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If your responsibilities include: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Contingency Planning, or other areas related to Emergency Management, then CRMC-ACP is your place for networking and professional growth.
January CRMC Chapter Meeting - January 21, 2022 at 1:30pm
Exercise Best Practices when Preparing for Large-Scale Incidents
Pete Slintak, with over 20 years in the Business Continuity industry, will review exercise planning information, based in part on the GridEx nation-wide exercise. That exercise included 350 electric utilities over 2 days.
Conferences Updated for 2022!
At least for now, the plan is for DRJ Spring, DRI2022 and Continuity Insights Management Conference to all be In Person. Great opportunities for learning from industry experts and networking with fellow industry professionals.
Go to Resources & Training for details!
Job Posting!
Job Posting for Walmart - Manager II - Systems Engineering, Disaster Recovery Specialist
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Info
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Past ACP-CRMC Chapter Meetings
May 2021 ACP Chapter Event: Deconstructing the FUDD Chain
Chapter member Jennifer Kurtz is cyber program director for Manufacturer's Edge, Colorado's NIST manufacturing extension partner. Jennifer reviewed how Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and Disruption (FUDD) often link together in a way that inhibits our understanding about what we can control and whether recovery from adversity is even possible. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) offers an integrated approach for building business resilience along multiple dimensions including cybersecurity, product safety, and disaster planning.
[Click here for the overview, link to the slides and the Zoom recording]
April 2021 ACP Chapter Event: Topic: Cascading Events and Unintended Consequences
Lori Hodges, Director of Emergency Management for Larimer County in Northern Colorado, will talk about our complex environment and larger and more frequent disasters/events. She'll present an analysis model that can assist with planning and preparing!
[Click here for an overview, link to the slides and the Zoom recording]
March 2021 ACP Chapter Event: Denver's Planning for the 2020 General Election
Chapter member Lizz Floro of the City of Denver Office of Emergency Management spoke about the years of planning that went into the 2020 November General Election. And 2020, with COVID-19 and civil unrest, with potential weather issues, made it even more challenging!
[Click here for a more detailed summary and links to the presentation and recording of the Zoom presentation]
January 2021 ACP Chapter Event - FEMA in a COVID World
The Colorado chapter of ACP has benefited for many years from a close relationship with the Region VIII office of FEMA. For our January meeting, we asked them for an update on how such a large and indispensable agency is dealing with the reality of COVID as they prepare and respond to all types of disasters. Speakers from FEMA presented their viewpoints on three elements of Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity: Response, Mitigation, and Preparedness.
[Click here for a more detailed summary and inks to the presentations and recording of the Zoom presentation]
October 2020 ACP Chapter Event - Alan G. Dunn, President of GDI Consulting & Training Company and Founder of Manufacturing Executive Institute (MEI) reviewed eight priorities every organization should consider when building plans to operate in the post-COVID world. These risks and recommendations can be applied to organizations of all sizes, including non-profits and small businesses.
[Click here for a more detailed summary of the presentation]
September 2020 ACP Chapter Event - Appian presents an overview of a "low code platform"
David Carroll and Val Rader of Appian presented an engaging review of their "low code" application development platform.
[Click here for a summary and links to the Appian powerpoint slides and a recording of the presentation, including a demo!]
August 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Where do you start, when you're starting too late?
Lizz Floro - Denver Office of Emergency Management, talked about what our options are if a continuity event, like a pandemic, hits and we're not fully prepared based on our standard business continuity model of process and impact analysis, planning, exercising and training.
