Business briefcase
Uniontown
Tri-State SHRM plans seminar
?Tri-State Society for Human Resources Management will host “Why Change Initiatives Fail – and How HR Can Ensure Successful Change,” from 12:30 to 2?p.m. July 27 at the Fayette Chamber of Commerce office, 65 W. Main St., Uniontown.
Presenter will be Geri Puleo, MA, MBA, SPHR, the principal and founder of G. A. Puleo & Associates, a training and consulting firm that specializes in strategies to maximize organizational and individual performance through strategic change. An entrepreneur with over 25 years’ experience, Puleo’s credentials include national certification as a senior professional in human resources; master degree in human resources and industrial relations management and a master degree in business administration with a concentration in leadership. Puleo is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Management & Decision Sciences with a concentration in leadership and change management. Puleo is the author a monthly HR column at www.-emagnify.com (the official website of the National Education Center for Women in Business). Puleo has co-presented three workshops at the 2004 SHRM National Leadership Conference in Arlington, Va., and serves on the Pennsylvania State Council. Puleo is also an adjunct business professor at Penn State University and Seton Hill University.
Lunch and networking will be held from noon to 12:30?p.m.
Registration is required by 5?p.m. June 22 and can be made by calling Melissa Basden at 304-692-6960 or emailing her at mbasden@paceenterprises.org.
Washington
SBA hosts webinar on disaster recovery
Find out what business owners learned after nearly losing their companies to small scale disasters like a sprinkler system malfunction or catastrophic events like widespread flooding during a free webinar from 2 to 3?p.m. Tuesday hosted by Agility Recovery Solutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Space is limited.
To register, go online to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/799917864.
Bob Boyd, Agility Recovery chief executive officer, will share real stories of entrepreneurs whose business continuity strategies emerged while recovering from major disasters. He’ll also outline some practical applications of disaster preparedness tips, focusing on the concept of not only putting a plan together, but testing it periodically.
Recent events serve as a reminder that disasters have a far-reaching effect in terms of undermining small business success and the revival of local economies. Being prepared for any worst-case scenario will lessen the financial losses and business failures that typically accompany a natural or man-made emergency.
SBA has partnered with Agility to offer business continuity strategies for entrepreneurs via its “PrepareMyBusiness” website. Go online to www.preparemybusiness.org to access previous webinars and for more preparedness tips.
To learn more about the disaster assistance program, go to www.sba.gov/disaster.