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Communications, Protection, Readiness (CPR) - NPower’s Nonprofit Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. NPower.

Disaster Planning, Emergency Preparedness & Business Continuity by Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York - WORD and at http://www.npccny.org/info/disaster_plan.htm

Federalism after Hurricane Katrina: How Can Social Programs Respond to a Major Disaster? Pamela Winston et al. Urban Institute.

Light Our Way: A Guide for Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster for Disaster Response Volunteers, First Responders and Disaster Planners. NVOAD.

Lessons Learned Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice.

Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster: The Synergy of Structure and Good Intentions. The UPS Foundation.

Open and Operating? An Assessment of Louisiana Nonprofit Health and Human Services after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Jennifer Claire Auer and Linda M. Lampkin (Urban Institute, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Washington, DC)

Preparing for the Next Emergency: Some Lessons for Charities from September 11 by C. Eugene Steuerle (Urban Institute, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Washington, DC)

We Were There: The Role of Philanthropy in National Disasters. Council on Foundations.

Working Together When the Worst Happens: Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness in the National Capital Region. Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington. 2005.

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Audio Files

Consequence-Based Planning: A Straightforward Approach to a Complex Problem by Ed Schaefer, Emergency Management Coordinator, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) - PowerPoint One Day Conference on Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, and Organizational Recovery for Nonprofits, February 23, 2006. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations.

Establishing Organizational Linkages by Lorel Donaghey, International Consultant. One Day Conference on Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, and Organizational Recovery for Nonprofits, February 23, 2006. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations.

Interfacing with Local & Regional Government -One Day Conference on Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, and Organizational Recovery for Nonprofits, February 23, 2006. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations.

Lessons Learned from Louisiana and Hurricane Katrina by Melissa Flournoy, President & CEO, Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations. One Day Conference on Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, and Organizational Recovery for Nonprofits, February 23, 2006. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations.

Role of Intermediaries in Disaster Preparedness & Recoveryby Meg Poag and Brook Son, Planners, Travis County Health & Human Services & Veterans Services. One Day Conference on Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, and Organizational Recovery for Nonprofits, February 23, 2006. ACC Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations.

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Websources

Association of Contingency Planners, Capital of Texas Chapter

Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department- resources on the pandemic flu.

City of Austin, Office of Emergency Management

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has produced a business checklist that you can use for the pandemic flu

Contingency Planning and Management magazine, Global Information Network for the Business Continuity Community

ContinuityPlanner.com www.continuityplanner.com

Disaster News Network www.disasternews.net

Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

FEMA, Business Section

Guidelines for the Development of a Local Animal Care Plan (LACP) in Emergencies, Disasters and Evacuations

International Association for Emergency Managers www.iaem.com

Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Emergency Management Division www.lcra.org/community/emergency.html

Natural Hazards Center, Colorado University

Nonprofit Risk Management Institute offers an online business continuity tutorial.

National Mental Health Information Center, Emergency Mental Health and Stress Trauma

National Renewable Energy Lab, Surviving Disaster with Renewable Energy

Smart Communities Network Disaster Planning

State of Texas, Governor's Divison of Emergency Management

President’s National Science and Technology Council, The Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR)

Virginia Cooperative Extension, "After a Disaster Series"

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