[Click here for a summary and links to Lizz's powerpoint slides and a recording of her presentation]
July 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Children's Hospital Colorado
Chapter member Gary Salvucci, Business Continuity Specialist for Children's Hospital Colorado, reviewed the hospital's planning and response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the liaison to IT, the expansion of Telehealth, increased requirements for Work From Home and VPN access, and changes in procedures to maintain HIPAA compliance all created challenges for Gary and the organization. [Click here for more details]
June 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Agility Recovery
Over the past 90 days, all DR/BC professionals have experienced a shift in the way people talk about and execute business continuity plans at their organizations. Business Continuity is no longer an afterthought; it’s top of mind! The virtual June meeting of our ACP chapter featured Greg Tillotson from Agility Recovery, a company on the front lines of the current continuity battles. [Click for more details]
May 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Sungard AS
Our May meeting featured Neal Luhman, Senior Solutions Engineer for Sungard Availability Services, speaking on a topic very much in the forefront of DRBC decisions. Every organization, large or small, is responsible for preparing for disaster events and responding when events happen. In handling this responsibility, the question becomes What makes sense for us to do ourselves, and what should we outsource? Within the industry are many options for outsourcing, typically referred to as DRaaS. Each organization needs to stay current with vendors’ capabilities, products, and costs. With his many years’ experience with Sungard, Neal has the background to direct us through that analysis. . [Click for more details and a link to the presentation]
April 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves
Dr. Keith Porter, research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses how mitigation can save up to $13 of avoided future losses per $1 invested. There are affordable and highly cost-effective strategies that policymakers, building owners, risk managers, and others can deploy to reduce impacts from natural disasters. Dr. Porter has 30 years of experience in engineering practice and university research addressing how people, companies, and communities can protect themselves from natural disasters. [Click for more about the presentation, including a link to the meeting recording]
March 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - COVID-19 Round Table
Our March meeting was held on-line, due to the pandemic, and featured Russ Laughlin of Oracle presenting information about the COVID-19 / Novel Coronavirus pandemic, followed by a round-table discussion of our various organizations' efforts related to the virus. Elizabeth (Lizz) Floro of the Office of Emergency Management for the City and County of Denver, provided links to a number of local, national and international websites related to the pandemic. [Click for more about the round-table, see the presentation and access the URLs]
February 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Everbridge
Our February meeting was held at the Oracle facility, with Josh White of Everbridge, one of the leading providers of crisis notification tools, discussing examples of recent incidents and the manner in which organizations employed his company’s tools to reach their stakeholders by text, email, or phone. [Click here to read more]
January 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - FEMA Planning and Community Outreach
Our January meeting was held at the FEMA offices in Littleton, CO. Again, we were happy to include several remote attendees, and listened to two fact-filled presentations on FEMA's many planning efforts and an overview of the FEMA Community Outreach Program. [Read More and see the presentations]
For meetings earlier than 2020, please use the Events menu under Past Meetings, then navigate to the desired year and month!
Chapter member Jennifer Kurtz is cyber program director for Manufacturer's Edge, Colorado's NIST manufacturing extension partner. Jennifer reviewed how Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and Disruption (FUDD) often link together in a way that inhibits our understanding about what we can control and whether recovery from adversity is even possible. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) offers an integrated approach for building business resilience along multiple dimensions including cybersecurity, product safety, and disaster planning.
[Click here for the overview, link to the slides and the Zoom recording]
April 2021 ACP Chapter Event: Topic: Cascading Events and Unintended Consequences
Lori Hodges, Director of Emergency Management for Larimer County in Northern Colorado, will talk about our complex environment and larger and more frequent disasters/events. She'll present an analysis model that can assist with planning and preparing!
[Click here for an overview, link to the slides and the Zoom recording]
March 2021 ACP Chapter Event: Denver's Planning for the 2020 General Election
Chapter member Lizz Floro of the City of Denver Office of Emergency Management spoke about the years of planning that went into the 2020 November General Election. And 2020, with COVID-19 and civil unrest, with potential weather issues, made it even more challenging!
[Click here for a more detailed summary and links to the presentation and recording of the Zoom presentation]
January 2021 ACP Chapter Event - FEMA in a COVID World
The Colorado chapter of ACP has benefited for many years from a close relationship with the Region VIII office of FEMA. For our January meeting, we asked them for an update on how such a large and indispensable agency is dealing with the reality of COVID as they prepare and respond to all types of disasters. Speakers from FEMA presented their viewpoints on three elements of Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity: Response, Mitigation, and Preparedness.
