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Welcome to the May 2018 edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter. A lot has been happening at TII these past two months, including the development of a brand new two-day training program.
“Critical Thinking for Investigators” is an intensive two-day classroom-based workshop designed to help investigators and intelligence professionals avoid making incorrect assumptions by using logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and scientific methodology in their investigations. Attendees will acquire skills required to turn online data into meaningful, actionable intelligence. All too often, mission critical investigations fail because those involved jump to conclusions and draw faulty inferences that leave the trail cold. Correct conclusions are not the result of guessing, but by applying efficient thought processes. Currently being offered on an in-house basis, this program will be publicly available in the Fall of 2018.
We are also pleased to announce that “Hunted“, the hit UK-based reality TV series which casts a number of TII personnel, was nominated for a prestigious BAFTA award in the “Reality and Constructed Factual” category. TII team members will again be traveling to the UK in the coming months to film the fourth season of Hunted, along with a new “Celebrity Edition”, in support of “Stand Up to Cancer”.
Growing to serve you better: we are also excited to announce that the TII team is expanding yet again – more to come on this in next month’s newsletter.
In this edition of the newsletter, TII’s Kathy Macdonald, shares insights on the importance of documenting digital evidence during investigations, and presents solutions to overcoming potential challenges in the article, “Capturing and Seizing Digital Evidence – Important Considerations for Today’s Investigator”.
2018
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Welcome to the February 2018 edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter.
With the new year now in full swing, we were pleased to see the successful launch of our brand new Cyberpsychology & Threat Intelligence training series with Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr. Cynthia Baxter last month.
The next few months will be incredibly busy for the TII team, with both public and in-house training events scheduled in Canada, the UAE, SE Asia, and Australia. We’re especially excited to launch our new Introduction to the Blockchain Revolution course in Dubai in March.
In this edition of the newsletter, Howard Clarke, the facilitator of TII’s Intelligence Analysis e-Learning training programs, shares his article “What’s the Problem? The Importance of Clearly Defining Research and Investigative Goals”, highlighting the importance of fully understanding the “problem” at hand when conducting investigative and intelligence work, focusing on the critical dimensions of planning prior to engaging in data collection and intelligence research.
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Welcome to the January 2018 edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter – from all of us here at Toddington International Inc., we wish you a very Happy New Year!
We are pleased to welcome Julie Tillotson as the newest member of the TII team. With over two decades service within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Julie began her career as an Intelligence Analyst in 2002.
Continuing to maintain operational expertise in complex criminal investigations that includes serial murder, missing persons, financial and organized crime on a strategic and tactical level, Julie is also experienced in the delivery of services to the private sector including critical thinking and investigative techniques, corporate intelligence, brand protection and online reputation management.
While working towards her PhD, Julie taught Criminology and Sociology at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. She has also taught Tactical Intelligence Analysis and Strategic Intelligence Analysis at the Canadian Police College, and has delivered Operational Intelligence Analysis training in South Asia on behalf of the Canadian Government.
Among other commendations, Julie has been awarded the Intelligence Program Professional Service Award for her contributions to the national intelligence program in the RCMP, and is a regular guest speaker at numerous private and public sector conferences throughout North America.
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Welcome to the November 2017 edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter and thank you for taking the time to read.
In this edition, TII Senior Associate Dr. Cynthia Baxter writes on some of the key psychological elements every investigator and intelligence professional needs to know in her article, “Expert Investigators Understand the People Behind the Crimes”. A highly experienced Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr. Baxter is available to TII clients through both our investigative and training divisions. Dr. Baxter has recently developed and is co-presenting our new 2-day course, “Cyberpsychology and Threat Intelligence: Assessing Risk Online”, which will launch in January 2018 in Vancouver, BC (see below for details).
It’s been a busy few months as we continue to expand both our offerings and instructor base. Over the last 6 weeks, TII team members have delivered specialized training on four continents, to some 175 attendees from 18 countries. Over the next four weeks, we’re pleased to be delivering both open and in-house training sessions in North America, Europe, and Africa. Stay tuned over the next month as we announce two exciting new training partnerships for the Middle East and Oceania regions.
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Welcome to the October 2017 edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter. August and September were incredibly busy months for us, with our team delivering a host of fresh, new, and updated training programs throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and of course, North America. Earlier in September, we formally launched our much-anticipated, brand new online course, “Open Source Intelligence for Financial Investigators“, in partnership with finINTEL’s Robert Maxwell.
To start off this month, we want to take the opportunity to formally welcome our newest team members, Kathy Macdonald, Dr. Cynthia Baxter, and Colin Crowden. We are also proud to announce our newly appointed Vice President, Jasmeen Sandhar-Gill, who has served as TII’s International Training Manager and GM for 5 years.
To keep things exciting, soon we are rolling out a completely overhauled version of our online course, “Using the Internet as an Investigative Research Tool“, and will be announcing the launch date in our upcoming newsletter.
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Welcome to the July edition of TII’s Online Intelligence Newsletter. It’s been an exciting few months as TII personnel have been involved in the filming of two new seasons of the hit UK television series, Hunted, in addition to taking on new staff members and developing a host of fresh, new, and updated training programs.
This past six weeks has seen members of the TII team delivering instructor-led training programs in Europe, Asia, and Central America. In this edition of the newsletter, TII associate and former Calgary City police officer Kathy Macdonald recounts her time in El Salvador, along with TII’s Norm Whilhelm, delivering training in partnership with the non-profit Justice Education Society, who has been working closely with law enforcement in the region since 2001 to increase the country’s justice system capacity.
TII is pleased to offer a number of specialized and customizable in-house training programs for both the public and private sector in a variety of formats. To learn more about what we can do to empower your workforce, contact us.
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