Not my macaroons, but close
Jun 27, 2010
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The Importance of Reading Instructions

I’ve always been the type to read the instructions… on nearly everything.  When I was a kid, I loved putting together plastic models of cars and airplanes.  The process always went smoothly because I read the directions first.  Read More

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Jun 24, 2010
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Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: Syndication and Respecting Social Network Cultures

Or: How to NOT Alienate Your Friends and Contacts

I saw today that Twitter is releasing a new service/app that provides another level of integration with competing-yet-complimentary social networks.  Read More

Jun 18, 2010
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FEMA Billboard: You are here…

A FEMA billboard promoting family disaster preparedness.
A FEMA billboard promoting family disaster preparedness.
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Jun 14, 2010
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Twitter for Emergency Management & Crisis Communications

In December 2009, my friend Mike Ellis (@EmergCommNetwrk, website) posted an excerpt of Mark Prutsalis’ (@LivingPrepared, website) August 13, 2009 article Use of Twitter as an Emergency Notification Service. Both became relevant this past week when Twitter experienced serious outage issues making its site inaccessible and API unavailable.

In the article, Mark argues that government agencies should not use Twitter as an emergency notification service.  His points are valid and applicable to private sector businesses and non-profit organizations as well.  Read More

Disaster_Recovery
Jun 3, 2010
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Disaster Recovery: Tests vs Exercises vs Practice

I believe a lot of managers and board members hold a number of misconceptions regarding business continuity and disaster recovery testing and exercises.  Over the years, I’ve heard many argue about what makes a test successful or not, and how to best present test results relative to business objectives when management, auditors and regulators are pushing for ‘successful tests’.   Read More

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