The days are few and there is much to do. This update is going to let you know what we’ve been doing and what’s coming down the track. Read on to find out more about our first UK hybrid course, our work internationally and progress on a new website and app – plus our need to know cyber second.
What’s coming up
On July 7 and 8 we’ll be hosting our first UK based Hostile Environment and First Aid course. This will combine remote, online learning with two days of practical workshops and immersive scenario training. With a relentless focus on the quality of the learning and the application of life saving skills this will be an amazing learning experience.
We’ve also been busy building a new website and a new app to accompany it. The new web platform will enable an easier ‘on board’ system for those who want to buy for lots of people at one time and better account management for those who have existing registrations with us – it also looks pretty neat too. The app is going to provide a unique portal into our courses, helping to support training on the go and quick access to first aid and security update content. It’s never easy to do these things, but as we do it all ourselves we can be really flexible according to what you want – so if you want to feed into the design process there is still time!
We’re also looking forward to supporting the one – to – one safety sessions that will occur in New York’s hot summertime Photoville festival These offer an opportunity for freelance journalists to receive free, expert, safety advice on risk assessment, digital security or trauma management.
And what we have been doing
We hugely enjoyed presenting at the Global Interagency Security Forum . It was brilliant to meet the security leaders from some of the most effective INGO’s in the world.
We also translated some concise content into Ukrainian and made this freely available to a selected audience – those who did not choose to report on war or be aid workers, but those who found they had to. This course, along with our Burmese translation, have been the most widely used of any of our courses. We could not do this kind of work without the support of all of you – so thank you.
We’ve also been on the road and in the air delivering training for one of our most long standing clients, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in Iraq and Nigeria. They are now beginning the long and complex de – mining task that will be required in Ukraine, working with local partners.
A Cyber Second
The blue badge verification on Twitter can be a blessing and a curse; whilst showing that an account is authentic is could be a set up for some of the most sophisticated phishing accounts you will come across.
We are here to help with all things cyber and info sec, so do get in touch if we can help you out.