Title:

EPPs Eileen Unger Talks Disaster Preparedness at the 2014 Business Law & Corporate
Counsel !"posiu"
Summary:
E"ergen#! Preparedness Partnerships President$ Eileen Unger$ is honored to ha%e &een
sele#ted to speak a&out disaster preparedness at the 2014 Business Law & Corporate Counsel
!"posiu"$ an annual progra" designed spe#i'i#all! 'or attorne!s who represent all t!pes o'
&usinesses(
Press Release Content:
Iselin, NJ April 2014 Eileen Unger$ President o' E"ergen#! Preparedness Partnerships
)EPP*$ was a 'eatured speaker at the 2014 Business Law & Corporate Counsel !"posiu" with
her presentation on disaster preparedness( Unger spoke in detail a&out organi+ational disaster
preparedness$ and led an intera#ti%e panel dis#ussion on the topi#( The e%ent$ presented in
#on,un#tion with the -ew .erse! "all Business /sso#iation )-.B/* and the -ew .erse!
Corporate Counsel /sso#iation$ was designed to edu#ate attorne!s who represent all t!pes o'
&usinesses a&out a %ariet! o' risk "anage"ent and organi+ational &est pra#ti#es(
Unger was the natural #hoi#e to speak at the s!"posiu" a&out disaster preparedness( he
has o%er 02 !ears o' e1perien#e$ and has re#ei%ed nu"erous lo#al and national awards 'or
'un#tional and leadership e1#ellen#e( 2er growing #o"pan! has gained a strong 'oothold in the
utilit! industr! &! deli%ering e1#eptional end3results to organi+ations looking to i"pro%e their
e"ergen#! preparedness and outage "anage"ent pro#esses( i"pl! put$ Unger is one o' the
"ost well3known and widel!3respe#ted disaster preparedness e1perts in the 4id3/tlanti# region(
56ords #annot des#ri&e what an honor it is to &e 'eatured as a speaker$ and &e re#ogni+ed as
an industr! e1pert$ at the s!"posiu"$7 said Unger( 58 a" delighted that 8 ha%e this in#redi&le
opportunit! to help lo#al attorne!s in#rease their knowledge a&out organi+ational disaster
preparedness strategies and ta#ti#s9 its a uni:ue opportunit! 'or whi#h 8 a" e1tre"el! grate'ul;7
The s!"posiu" o''ered a wide %ariet! o' se"inars and workshops$ all o' whi#h were 'ull!
a##redited &! the Board on Continuing Legal Edu#ation o' the upre"e Court o' -ew .erse!(
essions held during the 13da! progra" in#luded an update on e"plo!"ent law$ tips to prote#t
attorne!3#lient pri%ilege$ ta#ti#s to pre%ent and "anage data &rea#h e%ents$ an update on re#ent
de%elop"ents in strategi# and 'inan#ial 4&/ transa#tions$ re:uire"ents 'or "anaging
sweepstakes in the digital age$ tips on inde"ni'i#ation$ and "ore( The in'or"ation3pa#ked
s!"posiu" was a huge su##ess$ with Ungers session a"ong the "an! highlights(
Unger spoke a&out e"ergen#! plan &est pra#ti#es$ in#luding the i"portan#e o' e"ergen#!
training %ia tea" drills and e1er#ises$ how to respond to e"ergen#! situations in the 'a#e o'
li"ited resour#es$ how to "anage the "edia in a #risis situation$ how to assess and diagnose
se#urit! gaps$ the i"portan#e o' #reating a proa#ti%e #usto"er #o""uni#ation plan$ how to
ensure opti"al sta''ing 'or an e"ergen#! e%ent$ how to set up an in#ident #o""and #enter$ and
"ore( The su&,e#t "atter was #usto"i+ed 'or the audien#e$ and was pun#tuated &! Ungers
%ast e1pertise( <%erall$ the #ontent was targeted$ deli%ered with the a#u"en that 02 !ears o'
e1perien#e 'a#ilitates$ and was %er! well re#ei%ed &! e%er!one in attendan#e(
54! o%erar#hing o&,e#ti%e was to pro%ide the audien#e with a &irds3e!e %iew o' all the "a,or
#ategories o' disaster preparedness$ and then drill down into "ore spe#i'i#s on those #ategories
pro%ing to &e parti#ularl! interesting to the parti#ipants$7 said Unger( 58%e said it &e'ore and 8ll
sa! it again$ e"ergen#! preparedness is e1tre"el! #o"ple1$ and there'ore the onl! wa! to
ensure the desired learning is to #ategori+e$ in'or"$ and drill down = and thats e1a#tl! what 8
did;7
About mer!en"y Prepare#ness Partners$ips
E"ergen#! Preparedness Partnerships e1perien#ed utilit! %eterans help #reate 'ull!
#usto"i+ed and highl! 'un#tional disaster preparedness plans 'or utilit! #o"panies( EPP o''ers
/3> solutions addressing an! e"ergen#! preparedness need$ in#luding plan and pro#edure
de%elop"ent$ e1er#ises and drills$ e"plo!ee training$ and an!thing in3&etween( EPPs wide
range o' ser%i#es are designed to help an! #o"pan! plan$ prepare 'or$ and ulti"atel! "itigate
the disruptions #aused &! natural disasters and other potentiall! #riti#al in#idents that #an
:ui#kl! send an organi+ation into #risis "ode( EPPs o%erar#hing goal is to help organi+ations
deal with these in#idents e''i#ientl!$ #ost e''e#ti%el!$ with "ini"u" risk$ and with a high regard
'or the potential i"pa#t on e"plo!ees$ 'a#ilities and #usto"ers( ?or "ore in'or"ation$ %isit
http@AAe"ergen#!preparednesspartnerships(#o"A(
Conta"t %etails &Re'uire# In(o)
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Phone@ F0G3E04302FF
<''i#ial E"ail@ EungerHE"ergen#!PreparednessPartnerships(#o"
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