upcoming seminars

CPO North Region January Meeting
North Royalton Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library
North Royalton, OH
January 18, 2012
Registration (FREE)

Adapting Business Continuity to Your Organization
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
Februray 10, 2012
Registration (fee)

Spring World 2012
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Orlando, FL
March 25-28, 2012
Registration (fee)

Ohio BWC Ohio Safety Congress and Expo
Greater Columbus Convention Center
March 27-29, 2012
Registration (fee)

updates

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2011 BEPPE Awards -- recipients announced!
Click here to for list of BEPPE Award Recipients.

Service Director -- Latest Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Resource Guide has been posted with companies providing services to meet your business continuity planning needs.

Job Postings
BEP Institute offers free listings of job openings for the Business Continuity community.

Take my advice
(oh, yeah, I should take it too)
Robbie Vorhaus offered up these 15 essential truths in crisis. We liked them all but really enjoyed No. 7 –About 18 to 24 months after a major crisis, more than 85% of people say it was one of the best things that happened to them—and No. 8: Never say, “Don’t worry, this will all work out,” in the middle of a crisis.
Vorhaus had the opportunity to remember those truths when a hacker wiped out his gmail account. He managed to find almost all the truths in the experience. Read his story about what happened here.

Block that cough
We don’t need to tell you that it’s flu season. But we do want to remind you that it’s not too late to get a flu shot—or just take simple steps to avoid those pesky germs. Here’s the latest flu report (Ohio is seeing moderate flu-like symptoms) from Regina Phelps at EMS Solutions. Don’t forget to wash your hands, make sure your office is being cleaned appropriately (are there cleaning supplies near your copy machine—and are they being used?).

FEMA loses, recovers data but still can’t read it
Did you hear that the Federal Emergency Management Agency lost all its historical data last May. And although it recovered the data in November, it still isn’t able to access it because FEMA hasn’t recovered the software to read it. It’s a lesson for all—you may be able to recover data but can you recover the software to make that data useful? A special thanks to Contingency Planners of Ohio for sharing the news and this article.

Back to basics—talk from multi-system operator
Need a quick article to share on the basics of business continuity. Time Warner Cable Business Class executive shares the basics and how cable multi-system operators fit into those plans. He brings up an interesting note—how do telecommuters fit into the organization’s business continuity plans. Read the Smart Business Network article here.