This course is only open to alumni of the MIT Professional Education's Crisis Management & Business Resiliency course.

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Date(s)
Jun 12 - 16, 2023
Registration Deadline
Location
On Campus
Course Length
5 days
Course Fee
$3,500
CEUs
4.1 CEUs
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In this next-level follow-up to our Crisis Management & Business Resiliency course, you will acquire insights from leading experts and discuss your own pressing resiliency challenges—as well as other industry trends—with top faculty and small working groups of accomplished global peers. Topics are unique to each year’s course, but could include pandemic lessons learned, notification systems, crisis leadership, supply chains, cultural perspectives, vendor risk management, cyber security, dealing with consultants, or others.

Course Overview

This course is the next-level follow-on to the MIT Professional Education's Short Programs course Crisis Management & Business Resiliency. As in the that course, faculty and invited industry experts will present select current topics and analyze recent case studies. 

However, this advanced program also provides a forum for attendees to discuss current and/or pressing industry issues as well as their own issues and concerns. The course provides much networking time with peers in an open and dynamic environment for them to be able to ask questions; exchange ideas, information, and processes; assemble best practices; explore alternatives; and provide solutions. Additionally, projects/industry issues will be assigned requiring students to work together in small groups during the week and present their results at the end of the course.

Learning Outcomes
  • Discussions of current and pressing industry issues with subject experts and peers
  • Opportunities to address attendees’ own issues and concerns
  • Case studies of recent events; lessons learned 
  • Gathering and exchange of innovative solutions, concepts, information, and best practices
  • Small working group interactions, research, learning, and dynamics
  • Networking with peers; attendees’ contact information
  • Dedicated time for professional and personal growth
  • After-class networking activities
  • MIT Professional Education Certificate of Completion

This course meets Noon - 5:30pm EDT each day (see schedule for full details).

Topics and speakers are determined each year by previous Crisis Management & Business Continuity program attendees prior to this Course.

Topics could include pandemic lessons learned, how to prepare for the next one, crisis leadership, notification systems, supply chain, vendor risk management, cyber security, effective training, drill and exercise best practices, cloud vendors and services, cultural perspectives, global programs, psychological first aid to victims and impacted employees, how to talk BCP to IT, executive buy-in, analysis of a recent event, dealing with consultants, or other topics as requested. If a student wishes, he/she may make a presentation to the class on an issue. Dr. Steve will ask for your input prior to the Course.

Student projects will be self-selected by groups of students to work on during the course; summary presentations/results will be made on the last day of the Course. Students teams will self-assemble based upon interests, company/agency size, company/agency business (e.g., health care, banking, local government). Student project issues can include pandemic lessons learned; pandemic preparations for the next one; business impact analyses; notification systems; business continuity vs business resiliency; risk management; exercises; cyber security; cloud vendors; selling BC to your organization; individual organization experiences; analysis of a recent event – yours or someone else’s; or other topic as approved by Instructors. The research and results of one or more of these projects can result in published articles in industry magazines and/or presentations at relevant conferences. This is the decision of the project team; Dr. Steve can facilitate the publishing/presentation process.

Who Should Attend

Who Should Attend

This course is open to alumni of the MIT Professional Education's Crisis Management & Business Continuity course. Note that the Professional Education alumni discount is not valid for this program because all registrants of this program are MIT Professional Education alumni and this has been factored into the price.

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