FEATURED ARTICLES BY BO MITCHELL

7/3/2014· Crisis Management

17 Mistakes Made in Emergency Plans: How to Avoid & Correct Them

By: Bo Mitchell

Most organization leaders believe their emergency plans are state-of-the-art. When, in fact, their plans are dangerously flawed.

5/6/2014· Crisis Management

Standards for Creating a Campus Emergency Plan

By: Bo Mitchell

More than one in four U.S. residents are students, attending kindergarten through college. Most of these 75.8 million children, teenagers and adults - not counting faculty and staff members - are on campuses with written emergency plans.

8/19/2013· Crisis Management

What You Need to Know About Campus Emergency Drills: Compliance, Legal, Liability, and Operational Issues

By: Bo Mitchell

Most campus administrators regard evacuation drills as a straightforward obligation on the school calendar. Activate the alarm; students file out bored; students file back in really bored; end of drill. A no-brainer, right?

8/1/2013· Crisis Management

Protecting Your People & Your Posterior: What are the Standards for Creating Your Campus Emergency Plan?

By: Bo Mitchell

More than one-in-four U.S.residents are students, attending kindergarten through college. Most of these 75.8 million children, teenagers and adults-not counting faculty and staff members- are on campuses with written emergency plans.

7/16/2013· Crisis Management

Hurricane Coming, Trigger your Emergency Action, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Crisis Communications Plans

By: Bo Mitchell

Plan, train and exercise your organization's emergency team on premises before, during and after the hurricane.

6/25/2013· Crisis Management

Train Everyone, Including the Band

By: Bo Mitchell

The alarms are relentless, the lights are flashing, and you're offsite. Will your people respond appropriately to the threat or place themselves in harm's way?

6/4/2013· Security

Protecting Your People & Your Posterior: Does Your Emergency Plan Include Any of These 15 Errors?

By: Bo Mitchell

Most organization leaders believe their emergency plans are state of the art. In fact, their plans are dangerously flawed.

5/1/2013· Security

Run, Hide, Fight: Responding to an Active Shooter

By: Bo Mitchell

Since Sandy Hook, I get asked daily about "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT," the new response to an active shooter on a campus or in a workplace.