LIVE Facilitated
Phil Lambert

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3 Sessions - 3 hours each January 21, 23, & 27, 2025

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Course overview

Elevate your business resiliency skills with our cutting-edge online course focused on simulation exercises. Discover how to design and execute realistic, impactful simulations that test and strengthen your organization's preparedness.

This course will teach you how to create engaging scenarios, manage complex exercises, and extract actionable insights to enhance your business continuity strategy. Join us to unlock the secrets of successful simulations and drive your organization's resilience to new heights.

Course is highly interactive and practical.
Learn not only what exercises are, but how to deliver powerful exercises, every time.

LIVE Virtual
January 21, 23, & 27, 2025
11:00 AM Central Time
...virtual 3 hours each

Course is:

LIVE instructor-led Workshops
All are Interactive hands-on
3 LIVE Sessions, 3 hours each
Certificate & CEU's Awarded
Access On-Demand for 6 months

The power of TTX

"If I could do nothing else with one of my business units, I would conduct an exercise!" Karen L.

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This comprehensive course on designing, developing, facilitating, and evaluating functional tabletop exercises provides a holistic approach to disaster simulation, addressing all critical aspects of organizational resiliency. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge of how to effectively involve leadership, cybersecurity, crisis management, disaster recovery, business continuity, vendor continuity, and emergency action teams in their exercises. Through practical sessions and expert guidance, learners will master the integration of these elements to create robust and realistic simulations that enhance overall preparedness.

The course emphasizes the importance of developing human factors, leveraging technological advancements, and increasing situational awareness within exercises. It also tackles common challenges such as overcoming siloed approaches and balancing documentation with practical application. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the skills and resources needed to design and execute effective tabletop exercises that ensure a well-rounded, resilient response to any crisis.

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Design

Create impactful, reality-based exercises that drive engaging and challenging learning experiences. Our course empowers you to design simulations that not only set participants up for success but also use the debrief to uncover valuable learning opportunities and enhance overall preparedness. Transform your training approach with exercises that are designed to maximize learning outcomes and equip your team with the skills they need to excel in real-world scenarios.

Develop

Master every detail of your exercises, from crafting dynamic scenarios and timing to designing injects, challenges, and teamwork activities. Our course covers everything you need, including supporting documentation, after-action reports, and final follow-up reports, ensuring a comprehensive and effective training experience.

Facilitate

Elevate your facilitation skills to maximize learning and drive impactful results. Our course teaches you how to guide participants through challenges without providing the answers, encouraging them to discover the right solutions on their own. Effective facilitation is the cornerstone of every successful exercise, and we'll show you how to lead with expertise to ensure a transformative training experience.

Evaluate

Unlock the power of simulation exercise evaluations with our expert-led course, designed to align with your desired program outcomes, risk appetite, and capabilities. Learn how to measure success based on clear, outcome-focused metrics, ensuring that your exercises not only meet but exceed expectations. By tailoring evaluations to your specific goals and risk profile, you'll gain actionable insights that drive continuous improvement and enhance your program's effectiveness.

- Gain and Maintain Buy-In and Support for Your BC/BR Program

- Design, Develop, Facilitate, and Celebrate Disaster Simulation Exercises

- Create a Variety of Training Exercises for Easy Instruction

- Recognize and Differentiate Functional, Experiential, and Immersive Training Strategies

- Understand the Role and Importance of Exercises in a BC/BR Program

- Employ the 6 Types of Exercises to Achieve Desired Results

- Demonstrate How Adult Learning Principles Drive Success

- Facilitate Experiential Exercises and Leverage Optimal Learning Environments

- Balance Scenario-Driven Experiences with Effective Debriefs to Optimize Learning

- Optimize Participant Engagement

- Reinforce Learning with Constructive Questioning, Feedback, and Debriefing

- Conduct Rapid 5 Exercises: Micro-Exercises for Quick Impact

- Design, Develop, Conduct, Debrief, and Follow-Up on Exercises

- Distinguish the Strengths and Weaknesses of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Presentations

