Advancing Bible Translation through Business Continuity Planning and Coaching / Team Development
Rod presented the Advanced IT Security course that he developed at the IT Connect Conference in Kenya in April for both English and French-speaking IT Administrators in Africa. At least 15 of these 45 IT administrators have now successfully completed the training module and have moved on to evaluate their IT departments with input from …
The Advanced Information Security Training for IT Administrators that Rod has been developing is now launched! This training is part of a larger program to develop IT administrators in Africa. Each IT administrator will be mentored by an IT professional from the Africa Information Security Coaching Committee as they take the course, perform a self-audit …
Rod recently completed a seven module Information Security Training course, available in both English and French to all staff. It explains how to improve the digital security of online accounts, email, devices, and data, and how to be safe on social media. Some feedback from course participants so far: “When will the other modules be …
This is a very brief treatment of why the Bible is a strong advocate of risk management. I was motivated to write this because some Christians do not see the value of disciplines that seek to recognize risk and proactively treat it. Their argument is that God will protect his own interests without our help, …
View my LinkedIn profile to read this recommendation from Paul Federwitz, CIO at Lutheran Bible Translators. “I have really appreciated Rod’s ability to create IT disaster scenarios. I have participated in two different scenarios that he has created for IT conferences and have seen how well they help participants wrestle with real issues that they …
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What fully engages all the participants in a conference for IT administrators? Why, a disaster recovery simulation exercise, of course! During April, the ICCM (International Conference on Computing and Mission) and ITCC (IT Connect Conference) met for a joint conference of IT Administrators serving evangelical missions throughout Anglophone Africa. Training modules were presented on a …
Thanks so much for your financial support and prayers for my part at the combined IT Connect / ICCM Africca conference. This event was held in Kenya during April 8-14. Most of the participants at this combined conference serve in 20 organizations in the Wycliffe Global Alliance and in SIL International … Both organizations serve …
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On February 8-18 I was in Burkina Faso for our annual IT Connect / ICCM Africa conferences. IT Connect is an annual conference held for information technology professionals working with SIL International and Wycliffe Global Alliance in numerous Francophone countries. Short interviews were done of all the participants, view IT Connect 2018 Ouagadougou Video Interviews. …
View my LinkedIn profile to read this recommendation from Tim Young of LightSys first-hand …“I have seen Rod Davis give three Disaster Recovery exercises to our conference attendees. These exercises have drawn in the participants amazingly well. They are both well thought-out and implemented in a culturally appropriate manner. And they do an excellent job …
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Recently Rod was asked to consult with one of our (geographically dispersed) departments in addressing serious data privacy concerns they had with cloud-based (online) data storage. He analyzed their requirements, evaluated several providers, and established Box.com as the cloud-based storage provider for that department. This service is now being offered to other departments as well, and …