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Are You Ready? An HME's Guide to Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

Speaker: Merideth McDonald

No business owner can fully immunize themselves against the damaging effects of a natural disaster or crisis incident. But advanced planning and preparation can help you survive a crisis and minimize the long-term effects on your business. This workshop will help you develop a plan to respond to a crisis or natural disaster. The objective is to help attendees compile a set of tools to assist them in this important aspect of strategic planning. Some of the areas covered are: insurance, ongoing operations, data protection and recovery, physical plant, communications (phones and Internet).

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity
  2. Identify and prioritize areas of risk for your business
  3. Select a compilation of forms to start your own plan
  4. Prepare a test for your DR/BC plan
  5. Conduct a business impact analysis