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Riskonnect Sponsored Webinar: Building a Comprehensive Testing Program for True Resilience
04/15/2025
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Join Jamie Goodloe, lead managed services consultant at Riskonnect, on April 15 at 2:00 p.m. ET as she breaks down the essential elements of an effective testing program — one that moves beyond a check-the-box approach and provides real, actionable insights.
You’ll learn how to:
- Break down testing silos across IT and the business
- Design and implement a holistic testing strategy
- Define and identify critical roles to support your testing program
- Accomplish end-to-end testing in a hybrid environment
- Translate testing results into resilient posture metrics
About the Speaker:
Jamie Goodloe, MBCP
Lead Business Continuity Consultant in the Business Continuity & Resilience
Jamie Goodloe is a Lead Business Continuity Consultant in the Business Continuity & Resilience division of Riskonnect. She has worked in the BC field for over 15 years at companies such as Capital One, USAA, and OnSolve. She carries master level certifications through DRI and BCI (MBCP & MBCI). Goodloe has consulted with organizations of varying size and complexity, hailing from different industries around the world to support the implementation and improvement of business continuity programs.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Riskonnect. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Riskonnect and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.
Attending this webinar will earn DRI Certified Professionals one Continuing Education Activity Point (CEAP) toward recertification.
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Past Webinars

Fusion Risk Management Sponsored Webinar: From Requirement to Resilient - Embedding BC into Everyday Business
03/27/2025
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
Join Fusion’s Principal Customer Success Manager Kurt Blomdahl and Senior Client Service Advisor Mark Elsenheimer for a session exploring how to shift from traditional business continuity practices to a resilience-first strategy. This discussion will highlight real-world incidents, practical implementation strategies, and ways to sustain business continuity efforts as organizations evolve. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to build a more resilient program, team, and organization at this expert-led session.
About the Speakers:
Kurt Blomdahl
Principal Customer Service Success Manager
Kurt Blomdahl is an experienced resilience professional with over eight years of experience in the insurance and technology industries. Prior to joining Fusion Risk Management in 2021, he was a Program Manager that supported business continuity, crisis management, third party resilience, and disaster recovery. As a Principal Customer Success Manager with Fusion, Blomdahl works with customers to help educate, grow, and assist in the development of their risk and resilience journeys.
Mark Elsenheimer
Senior Client Service Advisor
Mark Elsenheimer, MBCP, MBCI, has over 25 years of industry experience as a practitioner and consultant in the full spectrum of business continuity, IT disaster recovery, risk management, operational resilience, and crisis response. He has worked in a broad range of industries over the years, bringing his knowledge and experience from live event responses to bear on multiple exercise types from walkthrough, tabletop, simulations, and full-scale exercises.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Fusion Risk Management. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Fusion Risk Management and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

DRI Webinar: A Changing World - What It Could Mean for Resilience Professionals
03/11/2025
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
Eric McNulty focuses on the the current global risk situation and how priorities might change in the near and medium term. The change in U.S. administration is likely to modify many aspects of U.S. policy (domestically and globally). The presenter will assess how this may affect resilience management issues such as climate change, ESG, and global supply chains.
Richard Knowlton discusses why once again "cyber events” have topped our list of importance in terms of threats to resilience. He will provide an overview of how he sees the main cyber threats and how well governments and companies are in dealing with them.
Steven Lei explains that natural disasters are a constant theme in our resilience surveys. He will cover the lessons learned in the LA fires, together with a wider perspective about what needs to done to better protect citizens and companies from increasing temperature extremes and other climate changes.

BDO Sponsored Webinar: From Chaos to Control - Integrating Incident Response and Crisis Management for Enhanced Cyber Resilience
01/23/2025
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
This webinar also addresses how organizations can leverage data from incident responses to inform crisis management strategies, enabling proactive planning and continuous improvement. By combining technical remediation with stakeholder communication and reputation management, organizations can mitigate not just the immediate impact of incidents but also long-term business consequences. Participants will gain practical insights into creating a unified incident response and crisis management approach, empowering their organizations to navigate and recover from cyber incidents with resilience and confidence.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by BDO. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of BDO and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

Fusion Risk Management Sponsored Webinar: Pillars of a Successful Business Continuity Program - A Path to Resilience
10/17/2024
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Fusion Risk Management. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Fusion and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

Fusion Risk Management Sponsored Webinar: Data-Driven Scenario Testing - Maximize Your Activities with Less Effort
08/27/2024
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
You’ll learn how to:
- Use new technology to complete more resiliency activities with less effort
- Identify which scenarios are relevant for your organization to test against quickly and efficiently
- Build scenarios that are relevant to your organization’s specific vulnerabilities
- Prioritize scenarios based on material business impact, not just impact size
- Leverage AI to streamline and automate the testing process
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Fusion Risk Management. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Fusion and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

