We Must Act Now to Save Our Children! America’s schools are under attack and our children are dying needlessly. All of our lives are impacted when a soft-target is attacked whether it is by an irate demented former student, embittered employee or a terrorist organization. We are all in theRead More
A Business Resilience / Business Continuity (BRBC) website or mobile app are great ways for employees to easily access important information. These are also wonderful branding opportunities for your program. Tools I mention in the category include HTML5, BCM Your website can include: Breaking news Critical emergency phone numbers Best practicesRead More
If you make your program fun and exciting, you will be pleasantly surprised with the great results you achieve. Interest will skyrocket. People will be talking at the water cooler and they will stop you in the hall. Fun rules! Gamification works well in business resilience. If you have never heardRead More
I have used my fun ‘walk down the hall awareness assessment’ to gauge the level of awareness in my organization and to meet people. It may not be the most scientific exercise, but you can instantly get both qualitative and quantitative feedback. In addition, you will be branding yourself with everyRead More
How many emails do you send out every hour and every day? If you are involved with business resilience / continuity / safety / security / compliance or own a company, I will bet you send out a great deal of emails! Well, you can add significant value to each email with no extra effortRead More
‘Extra, Extra Read All About It!’ – You need a business continuity newsletter! It is a great way to promote awareness. In my experience newsletters are fun to read and just as much fun to write. I even publish the Free Ultimate Business Continuity Newsletter. Your newsletter is a perfectRead More
I highly recommend ‘lunch and learns’! They are great opportunities to communicate important info in a fun and stress free environment to a wide number of people. Tips ahead (you guys know me by now): Tip – Provide ample pizza, pasta, sandwiches, salad, snacks, coffee, tea, soft drinks… They willRead More
Emergency Response and Business Continuity must be part of your new employee orientation process. If this is not the case in your organization it would be a very very big win for you to partner with HR, Safety, Security and Learning & Development to help all new employees be better prepared. TipRead More