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New book by Jeffrey R. Ryan - available August, 2008:

Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness

• Analyze the threat of pandemics in general, and influenza specifically
• Identify principles associated with the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
• Assess factors leading to an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, including its potential effect on the economy
• Evaluate the use of pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical measures
• Determine response actions of various emergency services disciplines as they relate to communications, travel, and quarantine
• Examine the components of service continuation essential for the private sector to remain intact during a severe pandemic

“… an amazing resource … Dr. Ryan has assembled some of the best experts in the field to guide you in understanding the threat of pandemic influenza and how it can affect you and the people you are responsible for. …” - From the foreword by Lynn A. Slepski, Captain, United States Public Health Service

No one is immune to the potential devastation of a mass pandemic influenza outbreak. Yet despite recent small-scale outbreaks and dire warnings from the World Health Organization that such an event is imminent and overdue, our preparedness continues to lag. Part of the problem is that while a national plan is important, all the real action must occur at the local level. Triage, care, and containment, along with maintenance of the infrastructure, are functions that must be carried out by local planners and responders.

Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness introduces readers to the critical global and domestic issues regarding a potential pandemic. Featuring the contributions of leading experts, this volume arms planners and responders with an understanding of outbreak containment and response planning and provides an analysis of our present capabilities and potential weaknesses.

The first section reviews the history of pandemics and discusses the deadly 1918 Spanish flu. The middle chapters examine the biology of the virus and the clinical aspects of influenza, with special attention given to Avian Influenza. The final chapters examine international and federal programs and discuss response at the local level, including service continuation planning and fatality management.

Public health and emergency preparedness professionals, as well as policy makers at all levels will find a wealth of information to help them create a plan and allocate the proper resources to mitigate the devastation of a pandemic influenza.

Special Offer!

Be prepared! Purchase Pandemic Influenza, along with the Pandemic Preparation and Response Plan Template for Business on CD-ROM for $119.90.

Business Continuity can be a challenge in any environment - and the complexities of manufacturing and distribution operations can be even more challenging.

The new BUSINESS CONTINUITY PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION ON CD-ROM has some similarities to business continuity programs for other business environments - but many differences specific to manufacturing and distribution.

• Have Critical Revenue-Generating Operations been Thoroughly Analyzed?
• Is Your Plan Designed Specifically for a Manufacturing or Distribution Business?
• Is Your Plan Limited to Information Technology Planning?
• Do All Departments have Adequate Plans in Place?

Emotional Terrors in the Workplace: Protecting Your Business’ Bottom Line Emotional Continuity Management in the Workplace By Vali Hawkins Mitchell, Ph.D., LMHC. Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, Editor.

Businesses need to make money or there will be no jobs. People need to have appropriate feelings or they will not be healthy. Sometimes those emotions - whether felt by individuals or many, whether appropriate or not - can disrupt business and mess up the bottom line. With this book, that doesn’t have to be the case.

EMOTIONAL TERRORS IN THE WORKPLACE; PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS’ BOTTOM LINE provides practical, well-tested tools that bridge human emotional dynamics with the fiscal demands of a company.

ENDORSED BY THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY INSTITUTE (BCI)

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Published by Rothstein Associates, Inc.
$47.95 ISBN 1-931332-27-4
DR771.

Principles and Practice of Business Continuity: Tools and Techniques, by Jim Burtles, KLJ, MMLJ, FBCI

Principles and Practice of Business Continuity

This new book explores the subject of Business Continuity Management: from basic principles to best practices. On completing this book, the reader should be in a position to engage in all of the activities associated with the development, delivery, exercise and maintenance of an effective business continuity program. The included CD-ROM provides extensive tools, templates and other valuable resources.

Endorsed by Survive, The Business Continuity Group and The Business Continuity Institute.

INCLUDES CD-ROM WITH TOOLS, TEMPLATES AND BONUS RESOURCES!

INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL AND COURSE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS BOOK.

“An invaluable, comprehensive and practical guide to assist companies of all sizes with their Business Continuity Planning - written by a BC practitioner with years of experience to help others learn and avoid pitfalls.” - Survive - The Business Continuity Group

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Order #DR800. ISBN 1-931332-39-8.
2007, Book plus CD-ROM.
Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher.