BDO Sponsored Webinar: Don’t Sleep on Tech – Life After Resilience Technology Implementation
06/13/2024
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
In this webinar, we will explore how properly leveraging technology promotes greater stakeholder engagement and increases connectivity across an organization. We will focus on the following elements crucial to the adoption of technology following its implementation:
- Engage stakeholders through change management
- Always be automating
- Don’t set it and forget it
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by BDO. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of BDO and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

Riskonnect Sponsored Webinar: There's No Business Resilience Without Cyber Resilience
05/16/2024
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
You’ll learn:
- What are accepted definitions of information security and cyber resilience (including key outcomes).
- The relationship – and ideal coordination – between information security and business continuity to delivery cyber resilience.
- Who should be involved in the journey toward cyber resilience.
- The key processes that contribute to cyber resilience maturity.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Riskonnect. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Riskonnect and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

Fusion Risk Management Sponsored Webinar: Choosing the right technology partner to bolster your BC Program
02/08/2024
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Fusion Risk Management, a Patron Sponsor for DRI2024, coming to New Orleans, LA Mar. 3-6. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Fusion and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

DRI Webinar - Resilience in the Digital Era: Navigating Business Continuity in the Wake of Rapid Digital Transformation
10/26/2023
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Riskonnect Sponsored Webinar - Threat Intelligence: What Is It and How Can It Benefit Business Continuity?
09/26/2023
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Riskonnect. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Riskonnect and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

DRI Live Webinar - ESG, Sustainability and Climate Resilience: A Business Continuity Perspective
08/01/2023
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar - The Case for Business Continuity Training in State Emergency Management
06/22/2023
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

BDO Sponsored Webinar - Operational Resilience: Something Old or Something New? (Presented by DRI International)
01/25/2023
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by BDO. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of BDO and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

El camino a la resiliencia organizacional desde la continuidad del negocio como impulsor
06/28/2022
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 3 (approximately 90 min)
05/04/2022
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
Spotlight: Awards of Excellence winners
Presentation by Dr. Gianluca Pescaroli: Cascading Risks

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 2 (approximately 90 min)
05/03/2022
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
Spotlight: Awards of Excellence winners
Presentation by Peter Morris, IT Service Continuity Management Expert, Operational Resilience – Group Security, AXA Group Operations UK Ltd.: Distant Lands

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 1 (approximately 120 min)
05/02/2022
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.
Spotlight: Awards of Excellence winners
Sponsor Presentation: Critical Event Management with BlackBerry
Presentation by Raelene Anderson and Bobby Cook, Delta Dental of California: From Creation to Culmination - How We Built an Entire BR Program in 18 Months During a Global Pandemic

Money Never Sleeps: Business Continuity at the Federal Reserve - During this webinar, a panel of business continuity professionals from the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Minneapolis, and San Francisco along with the Fed’s Cash Product Office explains how the Fed’s structure allows for autonomous operations among its twelve regional banks when addressing local issues while ensuring unity of effort for events that could have systemwide impacts.
11/17/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Weatherproofing your Business Continuity Program: During a severe weather event, employee safety is the top concern, followed by minimizing operational disruptions. Hear business continuity experts from a variety of industries share how they prepare ahead of severe weather incidents — from hurricanes to tornadoes to hail to extreme heat — and provide insights into how they make decisions for operations, employees and facilities. Featured speakers include Scott Cormier, Vice President, Emergency Management, EC, & Safety, Medxcel, and Alicia Henderson, CBCP, Business Continuity Incident Management Manager, Enterprise Business Continuity, Zions Bancorp. This webinar is sponsored by StormGeo.
08/18/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

New Era of Crisis Communications: Case Studies & Lessons Shared
Communication is key, especially in a crisis. Hear from crisis communications experts who will draw on their experiences to help you get a handle on what to say — and what not to say — as well as how to craft messaging that will inform others while serving your organization. Featured speakers include Suzanne Bernier, President, SB Crisis Consulting, Bob Jensen, Senior Managing Director, Strat3 LLC and Jessica Kindig, Exercise Program Manager, Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
07/28/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

