Links

Check out these valuable Internet resources:

Planning

• Business Continuity Institute: www.thebci.org
  Checklists and handouts that can be downloaded are available at this site.
• Institute for Business and Home Safety: www.ibhs.org
  Articles and publications are available.
• Disaster Preparedness and Response: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/
• Disaster Recovery Journal: http://www.drj.com/
  (to access articles, use password: world)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: www.ready.gov
  The website offers resources for emergency planning and business continuity planning. A downloadable planning guide is also available here.
• Your Doorway to Disaster Recovery: www.yourdoorway.to/disaster-recovery
  An open portal

HR/Communication Issues

• Gerard Braud's website, www.braudcommunications.com
  Crisis communication expert who lives in the New Orleans area and is interviewed in the book.
• Charles Pizzo's website, www.charlespizzo.com/hurricane
  Communication expert who was displaced to the Dallas/Fort Worth area from New Orleans after Katrina and shares his communication lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina on his website. He also is interviewed in the book.
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): www.shrm.org

Trauma

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
• Common Symptoms after a Critical Incident:
  www.ucsc.edu/currents/terrorist_crisis/critical_incident_stress/
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: http://www.istss.org/terrorism/disaster_trauma_and_loss.htm
  The ISTSS is a group for professionals to share information about the effects of trauma. The website includes information that is helpful for others.
• Employee Assistance Association: www.eapassn.org
  This website has detailed information about Employee Assistance programs and services.
• National Institute for the Prevention of Workplace Violence: http://workplaceviolence911.com

Book publisher

• Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. www.bkconnection.com