Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Metropolis Resort (Skybox Banquet Hall) 5150 Fairview Drive, Eau Claire 54701 5150 Fairview Drive, Eau Claire, WI, United StatesJoin us for a practical, executive-level seminar focused on strengthening your organization’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategy. Designed for business owners and senior leaders, this session will provide clear, actionable guidance to help you prepare for cyber incidents, operational outages, and unexpected disruptions — with documentation you can actually use. What You’ll Learn -Incident response planning essentials -How to define and prioritize recovery objectives -Understanding and meeting compliance expectations -Strategies to reduce downtime and minimize business impact Opening Remarks Shawn Massey – CRO, The Dirks Group With more than 25 years of IT leadership experience — from IT Director to VP of Sales — Shawn Massey is a certified Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Engineer dedicated to helping organizations strengthen security, resilience, and data protection. He joined The Dirks Group as Chief [...]
Growing Best in the Chippewa Valley —The Forecast Lunch
This lunch event brings together business owners, entrepreneurs, and economic development stakeholders to explore the region’s economic outlook and key challenges. Attendees will hear expert insights from Gary A. Wagner, Ph.D., Acadiana Business Economist and BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the B.I. Moody III College of Business, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The discussion will cover national and state economic trends, labor market participation, workforce challenges, and the Chippewa Valley’s place in the broader Wisconsin and Upper Midwest economy. Participants will gain perspective on workforce shortages, barriers to participation, entrepreneurial energy, housing and quality-of-life factors affecting talent attraction, and strategies for businesses, education, and local governments to strengthen the regional workforce. CEDC is proud to partner with organizations like Frandsen Bank & Trust, whose century-long commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and [...]