Scientists, doctors and world governments all agree, the Swine Flu pandemic is not the deadly pandemic the W.H.O. has been expecting. Bird Flu is still rampant throughout the world and is continually mixing with the pandemic strain and other seasonal strains. It is still only a matter of time before a deadly contageous variety emerges and it is still urgent that your pandemic response plans are properly completed and ready to use.

We all saw how the world reacted when Swine Flu burst out of USA/Mexico in 2009. Government reactions in all countries was swift and decisive. Hotels were quarantined, schools were closed, individuals were placed under forced isolation. Imagine if the pandemic had turned out to be the severe one, those kinds of measures would not have been relaxed for months.

You will need to know how to effectively respond when sickness hits your offices and staff evacuate the premises. Employees will be off work due to sickness, caring for others, child care and home quarantine. Expect at its peak up to 50% of staff to be away. Are you ready for that?

Let us show you how…

Like the rest of us you know you need to get an understanding of what a deadly pandemic will mean to your business, even if you haven’t done anything to prepare yet for it. Afterall, the Swine Flu pandemic didn't really test the system.

And, like the rest of us, once it does dawn on you, what then?

What are you supposed to do about it?

In 2003 SARS infected about 8000 people, killing a little under 900 worldwide. It lasted about 3 months. Everyone on the planet heard about it and the fear and panic which gripped the affected cities was unprecedented. In Hong Kong, some didn’t leave home for months. Businessess in almost all sectors suffered terribly.

Yet, despite SARS’ relatively ’low’ numbers, millions of U.S. Dollars were paid out in claims after SARS by employers who weren’t prepared. There’s no reason to assume the same thing hasn't already been happening during and after this mild pandemic. A deadly pandemic would bring the same also, but on a much larger scale.

In fact, doing nothing could leave the employer very heavily exposed if staff infection is traced back to the workplace.

The problem is there’s so much stuff on the web covering the coming influenza pandemic its difficult to know where to start looking.

Finding something usable  is like finding a needle in a haystack. You’ll need to spend hours, even days, trawling the internet for bits of advice here and there, and even then how do you know if you have all the bases covered?

In the end you’ve got to ask yourself, "How much is my time really worth?". A lot we’d guess. Definitely time better spent preparing, rather than trawling and endless researching.

"Get prepared now" and "Don’t wait until it is too late" are what most of our government/NGO websites are saying. None of these give truly practical ideas and solutions as to what business managers should really be doing!

What do we say to the staff? What do we say to the shareholders? How do we reassure our clients that we will have continuity of service?

What if you are asked to report on your plans? You know you will be… and probably quite soon too…

How do we really respond?

Fortunately there are a lot of things we can do. There are a lot of things we must do. And like a lot of things, once you know how, and provided you have the right tools, you can get it done simply and cost effectively.

What you need is something ’turn-key’. Something that’ll give you all the instructions, forms, templates and training materials required, and allow you to customize the lot in to your own branding, with your own logo and call it your own!

Something you don’t have to wait weeks to get. Something you can download directly to your desktop…

Something really ready-to-go

The Pandemic Response Manual for Businesses is exactly this. Written by business managers for business managers, it’s full of easy to implement, practical ideas and instructions which you can use to get your preparedness activities completed. Ideas you can use even to minimize disruption from a bad outbreak of seasonal flu. It includes:

   Fully customizable templates
   Step-by-step tutorials
   Practical ideas and solutions
   Easy to implement instructions
   Pre-written customizable procedures
   Tables and charts
   The lists and forms you’ll need
   And much much more


The Pandemic Response Manual for Businesses works for…

   …all sizes of businesses from small to medium to large
   …all types of office and indoor working environments


The Pandemic Response Manual for Businesses has been…

   …successfully used to implement pandemic flu preparedness across multiple industry types including banking and finance, transportation, telecommunications, publishing, manufacturing, construction, retailing, consulting, utilities, PR and IT

*All the templates, presentations, forms and procedures which come with the Manual are in MS Office format, with PDF copies of each one in case you don’t have the programs installed on your computer.


With these simple-to-use tools you’ll be able to…

  Conduct your own Risk Assessment to analyse your company’s exposure to the four critical components of business operations that are most at risk from an influenza pandemic, namely:

         People
         Processes
         Suppliers and
         Utilities

Risk Assessment Templates

   Set the triggers for your company’s own pandemic response alerts, and align them with the World Health Organization’s and your own country’s response phases.

Pandemic Status Table

   Choose an Influenza Manager (business continuity manager) and show them the role they will play in handling the return to normal operations quickly, as staff feel sick at work and others evacuate the premises.

   Implement effective office access controls which keep those infected from unwittingly bringing the virus in to the offices, and what increasing degree of access controls should match the increasing threat alert.

Increasing Office Access Control Measures

Yellow Threat

Orange Threat

Red Threat

   Initiate social distancing policies and know what kind of measures you should implement to minimise your staff’s unnecessary contact with others.

   Manage a workforce with less to do as business slows considerably, and know how to minimise the cost of absenteeism whilst maximizing the productivity of the skill sets which are available.

