September 25 

Topic:                How to Survive an Active Threat

Presenters:       Terence Lee, CBCP, VP, Industry, SAI Global

                         Christine Brown, Learning Content Manager, SAI Global

Location:          The Rusty Pelican,  2425 N Rocky Point Dr, Tampa, FL 33607

Synopsis:

More than half of all active shooter incidents take place in a business setting and are now 18 times more likely to occur than workplace fires. How would you handle an active shooter in your workplace? Are your employees or co-workers trained to manage this type of emergency situation?

In this session, leading experts Terence Lee and Christine Brown will explore the critical facts about active shooter incidents and active shooter training in the workplace. He will uncover crucial steps to take when educating employees as well as the best ways to manage a violent workplace incident.

Attendees will discover:

• The risks and probabilities of an active shooter in your workplace
• How to train employees at your company without causing undue alarm or panic

• Practical methods on how to respond to an active shooter in the workplace

 Attendees will also receive an Active Shooter playbook and training materials.

Bios

Terence Lee, CBCP, VP, Industry manages the operations and sales for business continuity management. He possesses over 25 years of expertise in IT Risk, Compliance, Policy, and Audit Management; Threat and Vulnerability Management; Business Continuity Planning and Management; Third Party Vendor Management; and Operational Risk Management. Terry has fulfilled many client- and market-facing roles. As a product, account and sales executive; he has demonstrated a progressive record of accomplishment identifying and defining new products, capturing new business, leading and building teams, developing software markets, increasing revenues, and executing growth strategies. His experience includes training, mentoring, and supporting teams—with a focus on strategy, product management, and account management.

Christine Brown has spent over twenty years in the eLearning industry – from creating curricula at a small non-profit education research and development organization to managing large-scale corporate education products – and now serves as Learning Content Manager at SAI Global. In SAI’s Risk & Learning group, Christine oversees the development of new learning products in the ethics and compliance training field. Her goal is to engage learners with meaningful and interactive experiences so that they can retain their learning well into the future. Christine has managed the development of Life Safety training experiences as well as other risk areas such as Sexual Harassment and helps companies develop their Code of Conduct products.

Strategic BCP | SAI Global

SAI Global helps organizations proactively manage risk to create trust and achieve business confidence, growth, and sustainability. We offer a full suite of Life Safety learning solutions with content on preventing, preparing for and reacting to extreme violence in the workplace. Developed with the Company's EthicsAnywhere™ learner-centric methodology for helping organizations change behavior around key risk areas, the suite offers a variety of instructional approaches for all types of learners spanning across all industries, regions and scenarios. SAI Global acquired Strategic BCP in 2018. Together, we build enterprise-class business continuity software and provide professional services that elevate business continuity programs within organizations. ResilienceONE is our award-winning business continuity software solution.

Important Announcements

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Greater Tampa Bay ACP Chapter Officers and Board of Directors.

If you are interested in applying for one of the open Board positions, please send me a private email message.

Chapter Officers (2-year term)

• President

Board of Directors (1-year term)

• Director of Communications
• Director of Membership
• Director of Programs
• Director of External Relations

I will be glad to answer any questions about the positions and the workload. Should you be interested in applying, I will need a simple bio for you, and a digital photo which we can include on the ballot.

Applicants should submit this information no later than 10/01/2019 for inclusion in the ballot.

Thank you for your consideration!

Steve Elliot

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GTBACP 2019 Charity Drive

ACP has selected Pinellas Hope as our Charity for 2019. Donations can start to be accepted at any upcoming meeting or brought to our Luncheon at Brio on Wednesday, November 13. Jennifer Sack will help collect and deliver items to Pinellas Hope.

Pinellas Hope started out as a temporary emergency shelter for over 250 homeless men and women, located in Clearwater on 20 acres provided by Bishop Robert N. Lynch and the Diocese of St. Petersburg. It opened its doors on December 1, 2007. Background checks are done on all the residents and case managers meet with them on a regular basis to set goals towards self-sufficiency. They also assist the residents with job and housing placement and perform follow up visits with them six months after they leave the shelter.

Since this early beginning, Pinellas Hope has added numerous buildings (education, clothing closet, medical respite care in partnership with BayCare) and services to its campus, including a Common/Community open-air pavilion with attached (warming) kitchen, offices, separate men’s and women’s bathrooms, including showers, laundry room, library, and computer room.

In 2015 Pinellas Hope added 5 apartment buildings providing 76 efficiency apartments subsidized to be affordable for low income adults who had “graduated” from Pinellas Hope.

Eighty more units were added in 2017, bringing the total number of efficiency apartments to 156. These units are known as permanent supportive housing as the residents still receive case management support and support services as needed. They are not, however, provided meals as each unit has its own kitchenette.

https://pinellashope.org/

Donation items they need for the winter months include:

Sweatshirts and Sweatpants for men and women

Long sleeve shirts for men and women (greater need for men than women)

Winter hats for men and women

Fleece Blankets

Underpants/Socks for men and women

Target Gift cards for Tents (They have been purchasing tents at Target.com and they typically retail for $89.99/each, they last, on average, 60-90 days. Any gift cards collected we will use to help purchase tents.)

It gets chilly in the tents during the cooler months, so warm items are so very appreciated and tents are needed and used all year long.