[Click here for a more detailed summary and inks to the presentations and recording of the Zoom presentation]
October 2020 ACP Chapter Event - Alan G. Dunn, President of GDI Consulting & Training Company and Founder of Manufacturing Executive Institute (MEI) reviewed eight priorities every organization should consider when building plans to operate in the post-COVID world. These risks and recommendations can be applied to organizations of all sizes, including non-profits and small businesses.
[Click here for a more detailed summary of the presentation]
September 2020 ACP Chapter Event - Appian presents an overview of a "low code platform"
David Carroll and Val Rader of Appian presented an engaging review of their "low code" application development platform.
[Click here for a summary and links to the Appian powerpoint slides and a recording of the presentation, including a demo!]
August 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Where do you start, when you're starting too late?
Lizz Floro - Denver Office of Emergency Management, talked about what our options are if a continuity event, like a pandemic, hits and we're not fully prepared based on our standard business continuity model of process and impact analysis, planning, exercising and training.
[Click here for a summary and links to Lizz's powerpoint slides and a recording of her presentation]
July 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Children's Hospital Colorado
Chapter member Gary Salvucci, Business Continuity Specialist for Children's Hospital Colorado, reviewed the hospital's planning and response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the liaison to IT, the expansion of Telehealth, increased requirements for Work From Home and VPN access, and changes in procedures to maintain HIPAA compliance all created challenges for Gary and the organization. [Click here for more details]
June 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Agility Recovery
Over the past 90 days, all DR/BC professionals have experienced a shift in the way people talk about and execute business continuity plans at their organizations. Business Continuity is no longer an afterthought; it’s top of mind! The virtual June meeting of our ACP chapter featured Greg Tillotson from Agility Recovery, a company on the front lines of the current continuity battles. [Click for more details]
May 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Sungard AS
Our May meeting featured Neal Luhman, Senior Solutions Engineer for Sungard Availability Services, speaking on a topic very much in the forefront of DRBC decisions. Every organization, large or small, is responsible for preparing for disaster events and responding when events happen. In handling this responsibility, the question becomes What makes sense for us to do ourselves, and what should we outsource? Within the industry are many options for outsourcing, typically referred to as DRaaS. Each organization needs to stay current with vendors’ capabilities, products, and costs. With his many years’ experience with Sungard, Neal has the background to direct us through that analysis. . [Click for more details and a link to the presentation]
April 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves
Dr. Keith Porter, research professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses how mitigation can save up to $13 of avoided future losses per $1 invested. There are affordable and highly cost-effective strategies that policymakers, building owners, risk managers, and others can deploy to reduce impacts from natural disasters. Dr. Porter has 30 years of experience in engineering practice and university research addressing how people, companies, and communities can protect themselves from natural disasters. [Click for more about the presentation, including a link to the meeting recording]
March 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - COVID-19 Round Table
Our March meeting was held on-line, due to the pandemic, and featured Russ Laughlin of Oracle presenting information about the COVID-19 / Novel Coronavirus pandemic, followed by a round-table discussion of our various organizations' efforts related to the virus. Elizabeth (Lizz) Floro of the Office of Emergency Management for the City and County of Denver, provided links to a number of local, national and international websites related to the pandemic. [Click for more about the round-table, see the presentation and access the URLs]
February 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - Everbridge
Our February meeting was held at the Oracle facility, with Josh White of Everbridge, one of the leading providers of crisis notification tools, discussing examples of recent incidents and the manner in which organizations employed his company’s tools to reach their stakeholders by text, email, or phone. [Click here to read more]
January 2020 ACP Chapter Meeting - FEMA Planning and Community Outreach
Our January meeting was held at the FEMA offices in Littleton, CO. Again, we were happy to include several remote attendees, and listened to two fact-filled presentations on FEMA's many planning efforts and an overview of the FEMA Community Outreach Program. [Read More and see the presentations]
For meetings earlier than 2020, please use the Events menu under Past Meetings, then navigate to the desired year and month!
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