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10
May
The Printed Word
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What’s a print journalist like? That’s like asking what’s a politician like. The answer depends. There are beat reporters ...
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03
May
Giving Good Clip
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I went into the media training business about 20 years ago because I had interviewed plenty of politicians who ...
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26
Apr
A Case Study: 9/11 World Trade Center, New York City
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Event: 9/11, World Trade Center, New York City Date: 11 September 2001 Summary The terrorist group al-Qaeda coordinated suicide ...
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18
Apr
A Case Study: Hurricane Katrina
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Date: 23-30 August, 2005 Summary: The storm began over the Bahamas, strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, then weakened ...
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30
Mar
Technology is making things worse | Troy Media
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For example, you can no longer simply call your lawyer to set up a one-minute meeting. It now requires ...
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25
Mar
Mastering your Voice
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Your voice can radically affect your personal image as well as the impact of your text. Constant use of ...
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13
Mar
Rube Goldberg infects the tech world | Troy Media
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There are workarounds in technology that are just as funny as any Goldberg cartoon What a Rube Goldberg! American ...
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21
Feb
Is it time to end convergence mania? | Troy Media
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Propeller-head tech types may be enamoured with convergence, but it is failing to fill the needs of real people ...
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13
Feb
How to Prepare for Earthquakes
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On February 6th, 2023, Turkey and Syria experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing tens of thousands of people. It ...
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09
Feb
Why do businesses make it is so difficult to close the deal today? | Troy Media
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Closing the deal has become secondary to establishing your account and following the proper procedures There are 500,000 procurement ...
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25
Jan
Aspirational
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Many personal coaches and therapists try to get their clients to stop using the “woulda, shoulda, coulda…” terminology. We ...
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20
Jan
Analytics create databases just waiting to be hacked | Troy Media
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Political parties’ fixation on analytics poses a threat to your personal information In the olden days, there were lots ...
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10
Jan
Auckland
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Auckland’s Emergency Management Group Plan is a wake-up call for the rest of the world. In my study of ...
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29
Dec
External Responders to your Crisis
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Viewing the public as de facto first responders simply acknowledges what is a reality in many disasters. Even if ...
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05
Dec
The Changing Media
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I began writing news on a typewriter. In our small and cheap broadcasting station we cut audio tape with ...
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18
Oct
DISCOURS ET PRESENTATIONS
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Le besoin Pourquoi avons-nous besoin de bien parler? Après tout, je n’ai jamais rencontré quelqu’un qui ait été affamé ...
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12
Oct
The Media and You
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Like it or not, it’s almost impossible to cut yourself off from today’s news media. Step into an elevator ...
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05
Oct
CARING, KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION
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America is so polarized that I have to be careful about writing only about Democrats or Republicans in Winning ...
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27
Sep
SIMULATIONS AS A LEARNING TOOL
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Teachers of dispute resolution are constantly grappling with the question of best practices and methodologies. One of the most ...
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21
Sep
PROCESS DESIGN
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Disputes are thieves. They rob us of time, energy and money. Disputes can even lead to death. Preventing disputes ...
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15
Sep
CRISES ET TROUBLE DE STRESS POST-TRAUMATIQUE
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Un vaste débat porte sur la durée et l’étendue réelle du stress causé par un incident grave et du ...
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08
Sep
DRAW ON ALL YOUR RESOURCES
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Miscommunication in personal and professional life costs time, energy and money. Despite that, business leaders are generally poor communicators. ...
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31
Aug
SURVIVING RADIO
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Fredericton radio morning show host Terry Seguin did his introduction, and then began grilling me about urban emergency planning. ...
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16
Aug
SECRET SECRETS
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In the classic movie Animal House staring John Belushi, some of the rowdy students are put on “double-secret probation.” ...
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04
Aug
A CYBERSECURITY CHECKLIST
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There are plenty of resources on cybersecurity. Some are based on existing frameworks, but much is still under development. ...
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25
Jul
BIG DATA
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“I don’t have anything to hide,” say many social media users and online shoppers. But most of us do ...
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15
Jun
A N E M E R G E N C Y C L E A R I N G OF THE AIR
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while ago, just before writing about Bradford’s emergency preparedness plan, there was a BBC news story about a fire ...
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03
May
A POINT OF ORDER
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Clive Thompson’s headline in the New York Times Magazine is eye-catching and funny — “PowerPoint Makes you Dumb.” The ...
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24
Apr
FOR SAFETY’S SAKE… T H I N K A G A I N
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Researchers in the emergency management field call urban emergency plans fantasies, since these rely on public transit, private cars, ...
