I have one major group that is very resistant to participating in the business continuity program. They refuse to participate in evacuation drills because...
Hi Chris, This may help. An Untested Emergency Response Plan is a Source of Reputation Risk The link between Reputation & Emergency Response Deon Binneman ...
How does it look from the top? When an evac drill is called, does Top Management stop what it's doing to evac? If not, address THAT problem first. Why are you...
John Glenn, CRP
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Jun 22, 2007 6:33 am
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Chris- For fire drills, the line that always worked for me was "Mr Derr isn't too busy, he's already downstairs". Since Mr. Derr was the CEO, they were always...
T. M. Smalley
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Jun 22, 2007 6:33 am
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Gift certificates to those that conduct the most orderly and complete dept evac. A party only for those that participate. A choice of beverages at the evac...
All of this points out the need to have a budget for Business Continuity - including "promotional" materials. As they say in the synagogue (and maybe church)...
John Glenn, CRP
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Jun 23, 2007 6:02 am
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Hi, I am developing an Estates Help desk Business Continuity plan. Any idea where to start and finish from those who have through this before. Many thanks...
pentayyad
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Jul 7, 2007 4:38 pm
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BS25999.COM Newsletter - July 2007 In this issue; * Site Refresh * Productivity Article - Using Handheld 2 Way Radios Effectively * Productivity Article -...
Chris, I know that I speak for many when I say "I feel your pain!" Many of the products out there are simply inadequate for a business of any complexity. When...
I think I've finally got my management to accept the idea that we need a BC planning package. The bewildering array of Word, Excel, .TXT, . PDF files, etc.,...
If any BCP tools vendors did want to circulate details please email me details direct and I will circulate to UK-BCP members with the weekly newsletter .... ...
Spinks, David C
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Jul 11, 2007 4:54 am
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Jim, Spoken like someone who has recognised the need for, and potential value of, bespoke BC software and who after evaluation has concluded that its best to ...
Mick Chittenden
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Jul 11, 2007 4:54 am
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Dear Reader, Powerlines Number 71 is now ready for your reading pleasure. It contains a variety of articles, including the following: 1. REPUTATION - THE...
Has anyone had any extremely good or extremely bad experiences with the disaster recovery services of - SunGard IBM HP Please respond offlist direct to my...
Hi everyone I'm a member of this group for the past 10 months. I'm doing a survey on Current practices in Project Management (PM). I felt that this profession...
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Hi, I'm a PhD student and new member of this group. I'm conducting research in the area of contingency/continuity planning in the supply chain. One of my...
Hi, I'm a PhD student and new member of this group. I'm conducting research in the area of contingency planning in the supply chain. One of my current...
Hello All, First, I'd like to pass along my thanks for to those of you that have participated in our survey. The response has been tremendous and your inputs...
Dear Colleague, The latest version of Powerlines Number 73 is now available for your reading pleasure. Powerlines aims to provide you with the most timely,...
Dear Colleague We are pleased to announce our upcoming Certification Pandemic training programme, for both in-house Practitioners and external Consultants....
Dear Colleague We are pleased to announce our upcoming Certification Pandemic training programme, for both in-house Practitioners and external Consultants....
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I'm investigating the pros and cons of forming a relatively informal group that can review each others technical recovery douments for free. My companies...
Hay Bill Lang, Its a great idea, it will help people to grow and understand things, this will make people to interact with their peers more experienced and...
Dear List Member, Can you please help me? I have a friend who has requested me to assist him with a BCP project. His wish list of information he needs to...
Dear Colleague We are pleased to announce our next Certification Pandemic training programme, for both in-house Practitioners and external Consultants. Please...
Ferguson Associates, is organizing the 2nd International Business Continuity and Risk Management Conference in collaboration with `The Business Continuity...