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PRC–1:
Everything You Need To Know to Design The Successful Exercise
Saturday, Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
$725 per person
Presenter: Regina Phelps
Learn from the exercise master – Regina Phelps conducts more than 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 founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions a consulting and training firm.
PRC–2:
NIMS ICS for Business and Industry
Sat. Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$595 per person
Presenters: Dr. Tom Phelan
Deidrich Towne, Jr. CBCP
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.
Deidrich Towne, CBCP, is a senior technical analyst in Information Technology
for National Grid. He serves as Chairman of the Board for Private and
Public Businesses, Inc.
PRC-3:
Business Continuity Management: Advanced Strategies and Practices for
Experienced BCP Professionals
Saturday, Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Randy Till, CBCP
Join us for an interactive training session geared to explore business continuity practices and strategies being implemented by leading organizations today. Till will provide examples of techniques and practices to help advance business continuity within your organization. This session will provide a comprehensive review of the components, processes and practices required to implement a successful BCP Program. This interactive course will encourage experienced professionals to participle in active dialog, while sharing ideas and practices using their own experiences. This class is intended to provide planners with an opportunity to build relationships while sharing ideas and valuable insights. It promises to provide positive class interaction and valuable information for the attendees to integrate within their business continuity programs. This session is geared towards experienced professionals with at least three years’ background in the field of business continuity planning.
Randall Till, CBCP,
has more than 20 years experience in the field of business continuity
management. He serves as a senior business leader and is responsible for
developing and implementing business continuity plans on a global basis.
PRC-4:
Outrageously Easy Recovery Planning
Sat., Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 17, 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.
PRC–5:
FASTpractice to Build Your BCP
Saturday, Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
$645 per person
Presenters: Barry Pruitt
Michael Herrera, CBCP
Don’t
be caught in a disaster waiting for perfect when you can attend this session
and start with progress! BCP is vital to keeping your organization operating
after an unplanned disruption. Yet many organizations have untested/out
of date or no plans. Why? Worldwide, the trend is better, cheaper, and
faster— even in the BCP process. Gain best practices for BCP at
today’s fast pace. If you’re an expert, learn how to speed
up the process; if you’re new to the profession, get your program
in place quicker through FASTpractice! You’ll:
• Discover how to be a FASTpractice
planner
• Quickly define key roles/responsibilities
• Map the fastest route to implement a “best practice”
BCP program
• Raise your program’s maturity level at a faster pace
• Gain the fastest approach to completing the Business Impact Analysis
(BIA) and Risk Assessment
• Outline how to quickly design/develop/implement recovery strategies
and plans based on requirements
• Get the FASTpractice approach to maintenance/testing and continuous
improvement
• Reduce exposures and ensure continued operation of your organization
in the event of an unplanned disruption
Learn strategies and procedures to maintain/resume/recover critical business
functions and processes, and how to include procedures to execute critical
priorities vs. non-critical functions/services/processes. Workshop includes:
workbook, disk of presentation materials, forms, and bonus CDs.
Barry Pruitt has
22 years experience managing major projects, teaches at USC school of
business, and has experienced a major business interruption.
Michael Herrera, CBCP, is the president/CEO of MHA Consulting Inc., has
more than 16 years BCP consulting and training experience, and has first
hand experience dealing with four major disasters.
PRC-6:
Reputation Management: The Importance of Crisis Communications
Sat., Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$495 per person
Presenter: Michael Janko, CBCP
Crisis Communications is critical for your organization’s “Reputation Management”. Learn what you say and what you do not say during an Incident (Emergency or Level 1, 2 or 3 Crisis) can cause irreparable damage, or be of great value to your organization. This valuable session will focus on the following:
• Develop your Reputation Management
Process (Pre-During and Post Incident)
• Techniques to train key management on response with the media
• Integrating Reputation Management into your organization’s
operations
• How to maintain an effective and seamless Process
• Case histories of what worked, what did not and why
• Internal and external communications methods & techniques
• Easy to use rules for effective communications (Do’s and
Don’ts)
You will also learn to establish internal and external relationships with various media outlets and useful techniques on how to go on the offense when an Incident occurs.
Michael W. Janko, CBCP is manager, global business continuity and fire protection, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He has more than 20 years experience in all phases of the BC process.
PRC–7:
Ready, Set, Exercise: The Full Monty!
Sat., Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$695 per person
Presenter: Steven B. Goldman
This course is the comprehensive version of Steve Goldman’s “Ready, Set, Exercise!” workshop. During this hands-on class, you will learn the details of how to set up and conduct a successful crisis plan exercise.
• Where to begin
• Types of Exercises
• Getting Management support
• The Exercise Planning Checklist
• The Exercise Design Dream Team
• Scope, objectives, and extent of play
• Developing your Exercise Manual
• Resources, data, and props
• Controllers, evaluators, observers and players
• How to conduct and critique the Exercise
• Leveraging for your next exercise
• Includes CD of all forms and templates presented in class.
The class will become skilled at the exercise development process; we will also develop a basic exercise scenario. Then we will practice what you learned as we participate in a table top drill and a simulated exercise.
Steven Goldman, Goldman
Mgmt. Consultants, LLC, is a leading crisis management, business continuity,
and crisis communications consultant. He has developed, conducted, and
evaluated more than 100 drills and exercises.
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