2013 A Day Without Business Workshop

Workshop to train businesses and nonprofits in continuity planning.
 

When the unthinkable happens, do you have a plan to respond and to lead your business through the crisis?  One in four small businesses closed by a disaster never re-open.  The “Make A Plan!” Workshop will assist business owners and administrators in developing their own  customized business continuity plans to ensure they don’t become part of that statistic. 

 

Building on the successful 2012 A Day Without Business Summit, this four hour workshop will walk you through the steps you will take to make an effective business continuity plan. Tailored to the needs of small businesses and nonprofits, experts from the fields of continuity planning, information technology, insurance, finance, and disaster recovery will be available to assist you in the development of your plan.

 

“After sponsoring A Day Without Business last year as an all-day summit, this year, we wanted to offer a shorter, nutsand-bolts presentation on how to make a plan.” said David Hall, a Business Lines Section Manager at State Farm Insurance, and Chair of Tulsa Partners’ Disaster Resistant Business Council. Mr. Hall reports that plans are in development for a second workshop on testing your plan, to be scheduled in October. 

 

Hosted by the nonprofit Tulsa Partners, Inc., A Day Without Business - “Make A Plan!” Workshop will take place on Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at State Farm Insurance, 12222 State Farm Blvd., Tulsa OK 74146. Registration is open through April 15 online at www.tulsapartners.org or by phone at 918-632-0044.  The cost for the four hour workshop is $35, and space is limited.

 

The Platinum Donors supporting Tulsa Partners and making this workshop possible  are State Farm Insurance, TRC Disaster Solutions Roofhawk, the Brannin Family Foundation, and Meshek and Associates. Gold Donors supporting Tulsa Partners are ESPO Fire and Restoration Services, and PCC Cleaning and Restoration.  Other participating organizations for  the event  include the  Association of Contingency Planners Oklahoma Chapter, the Bixby Chamber of Commerce,  the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety,  Titan Data  Services and the Tulsa Regional Chamber. 

 

Tulsa Partners, Inc. is a non-profit organization using collaboration to build a safe, sustainable community. Tulsa Partners Disaster-ResistantBusiness Council is made up of citizen, business and agency partners working to reduce risk and assist businesses and nonprofit organizations in being prepared for all hazards.

For more information about A Day Without Business - “Make A Plan!” Workshop, contact Tulsa Partners at 

918-632-0044, tulsapartners@gmail.com, or www.TulsaPartners.org.