An Essential Tool in the Creation of Full-Scale Exercises: The Exercise Plan

Dec 6, 2021 | Exercises

A key tool in the creation of full-scale simulation exercises is the Exercise Plan. Simulation exercises, especially those that are full scale, typically take months to plan and need to be well designed. Having an Exercise Plan will help you stay organized and on...

Disaster Planning – Interview with Mark Hoffman

Aug 29, 2017 | Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Exercises, Podcast, Tabletop Exercises

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSCrises 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,...

Community Resilience – An Interview with Mark Gillan

Oct 12, 2016 | Crisis Communications, Emergency Management, Exercises, Podcast, Security, Tabletop Exercises

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSCommunities are not just made up of homes and apartments. Many communities have businesses that provide jobs and other services to those communities. Major cities have businesses that...

5 Common Crisis Preparedness Questions

Sep 20, 2016 | Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Crisis Management, Exercises, Podcast, Security, Tabletop Exercises

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSWe often get asked the same preparedness questions. These questions come from our online audiences as well as our clients during crisis simulation exercises or in everyday discussions....

PreparedEx Podcast Episode 14 – Tabletop Exercise – A Hurricane Scenario

May 17, 2016 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Podcast, Tabletop Exercises

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSIn episode 14 of the PreparedEx podcast we discuss the development of a hurricane exercise and scenario. We walk through the various stages of creating the objectives and scenario as...