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In response to a number of high profile disasters around the world, the Effective Disruption Management Seminar convened by the Stanford Graduate School of Business brought together main actors in humanitarian disaster relief operations to exchange ideas and share best practices on September 8, 2005 at Stanford. Representatives of government, the private sector and humanitarian relief agencies explored potential collaborations to enhance relief operations.

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The key learnings of this seminar are available in a DVD format: Humanitarian Relief Logistics Best Practices Toolkit. Reserve your copy today free of charge to humanitarian relief agencies. Compliments of Stanford Center for Social Innovation.

Other suggested readings from the Stanford Graduate School of Business library.

The programs will be published over the next few weeks and will appear in the list below. The best way to learn about new releases is to subscribe to one of the RSS feeds on this page, or to one of the site-wide feeds.

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Ludo Oelrich - A Public-Private Partnership that Works

"Moving the World" is a partnership between logistics company TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian aid agency. Together they provide food aid to an average of 90 million people, including 56 million hungry children, in more than 80 countries. Speaking at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Moving the World Director Ludo Oelrich explains how the benefits of this association play out both ways.

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36 minutes, 16.6mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...

Rickard and Olson - Partnerships for Disaster Relief

Jon Olson has put Intel's supply chain expertise at John Rickard's disposal to bring his organization, International Rescue Committee, to the next level. Speaking together at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, they explain how the supply chain knowledge and frameworks developed in a corporate environment can go a long way when applied to the logistic issues faced by humanitarian disaster relief agencies.

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37 minutes, 17.2mb, recorded 2006-09-08 details...

Gail Neudorf - Disaster Relief Challenges

Speaking at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Gail Neudorf talks about some of the challenges and issues faced by humanitarian disaster relief operations.

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40 minutes, 18.8mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...

Adele Martz - Improving GM’s Risk Profile

Adele Martz explains how risk management puts GM at a competitive advantage to an audience of disaster relief operation actors gathered for the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar.

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50 minutes, 22.9mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...

Randy Martin - Speed and Agility versus Cost

Randy Martin has been in the business of humanitarian disaster relief for 25 years. Speaking at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Martin shares some of the lessons he has learned on the front lines and investigates possible collaborations across sectors to enhance disaster relief operations.

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46 minutes, 21.4mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...

Leslie Lamb - Managing Risk in an Uncertain World

Leslie Lamb shares her company's approach to risk management with some of the main actors in humanitarian disaster relief operations gathered at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar.

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42 minutes, 19.5mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...

Lynn Fritz - Using Supply Chain Innovations to Save Lives

A few days after hurricane Katrina hit, Lynn Fritz shares his vision for the enhancement of disaster relief operations to a floor of highly engaged humanitarian disaster relief actors gathered at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar.

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40 minutes, 18.5mb, recorded 2005-09-08 details...