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Buisness Continuity & Disaster Recovery
1) How unprepared are we?
What is the single highest probable failure factor for your enterprise? The biggest single threat to business will be staying with a previously successful business model too long and not being able to adapt to the fluidity of situation.
Presented and written by: Geary W. Sikich who is the author of "It Can't Happen Here: All Hazards Crisis Management Planning," "The Emergency Management Planning Handbook," "Integrated Business Continuity Planning: Maintaining Resilience in Uncertain Times," and over 175 published articles. He also leads Logical Management Systems, Corp.’s enterprise assurance, strategic mapping, crisis management, continuity and disaster recovery consulting services.
2) Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the activities of an organization in order to minimize the effects of risk; this includes but is not limited to, financial, accidental losses, strategic, operational and other unrecognized risks. In this fascinating presentation Geary Sikich suggest ways you can manage the Risk in running your organization.
Mr. Geary W. Sikich, Logical Management Systems
3) Disaster Response Planning for Facility Managers
In this practical workshop, Alton Penz looks at how to:
- Assess the risk environment for your facilities.
- Identify potential consequences to your areas of responsibility.
- Mitigate, where/when cost – effective, areas of significant vulnerability prevention.
- Develop written plans – response strategies for likely effects of threats.
- Decision-making: have in place command, control, communications.
- Implement the plans and make sure you are operationally capable.
- Pre-position your capabilities.
- Train and practice responses.
Alton Penz, President and CEO of The Gimbal Group, Inc., has over 35 years’ experience in management consulting, including business continuity planning. Recent work includes operating risk analysis, modeling of threat consequences, and designing continuity of operations plans for large public, non-profit, and government organizations.
4) Business Disruption Effects
You're anticipating, for planning purposes, an event that disrupts business operations.
- How do you estimate, comprehensively and consistently, the likely impact on your organization?
- Estimating consequences requires careful analysis.
- Many dimensions or elements to consider.
- Not all outcomes are bad.
- Under-and over--estimating consequences is likely.
Alton Penz, Ph.D., ABCP, President, The Gimbal Group, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.
5) Emergency Crisis Communication
A cutting edge guide to this essential topic: The presentation includes:
Communication Planning
- Determine key target Audiences,, information needs, and means to sustain communication.
- Utilize both Push/Pull communication options.
- Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis
Communication Strategies
- Plan what to say, when to say it, to whom, how, and know why.
- Communication is more than just "information" dissemination.
Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is Director Nicholson School of Communication University of Central Florida, Orlando and author of books on: Crisis and Emergency Communication, Media Relations, Crisis Communication Planning, Pandemics: Business Continuity, Planning Priorities for the Coming Outbreak.
General Management
1) Managing Your Business Contracts
A sample of the really practical advice in this presentation::
- Put contracts on your paper if you can
- Remove most automatic renewals
- Avoid liquidated damages, mediation and arbitration clauses
- Attach your own terms and conditions
- If you do not like the offer, change it
- Boilerplate language is not your friend.
Richard L. Benjamin has 25 years of experience in purchasing and related disciplines to his role as Executive, Materials Management, with Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries.
(Note: this is an abridged version of the full workshop.)
2) The Hidden Costs of Exhibiting at a Trade Show
Read how that “$2000 booth” you’ve just booked at your trade exhibition, which looked such a great deal, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the real costs of attendance. It might frighten you to realize that the final costs could be five times this amount.
Facilities Management
1) Choosing the right metrics for measuring FM ROI
Need some guidelines on how to cut costs and improve ROI and profitability through the FM dept, there’s some sound advice in this presentation.
- Current Approaches: Why not adequate
- Savings on Investment & Return on Investment
- Measuring ROI: An Analytics Approach
- Case Study: Choosing the Right Metrics for Changing Light bulbs
Jonathan Estes, is Co-Founder of Strategic Measures, Inc. based in Chapel Hill, NC. has presented the concepts of trends in facilities management, measuring and communicating business value, and how to write a successful business case in a variety of conferences and publications.
2) LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Seeking responsible approaches to building and development through sustainable project planning and design? Kelly Gearhart can help through this presentation: She offers LEED consulting and administration, education and training. Her presentation covered:
- the benefits of Green Buildings:
- for occupants
- for profitability
- for productivity
This presentation gives checklists on getting started, case histories and lots of
practical advice.
Kelly Gearhart, LEED AP Principal, Triple Green Building Group, LLC. Triplegreengroup.com
Senior, Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities.
1) LEED and Sustainability in the Senior Living Facilities sector
Why and how should your facility go for LEED certification and increased sustainability? In this presentation leading expert Amy Carpenter looks at the costs, benefits and
returns when ‘going green’. Sound advice backed with compelling case histories make a strong argument everyone should consider.
Amy Carpenter, AIA, LEED-AP is an Associate at Wallace Roberts & Todd. WRT is a national Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture firm, headquartered in Philadelphia. Ms. Carpenter frequently lectures about sustainability at national conferences. Wallace Roberts & Todd are based in Philadelphia.
2) What do you sell or market?
One of the most popular workshops we run at this Forum, designed to make you think again about the marketing and selling of your facility Donna’s presentation asks pertinent questions about :
- Finding Your Niche
- What to you do well?
- Who do you serve?
- What happens when you do it well?
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Stay ahead of the market.
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Never stop learning and creating.
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Do not let the usefulness of your product wear out.
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Perform barometer checks with customers, referral sources, and team regularly.
Donna Weimer runs her own consultancy Ascent Upwards Coaching. Previously she was Regional Director of Operations for HCR/Manor Care and Assistant Vice President of Marketing for HCR/Manor Care.
Education Facilities & Building Management
1) LEED and Sustainability in the Education Facilities sector.
This presentation addresses:
- The concern for “improved health and well-being” as the greatest driver for school decision-makers in building green.
- Fiscal advantages, including reduced operating costs – the most important triggers to faster adoption of LEED and green building in
schools.
- Why the education sector is the fastest growing market for green building.
Find out more in this detailed paper by: Amy Carpenter, AIA, LEED-AP is an Associate at Wallace Roberts & Todd.