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Terrie S. Norris is Risk Control Manager for BRS in our Long Beach office. Ms. Norris has more than 20 years experience in safety, health, and environmental management in recycled paper, rubber and plastics, and metal forming industries and loss control consultation. Currently, she provides risk management services, such as audits, program development, and training for industrial and public entities. As a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers since 1987, she is currently serving as the Society’s President-elect and will take office as the Society’s President in June of 2011. Her honors include Manager of the Year (Poms & Associates), American Society of Safety Engineers Orange County Chapter and Region One Safety Professional of the Year, and American Society of Safety Engineers Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service Award.

Controlling Your LinkedIn Volume

posted by: BRS Risk Control on 4/30/2012

LinkedIn is a great way to connect with your peers to ask questions, share information, and share solutions. But just like having the being in a crowded rooms with many conversations happening at once, too much information means that you either miss something importation while trying to follow it all, or you just quit listening.

I'm a member of 33 LinkedIn groups, which could mean burial by LinkedIn messages. I learned the hard way. So let me share the ways to control how much information you received from LinkedIn.

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UK Blog Series #7

posted by: BRS Risk Control on 4/23/2012

“In the News” Panel - Continued

The focus of our comments on all three articles seemed to center around the importance of communication. In the case of the Costa Concordia sinking, discussed the impact on the loss of the lack of communication from the parent company for the first 36 hours following the tragedy. What took them so long to make comment, to reach out to the victims? If it hadn’t been for the locals on the island the survivors would have had nowhere to lodge while the awaited further...

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UK Blog Series #5

posted by: BRS Risk Control on 4/18/2012

The Safety and Health Monster – Continued

The “safety and health monster” was a big theme at the conference. My fraturnal greetings supported IOSH’s position, and I was quoted in tweets sent out by the members of the audience. I said, “There is no “health and safety monster” here in the U.K., in the U.S. or worldwide. Smart companies know that the economic impact of investing in safety and health is a very positive one.” Andrew Cooper President-Elect of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering...

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