Business continuity education options

A growing number of business continuity education opportunities are presented by business continuity-related organizations. DRI International and the BCI (business continuity institute) offer a wide variety of professional practice-oriented training covering all aspects of the planning process.

The International Red Cross (and similar organizations) offers emergency response and first aid training. A significant number of public relations firms offer both crisis communications and media training.

And finally, international, national and local business continuity conferences offer training on a wide variety of topics, normally presented by leading vendors and business continuity practitioners. National conferences include the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ), Continuity Insights, and Contingency Planning and Management (CPM).

Above all, participation in testing/exercises often proves to be the most useful training for response and recovery team members.

Business continuity education is essential and can enhance BCM team skils