With a new survey reporting that residents of coastal states are unprepared for hurricane season, Virginia held its annual hurricane preparedness tax holiday last week to try to boost civilian readiness in that state. Virginia made a significant effort to promote the week and enlist the private sector with its marketing capacity and expertise behind citizen [...]
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Virginia Tax-Free Hurricane Preparedness Week Gets Private Sector Marketing Muscle Behind Citizen Readiness
June 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Preparedness Incentives · Preparedness and Business · Public Opinion
Florida Businesses Lower Prices For Emergency Preparedness Supplies
June 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Thanks to the Hometown Security blog, I saw that some Florida retailers had voluntarily lowered their prices on emergency preparedness supplies to encourage Floridians to prepare for Hurricane season.
I’ve been an advocate of getting the corporate sector far more involved in advance public preparedness, such as providing more discounts and developing integrated marketing campaigns, so I’m happy to hear about Florida’s [...]
Tags: Preparedness and Business
Business Roundtable/Red Cross Employee Disaster Volunteer Workshop
April 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
On Wednesday, I had the terrific opportunity to be the moderator at a very interesting and spirited workshop held at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The workshop, “Training Your Employees to Volunteer During A Disaster” was sponsored by the Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response along with the Red Cross.
The Partnership for Disaster [...]
Tags: Preparedness and Business
Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response Volunteer Workshop
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Today, I am moderating a workshop, “Training Your Employees to Volunteer During a Disaster,” sponsored by the Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response being held at the headquarters of the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.
The event is designed for company representatives from public affairs, human resource management, philanthropy, volunteer programs and disaster response. It will [...]



