:: BCFM: Seminars: Distance Learning

Upcoming Educational Opportunities

Disaster Planning

When: Thursday, April 25

Time: 3:30pm - 4:45pm Eastern
CPE: up to 1.5 [Field of Study: SKA; Level: Overview; No course prerequisites or advance preparation required; Delivery: Internet Based]
Cost: $74 members; $94 non-members

Speakers: Randy Schonfeld, IPS, Financial Operations Consultant; Greg Bartels, IPS, President and C.E.O.; Charles Goldstein,

IPS, Director of Information Technology

Overview: At this webinar you will learn about various threats and risks to business operations such as, utility outages (electrical, internet, etc.), random failure of mission-critical systems, hurricane or other major storms, theft (insider or external threat, vital information or material), flood, cyber-attack, fire, epidemic, sabotage (insider or external threat), terrorism, earthquake/tsunami and war/civil disorder.

You will learn about common methodologies for addressing those threats and risks to data processing systems using backup and recovery methods; cold, warm and hot disaster recovery sites; maintaining physical copies of paper and some new technologies such as backup to the cloud.

We will also explain why data processing disaster recovery methodologies may not work with paper-based processes and their unique challenges.

Deadline to Register: Tuesday, April 23; add $20 late fee to registration after 4/23/13. No refunds after Thursday, April 18 2013.

Materials and dialing instructions to be sent on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Registration Form (printable)

For questions on registering or participating in a Distance Learning Telephone Seminar please contact Debi Borden at debi.borden@mediafinance.org. For further explanation or clarification regarding administrative policies such as cancellations and grievances, please call the MFM office at 847/716-7000.

IMPORTANT RULES & POLICIES

Those that need CPE, please notify Debi Borden at debi.borden@mediafinance.org to receive your CPE certificate or return your CPE Evaluation Form provided in the instruction email. 1 CPE credit = 50 minutes.*
You must tell the operator that you are the participant in order to receive CPE credit. You must participate for the full call time.
The registration fee paid, pays for only 1 phone line/web login. If you share the dialing information with others, you will be responsible for paying for any additional lines used by your company or individuals associated with your company.
For further explanation or clarification regarding administrative policies such as cancellations and grievances, please call the MFM office at 847/716/7000.
Dialing Instructions will be sent the day before the call.

How the Audio Distance Learning Works...

Step 1: On the date and time of the Distance Learning, you'll call a special number. You will receive this number in an email from the MFM Office (Debi Borden) the day prior to the call.

Step 2: An operator will answer your call and ask you to provide your unique PIN, your name and company, which were included in the email from the MFM Office the day prior to the call.

Step 3: The operator will connect you to the call. Sit back and listen to the speakers – your line is muted. Q&A will be offered during or at the end of the call. The operator will give instructions on how to ask your questions.

For questions on registering or participating in a Distance Learning Telephone Seminar please contact Debi Borden at debi.borden@mediafinance.org. The registration fee paid pays for only 1 phone line/web login. If you share the dialing information with others, you will be responsible for paying for any additional lines used by your company or individuals associated with your company. For further explanation or clarification regarding administrative policies such as cancellations and grievances, please call the MFM office at 847/716-7000.

*Media Financial Management Association (MFM) formerly Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.