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An Interview with Michael Gladstone of WeWork

ByRob Burton

How does your organization prepare for crises? Have you been through the planning process thoroughly? In this interview, we speak with WeWork’s crisis and emergency preparedness manager Michael Gladstone. He talks about the difference between planning in high threat places and those safer or less vulnerable environment. He also spoke about technology and how it’s…

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Tabletop Exercises, You’ve Got One Shot, Make it Count.

ByRob Burton

A Crisis Simulation exercise is a great opportunity for a team of professionals to come together and address gaps and issues they may have when it comes to an event. It is a controlled environment for you to understand individual skillsets during a crisis and how the organization can communicate and coordinate during one. As…

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7 Essential Crisis Simulation Tabletop Exercise Tips

ByRob Burton

These Seven Tips Will Help You Create Impactful and Memorable Crisis Simulation Tabletop Exercises 1. Ensure your tabletop exercise gets off to a good start by doing this…. Ensure you invite the right audience. This may seem obvious, but I have seen tabletop exercises fail when the they include functions that are not engaged throughout…

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Event and Venue Security – An Interview with James DeMeo

ByRob Burton

58 people died and over 500 were injured during a music festival in Las Vegas on October 1st, 2017. A lone actor shot at festival goers from the Mandalay Bay Hotel room, a scenario even the most seasoned security experts couldn’t have predicted. In this episode we talk to a security advisor James DeMeo who…

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Taking Scenarios out of Your Business Continuity Plan? Not so Fast

ByMark Hoffman

Let me begin by stating my position very clearly: I do not write scenario-based business continuity plans. I don’t think that it’s appropriate to base your continuity protocols on a series of unfortunate events so specific that your strategy is obsolete if the disaster isn’t a power outage on a Tuesday afternoon in May. That…

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An Interview with Michael Brown

ByRob Burton

Being able to create calm during a major emergency is not easy, Michael Brown will attest to that. It’s what you do to ensure you learn those lessons and there are always lessons-to-be-learned from major crises. Recent hurricanes, cyber-attacks, wildfires, and the mass shooting in Las Vegas are challenging situations that needed to be managed….

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Confined Space Protection: Safeguarding Today’s Stadiums, Venues and Arenas 2017 & Beyond

ByJames DeMeo

In today’s multi-billion dollar sports and entertainment industry, the need for ongoing event staff training cannot be underscored.   The threats, challenges, and vulnerabilities continue for those entrusted with duty of care responsibilities within the vertical. Furthermore, when discussing safeguarding the confined space, i.e. stadium, venue and arenas where large crowds are gathered in densely…

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Disaster Planning – Interview with Mark Hoffman

ByRob Burton

Crises can strike without warning. Some incidents are slower and we can often start our response early. No matter what the situation is, we need to do more to prepare our businesses, communities, and families to survive and thrive after a crisis has passed. In this excellent episode, Mark Hoffman discusses how organizations can better…

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Disaster Preparedness – An Interview with Michael Morlan

ByRob Burton

Forty percent of businesses do not reopen after a disaster and another 25 percent fail within one year according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Having a more resilient community requires preparedness and that means work! In this interview with Michael Morlan of Two Rivers Emergency Management, we discussed some of the major concerns…

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Crisis Preparedness Interview with Joe McEnness

ByRob Burton

Having perspective is always a good thing. In this interview, Joe McEnness, Executive Director – Office of Risk Management of the Catholic Church in Boston, discusses crisis preparedness. Having a plan is one thing, knowing how to implement that plan during a crisis is a totally different matter. Practicing the plan and ensuring your team…