PreparedEx Podcast Episode 2: 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises

ByRob Burton November 3, 2015May 28, 2025

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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 Episode 2, PreparedEx’s Rob Burton discusses the 5 Steps in detail. He covers the following:

Pre-Exercise Planning
Scenario and Exercise Design
Final Exercise Preparations
Delivery and Evaluation
Post Exercise

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Episode 9 – The Emergency Response Side of Pandemic Planning – An Interview with Christine Cool

ByRob Burton February 17, 2016May 28, 2025

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) responds to global health emergencies such as the Zika virus, Ebola and H1N1. In episode 9 we talk to Christine Cool of The Warning Project who discusses the emergency response side to health crises. Christine has deployed to several emergencies with the W.H.O. and talks to us about her experiences in these…

Podcast | Security

Corporate Travel Security An Interview with Luke Bencie

ByRob Burton June 14, 2016May 28, 2025

Many organizations have international operations as well as other requirements for their workforce to travel on their behalf. To ensure that employees are safe while travelling, it is incumbent upon the employer to provide those travelling employees with the necessary resources to ensure they’re protected from the various threats they may face. Different destinations present…

Crisis Management | Podcast

Crisis Leader Versus Crisis Communicator

ByRob Burton January 31, 2020May 28, 2025

In this, our 66th episode, Rob Burton discusses the difference between the Crisis Leader and the Crisis Communicator. In this short podcast, Rob describes the difference and provides a list of the different responsivities of each role.

Business Continuity | Crisis Management | Emergency Management | Podcast | Tabletop Exercises

An Interview with Michael Brown

ByRob Burton October 12, 2017May 28, 2025

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….

Exercises

How to Conduct a Full-Scale Simulation Exercise for Your Company

ByRob Burton November 29, 2021May 28, 2025

Optimizing an organization’s crisis preparedness requires going beyond the often disjointed, conventional scope of emergency management practices. Optimal preparedness requires embracing a more holistic, or “full-scale,” approach to crisis simulation exercises. In contrast to smaller “table-top” exercises or drills, a full-scale exercise is the closest thing to a real event. They incorporate all operational and…

Crisis Communications | Crisis Management | Podcast

An Interview with Jim Preen

ByRob Burton December 20, 2017May 28, 2025

2017 has seen some historic storms in North America and South Asia. There’s been a significant increase in cyber-attacks on major businesses such as Equifax and Uber. In the UK the NHS was affected by the WannaCry attack which caused a massive disruption and embarrassment for the NHS. There were many more crises throughout the…

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