Extend you stay in beautiful San Diego and participate in one of the several pre or post conference courses. Additional fees do apply.

Post-Conference Courses

POC–1: Everything You Need To Know To Design The Successful Exercise
Wed., Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 22, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Regina Phelps

Learn from the exercise master – Phelps conducts 50+ exercises a year! Do you have a plan but have not yet tested it? You might discover that your document is less than sufficient. There are really only two ways to find that out. One is to have an actual disaster; the other is to do an exercise. The latter is usually a better learning experience and certainly a lot less stressful! The workshop details everything you need to do to design a successful exercise from the ground up. You will walk out of this workshop with your next exercise planned and under your arm!

• Five types of exercises
• Exercise Design Team
• The development of the Exercise Plan
• Selecting & Training a Sim Team
• Rules of exercise facilitation
• Participate in two advanced tabletop exercises
• Develop the outline for your own tabletop exercise

Regina Phelps, CEM, RN, BSN, MPA is an internationally recognized expert in the field of emergency management and continuity planning. She is founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, a training and consulting company specializing in emergency management, continuity planning and safety.

POC–2: Best Practices and the BIA
Wed., Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 23, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(private consultations)
$695 per person
Presenters: Barry Pruitt,
Michael Herrera, CBCP

This technical workshop is a hands-on consultative approach of leading participants through the BIA process.
You’ll gain cutting edge material including best practices from around the world. Learn:

• Through BIA interview, data collection, & executive summary exercises
• How to complete a BIA – start to finish!
• Tips, traps, and pitfalls in a BIA
• Suggested BIA tools and approaches
• How to identify risks and leverage results
• Advice on how to best “sell” the BIA
• How to identify your audience
• Where the BIA “fits” in the BCP process

Take home participant workbook, BIA sample questionnaire, sample executive summary, and all presentation materials on disk. Participants also get consultation on their personal BIA – and each participant gets a free DVD copy of interview samples for the BIA.
The workshop concludes Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Bring your personal BIA and/or questions to schedule a FREE private consultation on Friday morning. You’ll receive personal and specific feedback and advice on your BIA.

Barry Pruitt has 22 years experience managing projects, teaches train the trainer for project managers and has 12 years of project and BCP consulting and teaching experience.
Michael Herrera, CBCP, is the managing principal of MH & Associates Consulting. He has more than 15 years technology, business, and recovery experience.

POC–3: Proven Practices in Business Continuity Planning
Wed., Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Randy Till, CBCP

To meet the demand for this class, it is being offered as both a pre- and post-conference course. It provides the attendees with a comprehensive review of the components, processes and practices required to implement a successful BCP Program. Till will provide examples, solutions to roadblocks and proven techniques for improving business continuity planning within your organization. Some of the topics included will be:

• Gaining management commitment and participation as a key success factor
• Assessing risks and defining business impacts associated with disruptions
• Defining processes and practices for effective emergency response and crisis management
• Reviewing strong practices and techniques associated with successful business continuity and disaster recovery plans
• Presenting advanced recovery techniques and strategies
• Exercising recovery plans and capabilities
• Evaluating recovery readiness and effectively reporting results to management.

This class promises to provide immediately useful and applicable strategies and techniques through class interaction and instructor feedback. Both experienced and new business continuity planners will benefit.
In addition, each student will receive a free copy of the educational film “Best Practices in BCP.”

Randy Till, CBCP, is vice president, global business continuity management for MasterCard International. He has been implementing BC programs within several organizations during his 18-year career.

PPBI has combined the NFPA 1600 Standard with NIMS Incident Command principles to create an easy to adapt ICS model for business and industry. Compliance with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the categories of the National Fire Protection Association 1600 Standard as revised in 2004 serve as the basis for this simplified critical incident management course. PPBI’s instructors have experience in both public and private sector disaster recovery. The course is highly interactive and easily adaptable to your organization’s needs. Learn to use ICS to improve incident management.

Dr. Thomas D. Phelan, President, Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc., is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He has recently consulted for USDA, FDIC, I.B.M., the American Institutes for Research, and several counties.
Deidrich Towne, CBCP, is security and disaster recovery manager for NationalGrid, USA and serves as chairman, PPBI Board of Directors.

POC–5: Crisis Communication: Precision Planning, Preparing, and Performing
Wed. Sept. 21 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thurs. Sept. 22 8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Friday Sept. 23 8:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
$795.00 per person
Presenter: Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D.

This interactive course enables participants to review the essential components of a complete crisis communication plan for disasters, emergencies, and crisis events. The course is appropriate for BC managers, DR planners, professionals in the crisis management field, and anyone who is responsible for coordination and strategic planning for communicating during crises and disasters. This course covers communication concerns ranging from intelligence gathering and information analysis, C3 (command, control, and coordination) communication, emergency notification protocols, interaction with news media, and a variety of communication failure points.
The content of the course includes a review of critical aspects of crisis communication planning This course focuses on the communication processes, human factor systems, and the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to sustain effective communication .
Participants are encouraged to bring copies of existing crisis communication plans for review. In addition to numerous examples, discussion of challenging situations and a review of crisis communication planning this course will include a Mock Disaster Press Conference/Media Briefing Simulation Exercise (with university news reporters and TV broadcast news journalists participating in actual coverage as well as post exercise debriefing with the participants), self-assessed measurement of your crisis communication effectiveness capability, and highly helpful table top exercises.
Participants will also receive a DVD containing filmed interviews with crisis communication experts conducted by Dr. Chandler. Pre-paid early registrants will be mailed their DVD in advance.This video is an invaluable resource to raise awareness and urgency among fellow workers, senior management, and top executives.

Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor and Chair of the Communication Division in the Center for Communication and Business at Pepperdine University.

POC–6: Outrageously Easy Recovery Planning
Wed., Sept 21, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 23, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$795 per person
Presenter: Jeffrey Williams
This workshop is a special presentation of the very popular seminar that normally costs $2,091 and has been given around the world. Topics include the reasons for planning; the parameters of recovery planning; security; how to do a TRA, a BIA and a Risk Analysis; how to determine critical processes; what alternate methods are available; how to select recovery strategies; the importance of records management; offsite storage; and much more.
Included is a fully-registered copy of the Phoenix Disaster Recovery Planning System. At this workshop, you will develop the first draft of a recovery plan for your own company. This is a seminar for those who must develop the skills to manage their Disaster Recovery Plan.
You will learn how to prepare an in-depth emergency response plan and by the end of the seminar, you will have a draft of your first plan to take back to your office.

Jeffrey Williams is president and chief strategist for Binomial International Inc. and DisasterRecovery.com Inc.

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