Disaster Preparedness Planning Advice Offered in New Council White Paper

CUNA Councils
November 20, 2007 | COMMENTS

The steps and strategies of building a credit union disaster communications plan are provided in a new white paper from the CUNA Marketing and Business Development Council.

“Disaster Communications: The Importance of and Strategies for Implementing a Disaster Communications Plan – Before You Need It” discusses the importance of and strategies for implementing, testing, and continuously improving the communications portions of disaster preparedness and recovery plans and business continuity plans.

Specifically, the paper covers:

• Disaster recovery plans – when they are needed, what is included in them, and how they incorporate communications;
• The important elements of a disaster communications plan;
• Available tools and resources within the Credit Union System to help with planning and with communications during disasters; and
• Implementing, testing, and updating a plan.

Five case studies in this white paper illustrate how credit unions and leagues have weathered disasters, the lessons they learned, and the improvements they have made to their disaster communications plans. A questionnaire for plan evaluation and a planning checklist are included in the appendix.

CUNA Council members are entitled to complimentary copies of these white papers; non-members may purchase the white papers for a price of $50 per copy.

The paper is available online in the white paper section of each council site under the "Marketing & BizDev " tab.