SBA & Agility Recovery Solutions Host Free Webinar on Social Media Strategies …

WASHINGTON, Aug 05, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
A major disaster has devastated your community, and landlines are down.
Will you be able to use Facebook or Twitter to keep your employees,
customers and vendors aware of your status? How will you distinguish
good information on post-disaster social media channels from the scams?

Business and civic leaders in Joplin, Mo., had a crash course in
leveraging social media following the May 22 tornado that tore through
the city, killing 160 people and damaging or destroying about 8,000
homes and businesses. Kirstie Smith, communications director of the
Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, and Mark Kinsley, creator of the
Rebuild Joplin Facebook page, will join the U.S. Small Business
Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions during a free webinar
August 16 to talk about how they used social media tools to exchange
critical information with local businesses. Social media consultant John
Orlando will share practical tips for business owners to use to map out
a business continuity plan that includes social media.

SBA has partnered with Agility to offer business continuity strategies
for entrepreneurs via their “PrepareMyBusiness” website. Visit
www.preparemybusiness.org
to access previous webinars and additional preparedness tips.

The SBA provides disaster recovery assistance in the form of
low-interest loans to homeowners, renters, private nonprofits and
businesses of all sizes. To learn more, visit
www.sba.gov/disaster .

        
        WHO:   John Orlando, John Orlando Consulting
               Kirstie Smith, Communications Director, Joplin Area Chamber of
               Commerce Mark Kinsley, Director of Marketing, Rebuild Joplin
        WHAT:  "Social Media and Disaster Recovery" will be presented by
               Orlando, Smith and Kinsley. A question and answer session will
               follow.
        WHEN:  Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/429536768

Advisory Number: MA11-16

SOURCE: U.S. Small Business Administration

        
        U.S. Small Business Administration 
        Carol Chastang, 202-205-6987 
        or 

http://www.sba.gov/news

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