- Implement Effective Action Item Collection, Assignment, and Follow-Up Strategies

- Develop and Leverage Participant Exercise Worksheets for Program Maturity

- Manage Conversations and Collaboration to Keep Teams on Track

- Close Each Session on a High Note

Phase I – Pre-exercise Activities

Phase II - Day One - Exercise Fundamentals and Design

Skill 1 – Understanding Exercise Fundamentals
Dive into the core principles of experiential learning and understand why exercises are crucial for adult learning. Explore how hands-on participation and data processing enhance application, retention, and overall learning effectiveness.

Skill 2 – How to Design an Exercise
Learn a straightforward process for designing exercises that strike the right balance between presentation and interaction. Gain confidence in creating engaging and effective simulations tailored to your learning objectives.

Skill 3 – How to Develop an Exercise
With clear goals and outcomes in mind, focus on developing materials that facilitate active participation and ensure exercise success. Discover practical tips for creating resources that support your exercise's objectives.

Phase III Day 2: Game Day Execution

Skill 4 – How to Facilitate Powerful Exercises
Master the art of facilitation to create the optimal environment for problem-solving and collaboration. Learn how to manage the exercise dynamics to allow results to emerge naturally and enhance crisis response capabilities.

Skill 5 – How to Debrief an Exercise
Understand the purpose and process of debriefing to extend learning opportunities and identify areas for improvement. Learn how to document strengths, gaps, and suggestions for enhancing response and recovery strategies.

Phase IV Day 3: Post-Exercise Activities

Skill 6 – How to Follow-Up on an Exercise
Discover strategies for effective follow-up to ensure continuous improvement and maturity. Learn how to maintain momentum and leverage exercise insights for long-term benefits.

Skill 7 – How to Conduct Powerful Virtual Exercises
Adapt to the virtual training landscape by mastering the skills needed to deliver impactful online exercises. Learn how to embrace virtual formats, enhance your skills, and produce engaging remote simulations.

Skill 8 – How to Measure & Report What Matters
Explore methods for measuring exercise success and reporting key outcomes. Learn how to identify what to measure, how to capture relevant data, and how to report findings to drive influence and improvement.

Course Highlights:
- Interactive, hands-on learning experiences.
- Practical techniques for effective exercise design and facilitation.
- Strategies for successful virtual exercise delivery.
- Tools for meaningful measurement and reporting.

     74 item TTX Digital Library including

     67+ page TTX Workbook

     6 months access to LIVE virtual Q&A sessions with instructor and follow students

     TTX Design, Develop, Facilitate, and Evaluate Blueprint and Quick Study Guide ,

   3 scenario based narratives with injects, exercise timing, participant worksheets, and debrief scripts

     We will share the slide deck in PDF format because of licensing restrictions on video, photos, graphics, and charts.

     6 months access to the recorded sessions & on-demand sessions

Over the course of three days, you will spend time in a live facilitated virtual training on how to design, develop, facilitate, and evaluate training sessions focused on how to conduct powerful exercises, every time. Also, 1 to 2 hours will be required for pre-course reading and homework.

This course will be delivered online, in a technology savvy virtual classroom environment by a live facilitator and coach. You will participate in the live classroom, complete homework assignments, and collaborate with others in discussion groups.

How to Conduct Powerful Exercises, Every Time
LIVE Instructor Lead Workshop

LIVE Virtual
January 21, 23, & 27
2025

Engage

Learn how to engage people into the process of business continuity to establish buy-in, ownership, and participation.

Equip

Learn how to institute the appropriate tactics, supply the right tools, and train people accurately to achieve program outcomes.

Empower

Learn how to structure the BC Program team members for success and maturity, as
they develop their people, documentation, and resources.

Who we are

We are committed to creating and continuously improving effective learning methods to diverse business communities with LIVE and On-Demand training that transforms lives and career's.

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