BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220518T000000Z DTEND:20220518T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Business Continuity Planning Workshop DESCRIPTION:Emergencies and disasters for business are unavoidable. It's impossible to predict when or what will happen. The best time to prepare is now.\n\n\n\nIntroducing a new tool for BC businesses: the Business Continuity Plan.\n\nCommunity Futures has been busy developing a new online tool for business owners and entrepreneurs!\n\nThis tool creates a personalized plan to prepare for and respond to unexpected disruptions like wildfires\, floods\, and pandemics.\n\nJoin us on May 17th at 5 pm for a FREE online workshop and learn about this new tool and prepare yourself for almost any disaster or disruption to your business.\n\n\n\nRegister at https://www.eventbrite.ca/x/business-continuity-planning-tickets-317184877507\n\n\n\nThe tool is presented by Colin O'Leary of O'Leary & Associates. Colin created the Economic Impact and Economic Recovery Work Plan from the Elephant Hill Wildfire in 2017 and has presented all over the province as a keynote speaker to talk to business owners about business continuity planning.\n\n\n\nWell-prepared businesses have proven to fare much better through disasters because they have already considered the possible impacts to their business and developed strategies ahead of time for dealing with them. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nThe past two years have been challenging for businesses of all sizes. British Columbia experienced multiple natural disasters on top of having to cope with the lingering effects of COVID-19 on the economy.\n\nCommunity Futures Okanagan Similkameen has launched a new online tool that will help businesses prepare for and mitigate the impact of disasters that affect their business. The tool is free for all businesses to use. This workshop will walk you through the tool and how best to prepare for disaster.\n\nThe Business Continuity Planning Tool will help business owners identify hazards to their business\, core assets and functions\, and how to mitigate those risks. The tool has been tested in group settings for over four years and has received glowing reviews. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nEmergencies and disasters for business are unavoidable. It'\;s impossible to predict when or what will happen. The best time to prepare is now.
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\nIntroducing a new tool for BC businesses: the Business Continuity Plan.
\nCommunity Futures has been busy developing a new online tool for business owners and entrepreneurs!
\nThis tool creates a personalized plan to prepare for and respond to unexpected disruptions like wildfires\, floods\, and pandemics.
\nJoin us on May 17th at 5 pm for a FREE online workshop and learn about this new tool and prepare yourself for almost any disaster or disruption to your business.
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\nRegister at https://www.eventbrite.ca/x/business-continuity-planning-tickets-317184877507
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\nThe tool is presented by Colin O'\;Leary of O'\;Leary &\; Associates. Colin created the Economic Impact and Economic Recovery Work Plan from the Elephant Hill Wildfire in 2017 and has presented all over the province as a keynote speaker to talk to business owners about business continuity planning.
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\nWell-prepared businesses have proven to fare much better through disasters because they have already considered the possible impacts to their business and developed strategies ahead of time for dealing with them. \;
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The past two years have been challenging for businesses of all sizes. British Columbia experienced multiple natural disasters on top of having to cope with the lingering effects of COVID-19 on the economy.

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Community Futures Okanagan Similkameen has launched a new online tool that will help businesses prepare for and mitigate the impact of disasters that affect their business. The tool is free for all businesses to use. This workshop will walk you through the tool and how best to prepare for disaster.

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The Business Continuity Planning Tool will help business owners identify hazards to their business\, core assets and functions\, and how to mitigate those risks. The tool has been tested in group settings for over four years and has received glowing reviews.

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\n LOCATION:Online UID:e.1841.6515 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260707T054710Z URL:https://www.sochamber.ca/events/details/business-continuity-planning-workshop-6515 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR