Today marks the official end of the 2010 Hurricane Season. It was a record busy year. What did Business Leaders and Owners learn from it? Did they make any frank assessments of their own preparedness?
What about those who cling to “Luck”? Have you ever heard a Leader tell his sales team “Go out there and hope for luck”? Of course not. Luck is not a business strategy, sales strategy, leadership strategy and definitely nota Business Continuity stategy.
My first episode of Travel Tips for Kids with my daughter and sidekick Rocco was a huge success. So by popular demand, I present all four Rocco episodes in one blog post. Since many of you will be travelling with kids this Thanksgiving, you may want to watch these first two with your family. Please remember to “Like” Connections for Business on Facebook for valuable tips and ideas. Click Here for our Facebook Page
This next one has four big family travel tips and a cameo by Rocco’s sidekick, Chip. You may remember Chip as Godzilla from the Halloween episode. This was shot in the Philly airport on the return trip (and it shows).
In this one, Rocco and I break down the contents of my “Go Bag” and important survival kit items.
This last one takes a quick look at my favorite travel tool and constant pocket companion, the Swiss Army Knife. Join Rocco and her cousins for a look at our favorites.
That’s it for the Canada Vacation Series. Let me know. Would you like to see more of Rocco? Would you like to see the outtakes from the Halloween Lost-Godzilla Episode? I need your feedback. And as always, share share share
Thanks for watching -- The Master of Disaster & Rocco
Alright all you Master of Disaster Insiders. Here is the much-whispered about Spooktacular Halloween Spoof. If you love the ABC show Lost or just like cute little kids, you’ll love this. Do everyone a favor and SHARE THIS LINK.
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Most business owners know that it is important for their servers to be backed up. But what about your computer? Though it’s true that your data is likely stored on your server and backed up by the network, your computer itself (your icons, the background you have, the programs that are installed, and music or pictures you may have saved locally) is NOT being backed up.
If your computer were to crash, get a virus, or simply die, all of that information could be lost. Your company data would be on your server (hopefully), but you would have no way to access it from your computer. You would have to recreate that computer by re-loading all the software and customize all the settings. And if you’ve ever had this happen to you, you know that it can take a significant amount of time to do. Plus, the computer is never quite the same again.
So how do you solve this problem? Simple. You use imaging software on your computer. Imaging software takes a “picture” or “snapshot” of your computer so it records it exactly as it is with all the software and settings you have on it. This way, if the computer crashes, there is no need to re-load software and reconfigure the computer. Simply restore the image from before the crash and your computer can be back to its old self again. This is a huge time saver and is especially useful if you have any important company software loaded on your computer but no longer have the disk for.
Our ConnectCare clients rely on us to manage everything that connects to their computer network, allowing them to focus on growing their business. We provide FREE imaging software for all the desktops and laptops we manage, so we can recover from a failed disk in no time at all. If you’d like to find out what imaging software you should use, feel free to call us at 954-920-9604. If you’d like to find out if you are qualified to enjoy the benefits of our ConnectCare service, just ask and we’ll meet with you to find out.
When I went to school, the biggest threat on the playground was getting ruffed up by the class bully who was twice as big and twice a hairy as every other kid on the block. (What WERE his parents feeding him?) But Cyber-bullying is something very different.
Cyber-bullying is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides because once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking.
Turns out digital devices and the web make it much easier for a bully to harass someone; the anonymity and use of social media sites often make them bolder than they would be in a face to face confrontation, and give them more opportunities to badger their target. As a parent, this is just another good reason why you should be monitoring your child’s PC and cell phone, as well as their Facebook, MySpace and other online social media site usage. Most social media sites have a way for you to report this type of abuse and get violators and hateful commentary taken down from their sites.
If your child becomes the target, you can try to get your school involved, but many schools have been shot down, even sued, for trying to interfere. If the abuse become physical, sexual or threatens physical or sexual harm, call the police. The schools aren’t equipped to handle that level of abuse. The police do.
For more information on Cyber-bullying, and to learn what you can do to prevent it, check the following sites out:
Meet my first guest on The Master of Disaster; my daughter “Rocco”. She joined me on a trip to Mont Tremblant Canada this Summer and recorded four episodes with me. She shares some great safety tips for travelling with kids. I’m sure you’ll agree she should take over the blog.
In other news, if you want to see my very special Spooktacular Halloween Spoofepisode featuring my son as Godzilla, you need to either leave a comment for ANY Master of Disaster episode or follow me on Twitter. http://twitter.com/modconnections. If you can’t do either of those, send me an email at mod@connections.com .
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by popular demand, here is the video of the two deer who came up right next to where we were filming
I am pleased to release my most valuable Master of Disaster episode to date. If you want to understand the most fundamentals terms in Business Continuity, watch this episode. Here, I explain what RTO and RPO are and what they mean to your business. I have spoken to many groups about Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness and these concepts are the most important to understand in order to move forward.
You simply gotta know what your RTO and RPO targets are!
Be sure to leave a comment or follow me on Twitter in order to receive a link to my Spooktacular Halloween Special Episode.
Today marks the official end of the 2010 Hurricane Season. It was a record busy year. What did Business Leaders and Owners learn from it? Did they make any frank assessments of their own preparedness?
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