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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: Step 2 – Exercise & Scenario Design
Once the main objectives of the exercise are decided, the exercise scenario can then be developed. A scenario provides at least two important services. First, it supplies a plausible starting point or setting for the exercise participants to examine particular challenges as well as responses to a crisis (e.g., hurricane,…
CC Series Short: Functional Exercise Objectives
The Functional Exercise is a fully simulated interactive exercise that tests the capability of an organization to respond to a simulated event. This exercise focuses on the coordination of multiple functions of organizations and takes place in an Emergency Operations Center. The Functional Exercise strives for realism, short of actual…
CC Series Short: Tabletop Exercise Objectives
One of the most important, if not the most important step, in the design and preparation of an exercise is to determine the exercise objective(s). It is not unusual for individuals planning an exercise to want to begin by focusing on a specific scenario. While the particular scenario they want…
CC Series Short: 5-Step Process, Step One – Initial Preparation (Part 2)
In the previous CC Series Short, 5-Step Process, Step One – Initial Preparation (Part 1), Rob discussed some points regarding what is involved in the initial preparation stage of an exercise. In this short video clip, Rob Burton delves further into Step-1. Do you have questions regarding The 5-Step Process? Contact us…
CC Series Short: 5-Step Process, Step One – Initial Preparation (Part 1)
As a tool, tabletop exercises, when run effectively and correctly, can be extremely impactful not just to the team, but for the organization. However, as a facilitator of these events, you only have one short window to attain interest and commitment for future sessions. This is a vital step in…
CC Series Short: Why We Created The 5-Step Process
The 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises was designed to help organizations improve their existing crisis simulation exercises or create new ones that are engaging and professional. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton discusses why the 5-step process was created. Do…