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10
Apr
TOTALITARIAN
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In the days before computers, politicians still had a way to deter- mine how much help they’d give you. ...
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26
Mar
V O L U N T E E R S
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In the movies, when the town is threatened by natural or other events, somebody rounds up all the able ...
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12
Mar
Anna Novykana – A Ukrainian businesswoman who stayed to support her people
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Ms. Novykova started her business career as a financial manager with a grain trading company Loture LTD. In 2006 ...
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09
Mar
Roman Ilchenko – A Ukranian military reserves fights in war
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Roman Ilchenko has served as a Founding Partner of NIAR, an international group of companies focused on business development ...
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09
Mar
OUR DEMOCRACY IS COMPLACENT AND INEFFECTUAL
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Canadian deterrence simply consists of heavy breathing from Trudeau Those who worry about hyperbolic accusations of an authoritarian government ...
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05
Mar
P H A N T O M H E L P E R S
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The things you’ll need to save lives in an urban emergency are pretty ordinary. This means chain saws, shovels, ...
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22
Feb
ALLAN BONNER ON SIRIUS RADIO DISCUSSING SAFETY AND SECURITY
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10
Feb
THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACE
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The “green” economy is an economy aimed at preserving the well-being of society, through the efficient use of natural ...
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10
Feb
Allan Bonner on Sirius Radio with Matt Gurney discussing safety and security during protests
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30
Jan
DARLIN’ BE HOME SOON
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Good artists borrow and great artists steal, they say. We’ll, I’m stealing from Jim Cobb who has written a ...
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18
Jan
COPS
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Cops have a pretty good set of rules and responses. They look for the good and bad actors. They ...
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07
Jan
N E W T E C H N O L O G Y
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Here’s the problem with the relentless pace of technological development. We aren’t using the new technology. Alvin Toffler tried ...
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24
Dec
E V A C U A T I O N
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Pandemic Book Review
Urban designers ignore ordinary people’s preferences. The evidence is the well-worn pedestrian path through vegetation. This shows how people ...
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29
Nov
Consultation communautaire
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Il faut savoir prendre du recul, faire preuve de de logique et d’organisation lorsqu’il s’agit de gérer une situation ...
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22
Nov
Règles à suivre avant et pendant une conférence de presse – quoi faire et quoi éviter
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Communiquer n’est pas chose innée. Certaines règles de base en terme de communication publique doivent être acquises, surtout en ...
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06
Oct
Cyber Security Awareness – Areas of Concern
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From internal security to checking your insurance to filling out forms – these are the areas that you or ...
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27
Sep
Le poids de la réputation – Attaques internet et réputation
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À l’approche du mois de sensibilisation à la cybersécurité, je vous partage aujourd’hui un schéma simple pour comprendre et ...
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13
Sep
La victimisation, expliquée
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Je vous propose aujourd’hui d’appréhender ensemble le processus de victimation au travers d’un schéma simple tiré de mon ouvrage ...
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30
Aug
Comment protéger votre réputation
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Parce qu’il faut être paré à toute éventualité, et qu’il est important de savoir comment se protéger et protéger ...
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16
Aug
Mise en place d’un périmètre de sécurité
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L’organisation est l’une des clés lors de situations de crise. C’est pourquoi je vous propose un schéma simple mais ...
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10
Aug
The Top Ten Lessons Learned In The Canadian Election
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Via Political Columns by Allan Bonner Get in touch with Allan
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26
Jul
10 Raisons pour expliquer une mauvaise communication
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Voici quelques raisons pour lesquelles il pourrait y avoir une mauvaise communication. Cliquez ici pour télécharger
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19
Jul
Pandemic Book Review – The Hype Machine by Sinan Aral
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Is it possible to distinguish between real conspiracies and fake conspiracies? Click here for more of my book reviews
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16
Jul
Don’t turn news conferences into Hollywood productions
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The camera doesn’t doesn’t lie. The stuffed characters behind the head of government in COVID news conferences are always ...
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12
Jul
Pandemic recovery also means Indigenous issues – Interview on Sirius Satelite Radio
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06
Jul
How to Prepare for Extreme Heat Safety
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The intense heat around the world has been driving us out of our own homes due to lack of ...
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10
Jun
Pet Emergency Preparedness Checklist
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Don’t count your pets out if you are laying out your emergency plans for you and your family. June ...
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21
May
Why can’t politicians manage press conferences?
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This newsletter is a reprint of my syndicated column on COVID news conferences… Why can’t politicians manage press conferences? ...
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03
May
Calls for better communication as pop-up vaccination clinics draw thousands
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By Monica Gul SURREY (NEWS 1130) – Pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Fraser Health are being described as chaotic, ...
