Preparing for the Unexpected (July 11/19): Community Resilience w/ Prof Geoff Wilson

Join us July 11/19, as we talk to Prof Geoff Wilson from the University of Plymouth (UK) to talk about Community Resiliency.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/113475/community-resilience

Enjoy!

The StoneRoad Team

Preparing for the Unexpected: Preparing for an Active Shooter

Being prepared for an active shooter situation is a hot topic right now, so listen in on Dec 20/18 when we talk to noted expert and author C. David Shepherd.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/109522/active-shooter

Enjoy!

The StoneRoad Team

Preparing for the Unexpected – 2018-04-19: The Challenges of BCM/DR Programs – Part II

The April 19/18 show continues from where Part I of “The Challenges of BCM/DR Programs” left off. Join us and see if you’re encountering the same challenges.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/105776/the-challenges-of-bcmdr-programs-part-ii

The StoneRoad Team

 

 

Preparing for the Unexpected – 2018-04-12: The Challenges of BCM/DR Programs – Part 1

No matter the industry, the size of your organization, or the location(s) of your business, Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) programs always seem to experience a common set of challenges. Drawing from 20+ years of experience, Alex Fullick will discuss these many challenges that seem to transcend industry and location – and which seem to appear at one time or another – in every BCM/DR program. Listen in to hear why some of these challenges occur and how to deal with them when you begin to encounter the same issues in your program.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/105645/the-challenges-of-bcmdr-programs-part-i

Enjoy!

The StoneRoad Team

 

 

Preparing for the Unexpected – 2018-02-01: Issue Management w/ Glen Duff

Our 2018-02-01 show is a key one; talking about Issues Management and how we can utilize it in our BCM/DR programs proactively before a disaster / business interruption and how to better manage our responses to disasters. We speak with Glen Duff (ret), who specialised in Issues Management for many years for some very large organizations.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/103854/bcm-and-dr-issues-management

Enjoy!

The StoneRoad Team

Preparing for the Unexpected – Episdoe 2018-01-18: The Value of BCM

The 2018-01-18 episode of Preparing for the Unexpected we are joined by author of “The Ultimate Business Continuity $uccess Guide”, who will provide us with many great tips and ideas of how BCM/DR can add value to an organization. Enjoy!

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/103753/unleashing-the-value-of-business-continuity-programs

Regards,

The StoneRoad Team

Preparing for the Unexpected – 2017-12-14 Episode: BCM at EMUD

The 2017-12-14 Episode will focus on BCM at the East By Municipal Utility District (EMUD) and how it maintains it program to ensure the continued delivery of services to it over 1.3 million customers.

Join us, as we speak with Julia Halsne and Nelsy Rodriquez of EMUD about their BCM program

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/103252/business-continuity-at-east-bay-municipal-utility-district

Regards,

The StoneRoad Team

Preparing for the Unexpected: Testing our BCP/DR Plans (Part 1)

This week we have the 1st part of a 3 part series talking about testing our BCP/DR plans and maintaining our programs.  The focus will be on getting Buy-In and the showing the Value of BCM programs, as well as providing some tips on how to test for people availability issues.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2682/preparing-for-the-unexpected

Don’t forget; 9am EST every Thursday!

The StoneRoad Team

Alex Fullick: Book Review – “Testing Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plans”

While looking for something unrelated, we happened to come across this review for the 5th book by Alex Fullick; “Testing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans.”  It was released a couple of years ago and has proven to be quite successful so we’re happy to have found this.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Alex-Fullick-Pens-Releases-New-Book-on-Testing-Disaster-Recovery-and-Business-Continuity-Plans-20141024

Well done boss!!  🙂

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BCM / DR: Managing a Schedule

When planning our various BCM/DR components, you need to build and maintain some level of a schedule.  If you don’t have a schedule built for let’s say the BIA or the development of a Crisis Communications Plan, then Executives will never know when to expect the results and participants will continually ‘put you off’.  Continue reading