Emergency Preparedness WeekEmergency Preparedness Week is May 4th to 10th. What do you need to do?

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How ready are you for an emergency? Michael from Business Continuity & Recovery Services sent me this info that I want to share....

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 4th to 10th. What do you need to do?

Once again Emergency Preparedness Week is coming up. This is a national, annual event that tries to make people aware that there are things that they need to do to prepare for an emergency.

The Canadian government publishes pamphlets and checklists that outline what steps families can take to prepare themselves to respond to an emergency event in their community.

The government suggests that you prepare to survive on your own for 72 hours. This means having enough food, water, supplies and other personal items that you need to continue without assistance for at least the first 72 hours after an emergency declaration.

I would recommend that you actually prepare for a longer time frame as the emergency services will be busy handling the emergency and restrictions of your mobility may be put into place. There will be difficulty in getting groceries and other supplies into the stores and you may not be able to get to the stores at all depending on the nature of the emergency.

Don’t forget your pets during an emergency, they need food and water as well. Also should an evacuation need to take place, you will have to consider where you will go and how your pets will be received and taken care of.

More information can be obtained at the Getprepard.ca website, including downloadable checklists and other information.

Michael Wilkovesky (http://www.continuityrecovery.com/)

Cheryl Rankin
Fit For Business
647-287-0320
fitforbusiness@rogers.com
http://www.fitforbusiness.ca/

Tradeshows

Tradeshow booths can be very expensive for a small business budget. Have you tried just attending the tradeshow? Recently I attended two tradeshows as an attendee and I made some great connections and came back with some hot leads.

Walk the tradeshow floor slowly. Say Hello to every booth worker / owner. I sugges entering every draw. If you think one booth is a possible client for you then ask them for more details about what they do. Hopefully you get a chance to introduce yourself but if you do not then end the conversation with "I would love to talk to you more about your products and maybe at that time I can tell you about mine" and hand them your business card.

Any incoming e-mails or phone calls from the vendors, I always thank them for their information and then send them mine. I have started some great business relationships this way.

Be sure to phone any of those leads within a week.

If you can not fit a tradeshow booth in your budget then squeeze in the admission price and go as an attendee.

Call me if you need some help deciding which tradeshows to attend.

Cheryl Rankin
647-287-0320
fitforbusiness@rogers.com
www.fitforbusiness.ca