Each year, small businesses nationwide are forced to close their doors in the aftermath of severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, wildfires and hurricanes. Business interruptions, even if lasting just a few hours, are costly in terms of lost productivity and profits.
Business owners can get help with preparedness planning through a series of free webinars hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Agility Recovery.
The September series is presented in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Ready Campaign, as part of National Preparedness Month.
The SBA wants to help business owners take charge of the well-being of their own companies, the safety of their employees, and the sustenance of their local economies by being prepared to rebound quickly from any kind of disaster.
The following hour-long webinars will be presented at 2 p.m. each Wednesday in September:
Sept. 11: “Protecting Your Organization by Preparing Your Employees”; www1.gotomeeting.com/register/668927705 Sept. 18: “The New 10 Steps to Preparedness: Lessons from the Past”; www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613804840
Sept. 25: “Crisis Communications for any Organization”; www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918980200
The SBA has partnered with Agility Preparedness to offer business-continuity strategies through their “PrepareMyBusiness” website. Visit www.preparemybusiness.org to access past webinars and additional preparedness tools.