   Respond to when employees fall sick while at work, how to do an on-the-spot diagnosis, and how to initiate a disinfection regime so that other staff will be willing to return to their workstations quickly.

   Update your company’s operating procedures with supplemental sickness response procedures, to officially elevate pandemic response in to company policy. Fully customizable of course!

   Disinfect workstations should the company’s cleaning contractor be unable to respond due to their own staff absenteeism problems.

   Understand the importance of good communications management and the critical role it will play in keeping the business ticking over. Includes some great ideas in alternate communications channels, some you could even benefit from using now!

Plus much, much more…

Even if you have NO experience in business continuity or crisis management, with this extensive assemblage of professionally put together resources, tutorials, templates and tools, you too can learn how to prepare your business with the same techniques the EXPERT CONSULTANTS use!

After all we should know, we are those very same expert consultants using these very same techniques for our big corporate clients!

The Pandemic Response Manual for Businesses (and all of its attachments) was put together by a seasoned team of business continuity planning professionals and experienced crisis managers.

Veterans with over 150 years of business continuity experiences from backgrounds as varied as airport operations, banking, telecommunications, manufacturing, publishing, business consulting, medicine and IT.

The Manual is NOT a medical reference written by medical professionals. If you’re a medical professional (or not) looking for what to do from a medical perspective then we're afraid you’ve come to the WRONG PLACE!

There’s already a lot of information out there on how to tackle pandemic flu from a medical perspective.

What there isn’t is an ’in-the-box’ kit filled with practical ideas and solutions on how to tackle a pandemic from a business continuity perspective.

UNTIL NOW!

In fact, having researched extensively online (and offline) ourselves, we’re so convinced there’s no single resource like this out there which comes even close to covering the topics detailed in our eManual, if you can find one, tell us about it and we’ll give you a copy of the Manual ABSOLUTELY FREE!

   There will be a shortage of supplies. The Manual will help you to identify what supplies you rely on and how to source alternate suppliers.

   Can your office environment be compromised easily? Will the ventilation systems spread the virus? How about shared crockery and newspapers? What about your visitors? Learn how to maintain office environmental integrity.

   Thorough staff training is critical. The more the staff know and understand about Bird Flu and your company’s response plans the quicker they will return to work. The eManual explains the training requirement and shows what to train them in.

   You hear about the need to increase staff awareness, but how do you? The Manual comes with lots of great ideas including a screensaver and ready made awareness posters. Just print them out and stick them up on the walls – with your branding and logo.

Hand Hygiene Awareness Posters

   Probably the most important thing you can do to keep from picking up the virus is frequent hand washing. The chapter on personal hygiene education will show you what the message is which you should get out to all employees.

   What about personal protective equipment? What kind of Face Masks should you get? How many should you get? What's the best Hand Antiseptic? The Manual covers all this and lets you know where you can get the best deals, helping you stretch your preparedness budget.

   Your government may require you to keep records of who your sick staff have been in contact with. Learn all about it in the contact tracing/tracking section.


As if that isn’t enough…


No, the Manual doesn’t stop there. It’ll teach you how to prepare in lots of other areas too…

         Regulatory Compliance
         Public Health Sector Actions
         Communications Tree
         Corporate Travel Policy
         Quarantine Room
         Customer Management
         Stockpiling Provisions
         Flu vs. Common Cold Differences Fact Sheet
         Influenza Screening Flow Chart
         Running Practice Drills
         Pandemic Activation by Phases

    We’ve even prepared templates of all the lists and forms you’ll need, so you don’t have to! Customize the:

         Influenza Notification Form
         Sickness at Work Record Form
         Contact Tracking Form
         Emergency Contact Phone List
         Travel Application Form

   Learn what project time scales are involved, and make use of a templated sample project timeline (Gantt chart) which you can adjust to your own business size and situation. Simply add your own branding and logo and you’re ready to go!

Sample Project Timeline

   The Manual even supplies you with a Report of Recommendations template to consolidate all of your plans, which you can use to get the budget you need and use as a work-in-progress Checklist to keep your activities on track.

It’s great value for money…

How much would you pay for all this great material? To purchase all the tools and templates which come with the Manual from our eShop would cost US$525, and that’s only a small part of what’s in it!

What’s it worth TO YOU to save hours, or days, of your time trawling the internet for what to do, even if you knew for sure that what you found after all that searching would be what you needed to know?

US$1000?, US$800?, US$600?

We’ve seen business consultancies selling similar products (not pandemic preparedness products, but business continuity planning products) for thousands of dollars!

Yes, thousands $$$ of dollars!!!

After all, they are marketing to the big companies with the big budgets. The type of companies that can easily afford it.

Yes, the very same type of companies in fact, which pay us to implement these very same arrangements for them! And it’s NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. You can easily do it in-house!

No, we are keeping the price of the Manual well within the reach of the SMEs, too. The small to medium size enterprises which don’t have the big budgets to pay for top-notch consultants, or which cannot afford to pay the high prices charged by the consultants for products just like this.

NO! WE’LL BE BLUNT,
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS!

Even if you need to buy this for yourself to help you with your job (without your bosses knowing), or for your home business, it’s STILL a small price to pay for the peace of mind of a responsible employer, who knows that when the time comes, they’ll be ready.

And we’d guess that simply because you are still reading this order page, it is evident you too are a conscientious and responsible employer, and you too would get your business ready if only you knew how.

Well now you can and you don’t have to spend that much to do it!

You don’t even have to spend as much as our normal (recommended) retail price!

Not even that!

Well, not for the time being, anyway. No, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY you can have the Pandemic Response Manual at 50% off our RRP. That’s an amazing…

US$190 only!

But you’ll have to hurry. This special offer price won’t last long!

(*Installment plan also available - See below lower purchase box for details)

Still not convinced?

Ok, did we tell you about the READY MADE FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE TRAINING PRESENTATIONS?

   All you’ll need to talk about is on the Powerpoint training presentations. Add your own logo and branding. Even localize them a bit! Included are TWO ready made training presentation templates for you to use:

Staff Awareness Training – and – Management Buy In

   And what about THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION in your name?

Yes, included in the download folder is a great looking certificate in your name. But it's only yours once you've been through the Manual of course!

You'll find this invaluable in retaining the confidence of your clients, staff and shareholders when the pandemic does hit and everyone is asking "pandemic planning, if not why not?".


Here’s even more bang for your buck…

   We’ve even included three handouts to help in the education of your staff. Written in laymen’s terms, these educational supplements will put it all in to perspective in a way everyone can understand.

         Bird Flu’s Impact on Business
         Bird Flu FAQ
         Bird Flu Characteristics

and…

   There’s also a pandemic flu quiz to test your knowledge about influenza. It’s designed to test medical professionals, so if you pass you’ll become an expert too!

Remember, for A LIMITED TIME you can get all this for ONLY

US$190!

Here’s what some of our customers have said…

(Published testimonials are from genuine customers only. Some comments can be
construed as being constructive as well as complimentary)

An absolute gem! I downloaded the emanual just a couple of months ago and have already got most of my planning underway. We start the staff training and awareness next week. The ready made training presentations made this a breeze. How did you think up all of this stuff? There are just so many great ideas! They’ve been running some public service ads on the TV here recently showing images from the 1918 pandemic. Kinda scary. At least it’s getting the message out. Sam Waters Dayton, Ohio

We have 120 staff in our architectural offices here in SA. With all the visitors which come through the doors each day we figured there’d be no way we’d be able to keep the offices sterile when the pandemic breaks out here. The office access controls you suggest should do the trick perfectly. We've aligned the implementation with the local government's alert response phases. That seemed to make the most sense to us. Thanks again for making it all so logical! Jan Vanderberg Durban, South Africa

I originally thought 'Asian flu' was just that, an Asian problem. It’ll never come down here, we're just too far away. That was until I saw a program on the telly about it. How wrong I was! This pandemic could reach every country on the planet in a matter of weeks! Especially with air travel being like it is nowadays. It didn’t take me long after that to get the wheels in motion. I consider myself a proactive manager, so there was no hesitation on my part. I suggest the rest of your readers do the same before it’s too late. Russell Anderson Auckland, New Zealand

I run the business continuity in a large international investment bank. We needed to produce some “Avian Influenza Preparedness Plans“ for the government for our licencing requirements. I tried researching everywhere but couldn’t find what we needed. Your Birdflu e-Manual helped tremendously, especially the “sickness at work response procedures“ section which we were able to append to our own procedures without too much tweaking. Well done and thank you! Jamie Simpson Manhattan, New York

Thank you so much! That’s all that I can say. Not long ago they discovered bird flu in some dead birds not far from here. Everybody was panicking and I was asked to get some plans together, fast! I didn’t know what to do! You really saved me! Ok, we didn’t need them that time, but at least I know now it’s all done and what to do. Adrian Burgess-Smith Norwich, UK

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That’s right, if you’re not thrilled with this treasure trove of expert knowledge, just let us know within the next 30 days and we’ll give you a complete, 100% refund, no questions asked. Remember, that’s…




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So let’s get started.





Still need reassurance?

Read the most frequently asked questions we receive about the Manual in our Manual FAQ.

and...

See our FREE eManual teaser (PDF).

It shows the first few pages of the Manual including a very interesting article on what the pandemic will mean to us all realistically, and why businesses should get on with their preparations without delay.


… and finally… here are a couple of bonus sweeteners to help you decide there’s no better time like the now…


BONUS PRODUCT #1

The Manual and the attachment templates are frequently reviewed, revised, improved, and updated as new and innovative ideas and tools are added.



BONUS PRODUCT #2

One of the most frequently asked questions we get from our subscribers is "What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA), and how do you do them?"



To your successful pandemic flu preparedness planning!


Nigel Thomas
Managing Director
Continuity Business Solutions Limited


PS. We have been encouraging businesses to prepare for this pandemic for several years now and judging by the sales of our manual and services many have done just that. I hope you decide to take that step too, and do it without delay.

You too have the chance to take advantage of what is the most extensive pandemic planning and response resources for businesses in existence… written by those who have already done it and know what they are doing.

Wishing you the best of health and the best of luck throughout the pandemic.

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