The Resilience Landscape: Today's Relationship Between Organizational and Operational Resilience - We look at the relationship between organizational and operational resilience, and the regulations in-between, with three of the UK’s top professionals Dr. Aaron Gracey, Managing Director of Squared Apples, Mike Price, Managing Director of Resilius Consulting, and Steve Yates, CBCP, Director of Acertia Unlimited.
06/30/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Mindfulness Practices to Improve Incident Management: DRI Foundation’s Women in Business Continuity Management (WBCM) Committee hosts this webinar led by WBCM member Karina de Allicon who developed and teaches DRI’s new Mindfulness Practices to Improve Incident Management workshop. Mindfulness is about learning how the brain works so we can increase cognitive function and situational awareness, which helps to lower stress, spot common traps, and make better decisions when it matters the most.
04/28/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 3 (approximately 90 min) includes keynote address with Ronald S. Ross, Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, spotlight on Resilient Enterprise recipient Copa Airlines, Awards of Excellence announcements (Newcomer of the Year, Team of the Year, Product/Service Provider of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award), BlackBerry presentation on 'How AI and Machine Learning will Transform Critical Event Management' and an expert cyber panel.
03/03/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 2 (approximately 90 min) includes keynote address with Lolita Jackson, Climate Policy and Programs Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office, spotlight on DRI's BC Exercises workshop Spotlight, Awards of Excellence announcements (Honor Roll, Program Leader of the Year – Non-Profit Sector, Program Leader of the Year – Public Sector, and Program Leader of the Year – Private Sector), and resilience trends and predictions panel led by members of the DRI Future Vision Committee.
03/02/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Resilience Excellence Summit - Day 1 (approximately 90 min) includes keynote address with Michael Berkowitz, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst, a spotlight on DRI's newest Incident Management Mindfulness workshop, Awards of Excellence announcements (Response and Recovery of the Year, COVID-19 Response and Recovery of the Year, and Consultant of the Year) and an expert pandemic panel.
03/01/2021
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Asia Webinar: Has India Managed to Convert the Pandemic Threat Into an Opportunity? The answer to this is two parts:
1) The decisions taken by the Indian government in dealing with the threats/risks, analyzed by Rakesh Pande, and
2) The operational industry insight by Harsha Sastry, providing a brief of industry responsiveness and uncertainties, and strategies adopted to secure people, assets, environments, business operations and the overall federation enabling continuity and resilience overall.
12/16/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar en Español: ¿Qué lecciones nos deja el COVID-19 a los Planificadores de Continuidad de Negocio?
11/13/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Returning to the Worksite During COVID-19 with Pandemic Preparedness Expert Dr. Lisa Koonin — When and How? Start Planning Now!
11/12/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Disaster Exercises - Assessing the Effectiveness of Your BCM Plan: Community management expert Lisa Orloff gives an overview of effective disaster exercises to assess your business continuity plan and reviews the key learning objectives of successful models including DRI's Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management, The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Plan and World Cares Centers Boots on the Ground X. The training is meant to be flexible, scalable, and adaptable so that participants can adapt what is useful to the size and type of organization.
08/19/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Preservando la Continuidad del Negocio ante la "Nueva Normalidad" derivada por el Covid-19: Estrategias para la transición y adaptación empresarial: Juan Carlos González Cardozo, CBCP, consultor, conferencista e instructor internacional en materia de Gestión del Riesgo Empresarial, Resiliencia Organizacional, Gestión de Continuidad del Negocio y Gestión de Crisis conversa sobre los lineamientos estratégicos de la Gestión de Continuidad del Negocio en momentos de Pandemia, como orientación a la Dirección de las organizaciones en la preservación de sus operaciones y en la mitigación de los efectos del Covid-19.
06/11/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Cybersecurity & COVID-19 - The Current Landscape: While organizations are overwhelmed meeting the challenges of a pandemic, cyber criminals have found a perfect opportunity to attack. Dr. Pano Yannakogeorgos of the NYU Center for Global Affairs presents an up-to-the-minute look at cybersecurity in the age of COVID-19 and covers recent examples of how hackers have taken advantage of the crisis, how governments and grassroots efforts have responded, and the risks of shifting to remote work without cybersecurity procedures in place.
05/14/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

