities the Business Continuity Institute recently organized and delivered a briefing session for Members of Parliament (MPs) in London, England.

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Events: Upcoming Dates, Venues for Disaster Preparedness Summit

Written by Paul Kirvan on April 8, 2009 in Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Response, Events, disaster preparedness.

The Disaster Preparedness Summit is a one-day program appearing in several cities that addresses key issues in responding to and managing the effects of disasters.

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Events: Recap of Business Continuity Awareness Week 2009

Written by Paul Kirvan on April 8, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Events.

The first global Business Continuity Awareness Week in 2009 recently ended. The week-long program, which ran through the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and other areas, helped raise awareness of what business continuity management is and how it can benefit organizations in many different ways.

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Webinar: Crisis Communications Skills in Hard Times: How to Announce Layoffs, Shortfalls and Cutbacks without Damaging Reputation in Recession

Written by Phil on March 31, 2009 in Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, Events.

These are tough times for companies and clients — with many facing bad news announcements ranging from layoffs or shortfalls to cutbacks and worse. No doubt about it: These recessionary developments and announcements harm brand value and reputation, while diminishing consumer, investor and even employee confidence. Right now is when management and leaders need your skills the most.

In just 90 crucial minutes PR, HR, legal, security and marketing departments can learn crisis management principles and proven methods
guaranteed to help you successfully guide management, and confidently manage and communicate bad news in ways that reduce the damage while rebuilding trust, strengthening reputation and sustaining brand equity with various stakeholder groups and audiences.

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