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01
May
Protect and Prepare You and Your Family In A Wildfire
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Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is on May 1st, a day dedicated to campaigning and raising awareness on what to ...
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29
Apr
List of Allan’s favourite books on Donald Trump and his Administration
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18
Apr
Pandemic book review: American Crisis Leadership Lessons from the COVID 19 Pandemic
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10
Apr
Pandemic book review – Covid the politics of fear and the power of science by Marc siegel
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07
Apr
EVALUATING CYBER in The Cyber City Safe
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The thoughtful cyber-consultant, evaluator, or internal manager has quite a bit of work to do—with little to no time ...
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30
Mar
Fear, Risk and The Pandemic on Sirius Satellite Radio
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29
Mar
Radio Prep
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Most often I ad lib on radio and TV or in newspaper interviews. But, in the back of my ...
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16
Mar
Vaccine Roll out on Sirius Satellite Radio
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Interview of Allan Bonner on Sirius Radio about the COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out
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08
Mar
MEASUREMENT In the Cyber City Safe
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An activity usually has a justification. In organizations a program, policy, or habitual way of doing things is often ...
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02
Mar
Analysis of the vaccine rollout on Sirius Satellite Radio
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Analysis of the vaccine rollout on Sirius Satellite Radio
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13
Feb
Observations of a Mystery Shopper
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Years ago somebody got the bright idea of testing customer service in retail stores—the mystery shopper was born. These ...
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02
Feb
America’s second Roman Catholic president
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Joe Biden Roman second Roman Catholic U.S President
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07
Jan
“But What Did I Just Swallow?”
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Photo by Olga DeLawrence on Unsplash Sometimes sometimes a crisis can have an unexpected beginning. In the middle of ...
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07
Sep
Get science out of the lab and onto the street to save lives
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It seems as if everyone is an epidemiologist these days. So it’s worth considering epidemiology’s history and the role ...
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03
Sep
Clear Risk Communication in Emergency Plans
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Why is risk communication important when writing emergency plans?
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30
Aug
Communication mistakes undermine the credibility of scientists
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Crises make for strange bedfellows. It took the COVID-19 pandemic to forge a bond between journalists and epidemiologists. These ...
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28
Aug
Leadership in this Pandemic: Robin Sears
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Allan Bonner and commentator Robin Sears discuss the unique leadership challenges in this pandemic, how leadership sometimes falls short ...
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23
Aug
We need clarity to conquer COVID-19
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“Pandemics are a magnifying glass that sheds light on social conditions,” says May-Brith Ohman Nielsen, professor of history at ...
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20
Aug
Memo to Joe Biden on how to win U.S. election
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M E M O R A N D U M To: U.S. President Joe Biden (if you take my ...
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06
Apr
Leadership: The Wounded Organization
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Some academic researchers have found it useful to conduct critiques of emotional and cultural aspects of organizations and policy ...
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25
Mar
(Watch) Photo Ops and the Pandemic
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Allan Bonner explores a concept proposed by Ulrich Beck: that politicians try to underwrite our safety. These days, they ...
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24
Mar
Why we need to rethink our supply chains: Businesses and Pandemic Planning (Watch)
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There’s no disputing that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some flaws in our supply chains, what with the shortages ...
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16
Mar
Just a Minute! Food Safety (WATCH)
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With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating our headlines and collective consciousness, it’s easy to forget some basic food safety that ...
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11
Mar
Just a Minute! Using Hand Sanitizer in the Coronavirus Pandemic Scare
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Allan Bonner talks about health, hygiene and cleanliness during the current COVID-19 scare: sometimes we just can’t avoid using ...
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05
Mar
#TBT Throwback Thursday: Pathogens and Pandemics (WATCH)
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How do we become overdue for a random event like a pandemic like novel coronavirus (COVID-19)? Once a pathogen ...
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14
Feb
(Audio) Cops in the Cyber City: Law Enforcement, Cybercrime and Security in the Digital Age
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Emergency planner and crisis response specialist Allan Bonner compares conventional crime and policing to their cyber equivalents, and discusses ...
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09
Feb
No Systems Working
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06
Feb
HOT Groups: First response in the Cyber World
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You need a “HOT” group to manage a cyber-security breach. That doesn’t mean they need to be dressed well ...
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20
Jan
Risk Communication
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In this network television special, Allan Bonner provides tips on communicating risk. Dr. Allan Bonner has coached approximately 30,000 ...
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01
Jan
False Alarm
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Imagine you’re going about your day. Then, you get a notification on your phone. The message reads: “BALLISTIC MISSILE ...
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