[OMS_MANAGERS] Consolidated all COVID-19 Info links we sent this morning into one

Fri Mar 13 12:00:27 PDT 2020

One new update - plus cons

Special Training Report: see attached. Plus, webinar at: https://whizbangtraining.com/

Resource Links:

Locable Blog https://www.locable.com/2020/03/13/1082/marketing-your-small-business-or-community-in-this-time-of-the-covid-19-coronavirus/

Built Oregon Small Business Impact Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmfjKctrvDHiQcDlOvgdtmGnbnjXImjR39Yr1LVagVx7ZAtg/viewform<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=d9a79d5c7a&e=4215c24d24>

Business Oregon COVID-19 Financial Resources for Businesses
https://www.oregon4biz.com/Coronavirus-Information/COVID19-Resources.php<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=03ba0ddaed&e=4215c24d24>

Greater Portland Inc COVID-19 Business Resources https://greaterportlandinc.com/covid-business-resources<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=ee453e73cb&e=4215c24d24>

Stoel Rives Coronavirus Resource Center
https://www.stoel.com/legal-insights/special-reports/coronavirus-resource-center<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=30c7a5d99b&e=4215c24d24>
Perkins Coie Coronavirus Guidance for Businesses https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/trending-now/topics/coronavirus-guidance-for-businesses.html<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=48414d377e&e=4215c24d24>

Tonkon Torp Guidance on Business Interruption Insurance
https://tonkon.com/alerts/2020-03-12/will-business-interruption-insurance-cover-coronavirus-related-disruptions.html<https://oen.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f81cb6174c9815102b0a379c&id=c137cf3228&e=4215c24d24>

SBA Emergency Funds
https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-newsroom/press-releases-media-advisories/sba-provide-disaster-assistance-loans-small-businesses-impacted-coronavirus-covid-19

COVID-19 National Business Emergency Operations Center Link
https://www.sba.gov/page/guidance-businesses-employers-plan-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
This is the link for the SBA's Guidance for Business and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19).

FEMA COVID-19 National Business Emergency Operations Center.  For those not familiar with this platform, it acts as a portal to update the private sector industry on activity, resources and current updates on various threats facing the country.  If you have not been in here before, it provides a wealth of information and updates on the current national preparedness and response activity.  Here is the link:  https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nbeoc<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffema.connectsolutions.com%2Fnbeoc&data=01%7C01%7Cmlupo%40georgiasbdc.org%7Ca97404ede8eb44e56e9208d7beed7a91%7C67cc1b5015de4913bf15ea42a2f163f7%7C0&sdata=Qr0ELllqdOqFY5Oi3WtrW0LRGs4LZv3upHV7JrLwwhU%3D&reserved=0>

City of Woodburn The City has also added a link on its webpage to help inform the community:  https://www.woodburn-or.gov/administration/page/city-woodburn-public-health-info

Ideas:
*             Encourage community members to buy gift certificates at local restaurants to be used later in the year
*             Help restaurants connect to food delivery services or more take-out options
*             Yoga studios doing videoconference sessions
*             Retail businesses enhancing their online shopping experience. or finally getting moving on creating one
*             Small-Medium businesses intensifying their social media presence
*             Offer facetime, skype, or chat channel services for selling virtually face-to-face, answering questions, providing the same customer service interaction you would get in a M&P atmosphere at location
*             When people work remotely, they are more susceptible to online shopping, checking in with social media more often, ect. Encourage businesses to take advantage of this.
*             Develop a cleaning protocol w/a local cleaning service and go out one-on-one to businesses; develop a pledge "Downtown Cares About Your Health" with on-site messaging available to promote enhanced cleaning and other measures
*             Encourage businesses to publish their commitment to public health, outlining their actions for offering a clean facility and healthy staff
*             Keep customers updated on new experiences or products you'll offer when things subside
*             Coffee shops who roast  can set up a customer membership for "subscribe & save" delivery or pick-up of beans, get people to order for the next couple weeks
*             Small grocers can offer to receive online grocery lists and shop for their customers to pick-up products or deliver them
*             Promote the value and reliability of locally sourced and local supply chains
*             Stay in touch with customers by livestreaming. Show what you are doing to stay in business and get excited about the strategies you've come up with to meet customer needs during this time. Ex: Coffee shop that welcome people to connect with them every morning at 8am for the local news downtown, the local history story of the morning, the morning joke, or a meet your barista spotlight, etc.
*             Look into business interruption insurance
*             Local physicians to offer telemedicine services
*             Breweries can keep offering trivia nights by livestreaming and using an app that polls people's responses, customers being encouraged to drink their brews while participating or getting extra points for posting a picture of them and their brews at home.

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