Get your Florida business ready for any kind of disaster

Get your Florida business ready for any kind of disaster at free National Preparedness Month Webinar Series from the Small Business Administration

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 they last just a few hours, are costly in terms of lost productivity and profits.

You can get help with your own business preparedness planning through a series of free webinars in September hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery. The September series is presented in collaboration with FEMA’s Ready Campaign as part of National Preparedness Month.

“It was 22 years ago this week Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida and became the costliest hurricane in history at the time. One of the most important lessons small business owners should remember is recovering quickly is vital for the survival of the business and the community,” said SBA South Florida District Director Francisco “Pancho” Marrero. “This series of webinars not only reinforce these small business lessons but come at the time when south Florida should be most vigilant.”

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 half-hour webinars will be presented at 2 p.m., Eastern time, each Wednesday in September. Visit http://snurl.com/296yw4e to register for any or all of the webinars listed below:

• September 3: Crisis Communications for Any Organization
  Learn best practices for developing an emergency communication strategy.
• September 10: How to Plan for a Power Interruption…and Recover Fast
  Tips on how to make your company resilient and better prepared to mitigate losses during power outages.
• September 17: The Top 5 Steps for Preparedness This Year
  The top five ways to prepare for disaster-related business interruptions will be discussed.
• September 24: If You Do Nothing Else This Year
  Simple, low-cost tips on building a solid business continuity plan.

SBA has partnered with Agility Recovery to offer business continuity strategies through their “PrepareMyBusiness” website. Visit www.preparemybusiness.org to check out the archived webinars and for more disaster preparedness tools.

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