A New Podcast Presents Disaster Recovery Challenges and Solutions for Small Businesses

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CREW is pleased to present a new episode in the Ready to Recover podcast series

The new podcast focuses on disaster recovery challenges and solutions for small businesses, including issues that are relevant for a wide audience — from disaster preparedness specialists and community planners, to insurance professionals and small-business owners.

Four guest experts unpack these issues and offer thought-provoking ideas and insights:

  • Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy Analysis at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and author of Understanding Disaster Insurance: New Tools for a More Resilient Future.
  • Ben Collier, Associate Professor in the Department of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management in the Fox School of Business at Temple University.
  • Claire Kramer Mills, Assistant Vice President and Director of Community Development Analysis, Outreach & Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • Tina Poole Johnson, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for Impact Finance at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy.

To access the recording — along with a transcript, speakers’ bios, and show notes — go to the Ready to Recover site (podcasts.crew.org), or listen via these podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Amazon Music (just search for Ready to Recover).

Ready to ShakeOut on October 19?

Get Ready to ShakeOut poster: October 19, 2023; register: ShakeOut.org

This year’s international ShakeOut drill is October 19 at 10:19 AM (local time). After organizing your own drill, be sure to help get the word out to others in your network:

Find Free ShakeOut Messaging Resources

ShakeOut is an opportunity to practice earthquake safety annually with millions of people across the world. It’s also the perfect occasion to raise awareness and encourage everyone in earthquake country to prepare—not only for the moment the earth shakes, but for their own recovery afterwards:

Check out and share CREW’s Ready to Recover Podcasts at podcasts.crew.org to explore disaster planning and recovery topics, including earthquake insurance and federal disaster loans. Ready to Recover podcasts can also be accessed through podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts.