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Looking Back to Move Forward: What 2025 Reinforced About Crisis Preparedness
As the year draws to a close, it is natural for organizations to reflect on what they accomplished, what they endured, and what still feels unresolved. For many leadership teams,…
CC Series Short: Exercise Delivery – Opening Statement and The Issues Board
During the course of the exercise, there will be times when an issue surfaces that cannot be resolved because of exercise time constraints. We define an “issue” as something whose resolution is important to the organization’s crisis or business continuity plan, but that cannot be resolved during the time available…
CC Series Short: Final Preparations Check List – Part Two
The final exercise preparations are really about making sure your doing a rehearsal. It is your opportunity to do a dry run of your exercise to be sure everything is organized and in place. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton goes over the…
CC Series Short: Final Preparations Check List – Part One
An important step in conducting a successful exercise is to ensure that final preparations are made and thoroughly checked before the start of the exercise. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton goes over the first few items on the final preparation check list…
CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent
Scenario security is important: It helps ensure that the participants react in a realistic way. The team preparing the exercise should not share information on the scenario with the players. The controllers and evaluators should know the scenario very well. Everybody else shouldn’t. Some people will have this urge to…
CC Series Short: Creating Exercise Visuals
The saying “a picture paints a thousand words” has never been as true in the world of simulation exercises. The only difference is that it’s not just pictures that can create realism and keep participants engaged. It has never been easier to create simulation videos, audio recordings, manipulated images, simulated…
CC Series Short: The MSEL (Master Sequence of Events List)
The exercise facilitator and control team will control the exercise through the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL). The MSEL is the primary document used to conduct the exercise, providing the framework for monitoring and managing the flow of exercise activities. It shows when events are expected to occur and when…