Upcoming Free Workshop: Developing Economic Opportunity and Economic Resilience
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Join IEDC for the free upcoming workshop Oct 4 - 9:00-12:30 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage Alaska. This is held in conjunction with IEDC's Annual Conference, but is free and open to the public. With economic losses from natural catastrophes likely to triple over the next 15 years, it is not a question of if, but when your community and businesses will be impacted. Being prepared by developing business continuity can ensure that businesses and your economy can recover faster and with less economic damage. At least 60 percent of small businesses fail to make preparations before an emergency and of those without a plan, 43 percent will not reopen, and 75 percent will fail within three years of a major event. Attend this interactive workshop to learn how to ensure your businesses and community do not become part of these statistics!
The workshop will be featuring resiliency experts to introduce resiliency planning for business continuity and strategies to create economic opportunity. Topics covered will include:
- How to build a resilient economy one business at a time
- Tips and strategies on how to capture economic opportunities after a disaster
- How to assist in identifying vulnerabilities in a business and how to address them
Price: Free, but registration is required
Location: Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center, Anchorage, AK. Room: Tubu 4
Date and Time: October 4, 2015 - 9:00am - 12:30am.
Speakers:
- Melissa Ehlinger, Senior VP-Strategy and Business Development, New Orleans Business Alliance, New Orleans, LA
- Robin Keegan, Director, Community Resilience, GCR Inc., New Orleans, LA
- Additional speakers forthcoming.
Acknowledgements This workshop project is funded through a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), Atlanta Office. The grant is focused on long-term economic recovery of FY2011 disaster-impacted communities and regions in the EDA Atlanta office region. The statements, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and other data in this report are solely those of IEDC and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).