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Engaging Business in the Mitigation Process

Learn about the challenges small business owners face in participating in public planning and how to change that. Discover ways to demonstrate the impact of disasters on their business and provide incentives for involvement. Connect with chambers of commerce, SBA, NFIB, and associations to encourage their participation.

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Engaging Business in the Mitigation Process

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  1. Engaging Business in the Mitigation Process How to get small business owners involved.

  2. What is a Small Business • A small business has fewer than 100 Employees and Less than $5 Million in Sales • 5,595,200 Small Businesses in the U.S. • 50.1 percent of the nation’s 114,064,976 Employees • Small Business Income $759.8 billion Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

  3. 10 Most Severe Problems Small Business Owners Face: • Cost of health insurance • Cost and availability of liability insurance • Workers' compensation • Cost of natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, fuel oil • Federal taxes on business income • Property taxes (real, personal, or inventory) • Cash flow • State taxes on business income • Unreasonable government regulations • Electricity costs (rates) • Health insurance costs were a "critical" issue for 65.6 percent of respondents, the highest percentage for any problem in the survey's 22-year history. Source: National Federation of Independent Businesses

  4. Challenges Facing Small Business to Participate in Public Planning • Time – Small Business owners wear many hats • Focus & Priorities – Small Business Owners are Focused on the Success of their Business • Awareness – Many Small Business Owners are not Plugged into to the Community • Opportunity Cost – How does being “involved” impact my bottom line? • WIFM • “Isn’t that what governments are for?”

  5. How to Change this! • Demonstrate and communicate to small businesses how disasters impact their business, profits, employees, customers… • Show them clearly how to get involved • Encourage small business owners to get their peers involved • Connect through Chambers of Commerce, SBA, NFIB, and Associations • PSAs and News Items directed to Small Business • Provide Incentives – BPOL Tax Discount…

  6. Thank You Peter Winters President BLUE Presentation Resource 877-PresRes www.PresRes.com

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