It might be an auto repair shop
washed away by a flood. A dentist’s office scorched by a fire. A
dry cleaner hit by a tornado. A pet store frozen by an ice storm and power
outage. There are lots of sorts of businesses, and lots of kinds of
disasters, but one thing remains the same: businesses disrupted
by disaster permanently close their doors at an alarming rate. In fact,
according to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, one in
four small businesses closed by a disaster never re-opens.
So, when the unthinkable happens,
will you be prepared to lead your business through the
crisis? Preparedness is the key! By creating a disaster recovery and
business continuity plan, your business can increase its recovery
capabilities dramatically. A plan can help you make the right decisions
quickly, cut downtime, and minimize financial losses. It can even help you
avoid certain disasters through planning and mitigation measures.
The prospect of creating and
implementing such a plan can be daunting, but business leaders in
Tulsa have a unique opportunity to get a head start on the process by
attending A Day Without Business, a business continuity summit hosted by
Tulsa Partners’ Disaster Resistant Business Council.
A Day Without Business will take
place on Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday
Inn – City Center in downtown Tulsa. Registration is open through March 2,
online at www.tulsapartners.org or by phone at 918-632-0044. The cost for
the one-day event is $65, and space is limited.
The event’s opening speaker will be
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mike Neal. The luncheon
keynote speakers will be Rob O’Brian and Tonya Sprenkle, President and Vice
President of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, who will share about
their Chamber’s experience with the May 2011 Joplin Tornado.
The lead sponsors for A Day WithoutBusiness are Tulsa Partners’ Disaster Resistant Business Council, State
Farm Insurance, TRC Disaster Solutions and Williams. Other participating
organizations for the event include the Insurance Institute for Business
and Home Safety, Titan Data Services and the Tulsa Health Department.
For more information about A Day
Without Business, contact Tulsa Partners at 918-632-0044, tulsapartners@gmail.com,
or www.TulsaPartners.org.
Written by guest blogger Jessica
Hill
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