COVID-19 Q&A with Infectious Disease Specialist: Megan Coffee, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, NYU Langone offers an up-to-the-minute presentation on the current state of COVID-19 response and answer questions from the audience in a special live Q&A.
03/27/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Trends and Predictions from the DRI Future Vision Committee: How to Prepare for 2020 -
Future Vision Committee members including Lyndon Bird, David Porter, and Boris Issavi will discuss highlights from the Fifth Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends and Predictions reports. Discover how your job will be impacted by world events – including cyber threats, natural disasters, and much more – and what you can do about them.
02/12/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Resiliencia Cibernética Transformando Riesgo en Competitividad: Una introducción a la Resiliencia Cibernética y cómo la gestión de riesgos, bajo la premisa de la resiliencia cibernética, permite innovar y aumentar la competitividad empresarial, brindándole conceptos y casos reales de aprendizaje.
02/12/2020
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Veterans and Continuity: Lessons for All Resilience Professionals -
Since its inception, the DRI Foundation’s Veterans Outreach Program has had a tremendous impact on connecting transitioning military service members with resilience careers, and these efforts are only growing. In this webinar, you can learn more about how this program can benefit your organization – and the resilience community. Hear first-hand the lessons learned from transitioning from the military to the private sector, what resilience professionals can learn from their colleagues with military service experience, advice for both companies hiring veterans and veterans thinking about careers in BCM/resilience careers, and much more.
12/18/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Preparing for Mega-Events: Lessons from the London Olympics -
Follow a real-life case study on preparing, planning, and executing a massive public event while managing all the potential risks that come with such an endeavour. One day after the announcement that London had won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, there was a series of bomb attacks on the London transport network, leaving many seriously injured and killing 52 people. This presentation takes you through the steps that were used during the preparation, planning and execution of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games, for which such “Mega Events” are classified as the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
12/10/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

The Future of Resilience: Trends and Predictions for Professionals in Asia: Patrick Alcantara discusses the latest risks and resilience trends in Asia and Oceania from our Future Vision Committee. In his presentation, he gives an overview of the most pressing economic and political concerns facing resilience professionals. Patrick is joined by Lim Sek Seong of Marsh Risk Consulting who will share their perspective on the risk and organizational landscape and trends in the region.
10/29/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

MBCP Panel Answers Your Continuity Questions: Listen to an impressive panel of MBCPs answer your questions from various industries and with a wide range of expertise during our “Ask the MBCPs” webinar.
09/26/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Resiliencia en las Organizaciones: Adrián Sanchez, CBCP, profesional con 15 años de experiencia profesional en BCM y Resiliencia, será el expositor principal del webinar sobre la resiliencia desde una perspectiva integral en la organización y se darán recomendaciones para impulsar la resiliencia organizacional.
09/10/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Cyber Resilience Q&A: The Answers to Your Compelling Questions - Complex and often confounding, all things cyber resilience are challenging continuity and resilience professionals worldwide. We go beyond the theoretical to provide thoughtful answers to your real-world questions.
06/26/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Trends and Predictions from the DRI Future Vision Committee: How to Prepare for 2019
02/07/2019
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Achieving Cyber-Resilience: A Formula for Success - Cybersecurity expert Wade Richmond delivers important information on one of the profession’s hottest topics on Dec. 13 at 2:00 pm ET. Sponsored by Continuity Logic.
12/13/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

GDPR: Considerations for Continuity Professionals - Nov. 29 webinar discussing GDPR and its implications across business continuity with Lyndon Bird, Ovidiu Diaconescu and Luuk Akkermans.
11/29/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

'Ask Betsy' Women in Business Continuity Management (WBCM) Webinar - Nov. 8 at 2:00 p.m. ET with Betsy Sayers, MBCP, ITIL, ICS - IT/DR
11/08/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Webinar en Español: Tendencias y Predicciones en Continuidad de Negocio - 12 de Octubre de 2018 en el horario 9:00 a.m. CDT con Chloe Demrovsky, Presidente del DRI y Karol Cordero, Directora de Mercadeo para América Latina del DRI
10/12/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Real Recovery Lessons and a Partnership that Passed the Test: Ryan Miller, CBCP, CBCLA, Director of Emergency Management for Howard County, MD, and Larry Twele, CEO of Howard County Economic Development Authority
05/16/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Trends and Predictions from DRI's Future Vision Committee: How to Prepare for 2018
01/17/2018
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Beyond Compliance: Getting Real about Regulations
11/16/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

Webinar del DRI: Principales cambios a las Practicas Profesionales
10/10/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Cyber Risk: The Internet of Things
08/09/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Active Shooter and Mass Casualty Response - A Crisis Management Perspective
05/17/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Moving beyond firm boundaries - Is resilience enhanced by supply chain continuity programs?
03/15/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Trends and Predictions from DRI's Future Vision Committee: How to Prepare for a Volatile 2017
01/11/2017
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: What's New with the Professional Practices
11/15/2016
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: DRI's Organizational Certification
09/28/2016
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Business Continuity Meets Healthcare : From Zika to Patient Care to Ransomware...and Beyond
06/29/2016
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: DRI's 2016 Trends Report Webinar
02/04/2016
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: IT/DR and Business Continuity
11/12/2014
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Business Continuity Meets Risk Management
07/11/2014
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: Why Words Matter - DRI's International Glossary for Resiliency Unveiled
03/29/2014
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: DRI Professional Practices for Business Continuity
05/22/2013
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.

DRI Webinar: The State of Healthcare and BCM and a New Certification
02/17/2012
The presentation materials can also be found in the resource library here.