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Join us at our March Chapter Event | Friday, March 19th, 2021
All chapter members, guests and visitors are welcome to attend; please register! Limited to 100 attendees.
This meeting will be virtual/remote attendance only! Registered attendees will receive connection information Thursday, the week of meeting.
Topic: Details coming soon
Our planned speaker will be chapter member Lizz Floro, of the City and County of Denver Emergency Management Office.
This meeting will be virtual/remote attendance only! Registered attendees will receive connection information Thursday, the week of meeting.
Topic: Details coming soon
Our planned speaker will be chapter member Lizz Floro, of the City and County of Denver Emergency Management Office.
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Past ACP-CRMC Chapter Meetings
January 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 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 and links to the powerpoint slides and a recording of the Zoom presentation]
September 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. [Read More and see the presentation]
January 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]
November ACP Chapter Meeting - Electric Grid Resiliency
The November meeting of the CRMC-ACP was attended by members at the Oracle offices and also welcomed online viewers. Long-time member Dave Sayles presented a program of high interest and timely application: What do we need to know about our electric grid and those who are dedicated to ensuring we have...[Read More]
October ACP Chapter Meeting - Colorado Office of Emergency Management
Were you aware that any Colorado response to a disaster involves seven critical lifelines? Or that the private sector plays a role in six of the seven? On Friday, October 18, our ACP chapter had the privilege of meeting at the Colorado State Office of Emergency Management and learning about...[Read More]
July ACP Chapter Meeting - We are not alone!
One significant incentive for belonging to ACP is the chance to interact with and learn from bona fide experts in our field. Howard Pierpont qualifies for that distinction! At the July meeting of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter, Howard – a long-time member and a national expert and consultant – challenged us with this question: Does our group have the very best information about resources for the DR/BC industry? He then proceeded to...[Read More]
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 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 and links to the powerpoint slides and a recording of the Zoom presentation]
September 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. [Read More and see the presentation]
January 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]
November ACP Chapter Meeting - Electric Grid Resiliency
The November meeting of the CRMC-ACP was attended by members at the Oracle offices and also welcomed online viewers. Long-time member Dave Sayles presented a program of high interest and timely application: What do we need to know about our electric grid and those who are dedicated to ensuring we have...[Read More]
October ACP Chapter Meeting - Colorado Office of Emergency Management
Were you aware that any Colorado response to a disaster involves seven critical lifelines? Or that the private sector plays a role in six of the seven? On Friday, October 18, our ACP chapter had the privilege of meeting at the Colorado State Office of Emergency Management and learning about...[Read More]
July ACP Chapter Meeting - We are not alone!
One significant incentive for belonging to ACP is the chance to interact with and learn from bona fide experts in our field. Howard Pierpont qualifies for that distinction! At the July meeting of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter, Howard – a long-time member and a national expert and consultant – challenged us with this question: Does our group have the very best information about resources for the DR/BC industry? He then proceeded to...[Read More]
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