Disaster Recovery Testing: Exercising Your Contingency Plan (2007 Edition). Philip Jan Rothstein, Editor.

Untested contingency/recovery plans are of little value. Testing is far more than finding holes in the plan: it confirms the underlying assumptions are workable; it can also be a valuable training tool.

The classic problem with recovery testing is that it always seems to come at the end of the recovery planning process. The intention of this book si to transform recovery testing from an afterthought to a powerful, disciplined and efficient development and implementation tool; from an art to a science.

Whether continuity of business operations, computer operation, voice or data communications, trading floors or local area networks is your concern, the contributions of thirty leading experts within this book will provide an in-depth understanding of recovery testing approaches, options, tradeoffs, resources and pitfalls.

” … The most widely read source of information on the subject to date… an excellent starting point for both novice and experienced business continuity planners… this book is a feast of ideas that challenge and stimulate.” - SURVIVE Magazine

September, 2007, 350 pages. $79

Order# DR-998. ISBN 1-931332-42-8 (978-1-91332-42-2)

Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.

Previous ISBN # 0-9641648-0-9

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THE COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS, BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN AND CRISIS / RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT TEMPLATES ON CD-ROM, 2008 - 2nd Edition by Douglas M. Henderson

New for 2008: Pandemic Planning Template!

• Have Critical Revenue-Generating Operations been Thoroughly Analyzed?
• Is Your Plan Limited to Information Technology Planning?
• Do All Departments have Adequate Plans in Place?

If the answer to any of these questions is “no” or “unsure”, then this planning template can help!

The Comprehensive Business Continuity Plan is a complete template program for business on CD-ROM that includes advice for all development steps from the Information Collection Process, through the Business Analysis, to the actual Business Continuity and Crisis Response documentation and finally with assistance for the ongoing exercising and maintenance process.

2008, CD-ROM, 850+ pages. ISBN #1-931332-49-5
Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher.
Order #DR789.

It’s Hurricane Season!

Here is a convenient template including guidance for you to get a hurricane preparedness plan in place:

Complete Hurricane & Flood Plan for Business:
A Disaster Prevention and Recovery Template
on CD-ROM, by Douglas M. Henderson, FSA,
CBCP. 2006. $49.95

When a Hurricane or Flood Threatens:

• How do we maintain mission-critical operations?
• How do we protect and recover our workforce?
• How do we protect business assets?
• How do we recover from a catastrophic event?

The COMPLETE HURRICANE & FLOOD PLAN FOR BUSINESS provides step-by-step solutions to these and other important questions.

This special new Complete Hurricane & Flood Planning Template is a ‘must-have’ for businesses that face a serious hurricane or flood threat.

The Hurricane and Flood Plan file features 14 defined steps (pre-, during and post-disaster periods) and a detailed analysis of applicable strategies and procedures necessary to execute a successful business recovery.

ISBN 1-931332-37-1
Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.
2006, 140 Pages. Order #DR788.

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A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity: Aligning Business Continuity with
Corporate Governance, by David Kaye and Julia Graham. April 2006, 420 pages. $95

ISBN #1-931332-36-3
Rothstein Associates Inc., Publisher

“This book is a must read for those senior managers, risk managers and continuity managers who have the vision to see both the new opportunities and the new responsibilities of business continuity management.”
- George J. Mitchell, Chairman, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary; Former Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Senator for Maine.

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INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL AND COURSE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS BOOK

Comprehensive Crisis and Continuity (COOP) Template for Public & Private Schools (K-12) on CD-ROM, by Douglas M. Henderson. 2008, 650+ pages

The COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS & CONTINUITY TEMPLATE is a complete template program for public and private schools (K-12) on CD-ROM that includes advice for all development steps from the Information Collection Process, through the Risk Analysis, to the actual Crisis Response documentation, operational recovery and finally with assistance for the ongoing exercising and maintenance process. It is scalable and appropriate for any size school.

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Also see Comprehensive Colleges/University Plan