
For Immediate Release
May 18, 2006
Contact Information
Small Business Administration
Cecelia Taylor (202) 401-3059
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news
SBA To Host Live Web Chat to Help Prepare Small Business Owners with Disaster Readiness
WHO:
Lori Adamo, president and founder of Code Red Business Continuity Services, LLC, and Michael Lampton of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Office will host the SBA's May Web chat on "Disaster Preparedness" offering tips on emergency readiness and planning for small businesses. The Web chat coincides with Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 21 through 27.
WHAT:
Adamo and Lampton will share their expertise in disaster preparedness and answer questions about how to best prepare for physical disasters, including how to avoid property damage and economic loss and lay the groundwork for recovery. Chat participants will also be able to ask questions about the SBA's disaster assistance program.
WHEN:
Thursday, May 25, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., EDT.
Adamo and Lampton will answer questions for one hour.
HOW:
Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to www.sba.gov, and clicking "Your Small Business Voice Online Chat." Web chat participants may post questions for Adamo and Lampton before the May 25th chat by visiting http://app1.sba.gov/liveMeeting/liveadamo/intro.cfm
and posting their questions online.
To learn more about the SBA's disaster assistance program and links to additional disaster preparedness tips, visit the web site at www.sba.gov/disaster.
The SBA's live Web chat series provides business owners with the opportunity to have conversations about relevant business issues with industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Participants will have direct, real-time access to the Web chats via questions they submit online in advance and during the session, with instantaneous answers.
To review archives of past live Web chats, visit online at http://www.sba.gov/chats/.
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