Is Your Business Prepared for a Natural Disaster?
In the latest presentation from the BizTools Video Series, “Before Disaster Strikes, Prepare Your Business,” Jonathan Falk, NAHB’s field specialist for disaster relief, lays out a simple 10-step strategy to help business owners assess the risks that natural disasters pose to their operations. Falk hopes to show business owners that disaster planning doesn’t have to be time-consuming and that there is no reason why a company of any size shouldn’t be prepared when disaster strikes.
This video is the first part of a three-part series. Subscribers will come away from this 30-minute video presentation with the following:
- Statistics on the risks that natural disasters pose to small businesses
- Advice on how to prepare your business operations for natural disasters using examples and supplemental tools
- Tips for finding free preparedness resources from both NAHB and the federal government
You can also register for the companion Shop Talk on Tuesday, July 25, at 3 p.m. ET, during which Falk will field questions and discuss best practices for business disaster planning with moderator and Business Management and Information Technology Committee Member Joyce Duerfeldt.
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