An often overlooked dimension of planning can help you avoid and minimize the setbacks that cost time and money just to get you back to where you were. And, it does not cost an arm and a leg.

2. One of our challenges today
Many people carry the banner of Risk
Management
This form of Risk Management is different from
any you have seen before

3. Our future is...unpredictable
You know how our plans can be turned upside down
by the unexpected?
Key employee disabled due to an auto accident
A competitor comes out with a powerful marketing
message
An important supplier goes out of business
This building becomes uninhabitable
The USPS delivery of payments, orders is interrupted
Recovery from each of these costs real dollars

4. Wouldn’t it be nice if…
You saw approaching problems from a distance;
Growing problems were recognized early;
You had colleagues on watch for them; and,
Your team already had the plans and
organization to deal with them effectively;
Without costing you an arm and a leg?

5. Our mission is…
To position you to protect your hardearned revenue from going up in the
smoke of recovery from the unexpected.
Don’t spend money just to get back to
where you were

6. This is about…
A powerful but often overlooked dimension of
planning
“What might go wrong?” and
“What can I do about it?”
ANY plan for ANY goals
Strategic, tactical
Even to maintain the status quo

7. Wouldn’t it be great if…
Hard earned money was protected from the
smoke of recovery
To invest for the future
To take to the bank

8. How much are we talking about?
Pareto’s Principle is more often true than not
80% probability: ~ 10 - 15% of revenue
20% probability: catastrophic company failure
There are ample examples of each in the business
press

9. We can help you…
Turn HINDSIGHT (ouch!)
Into FORESIGHT (goal achievement)
Which is better?
While thinking about the future can be unproductive
The “-if’s” make the future come alive in 3-D
“What-if”, “When-if”, “Who-if”, “How-if”

10. This is…
You can call it
Risk management
Contingency planning
Or, just putting the important things on a shorter
management leash
Regardless of what you call it, it is critical for
success; for if you don’t manage your risks, THEY
WILL MANAGE YOU

11. This…
Is Risk management designed for busy people
with other things to do
Costly specialists are not required
Leads you to…
Risk management independence, and
Self-sufficiency

12. This has…
The PROVEN ability to peer into the future and
change it for the better
What we call
Manage from a Higher Level®

13. It is a process
Available as
A workshop, and as
An Internet-based tool
The Process

14. This brings…
Structure to an unstructured
reality
Structure facilitates
management and control over
more items
To avoid the necessity of
arbitrarily creating a “short list”
and ignoring the rest

15. It is all about…
Gaining more control over achieving goals and
the bottom line

16. The Value is…
Delivers a comprehensive list of risks
Produces an actionable risk management plan
Easy to review
Easy to delegate
Easy to maintain
To avoid and minimize costly setbacks

17. No arm and a leg here
One small investment, lifetime license, no
additional costs

18. Protect-Biz®
Protect-Biz® Process
Designed for Main Street and Industrial Road
Main Street
Industrial Road

19. Protect-Biz® Live Demo
www.protect-biz.com the Internet-based tool
To demonstrate the process as well as the tool
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be without the distractions of the steps before and after is very deliberate.
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Just as when we emerge from a real tunnel and our world looks different to
us, your world will look different as you emerge from step 8 and see your
entire plan for the first time. After proceeding through the steps in sequence
the first time through, you will be allowed to jump around at will as you refine
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time. Ask yourself the question, "What could go wrong?" While we have made
enter assumptions related to
it easy for you to copy the examples into your Plan, their primary purpose isyour business, one at a time. There is
to get you thinking about your risks. This isnothing wrong with making assumptions as long as you remember
also true for the examples
they might not turn out to be true. These should not be related to the
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risks you have entered. These are things you assume will continue as
Please note, the limit for entry in this step for each line item is 50 characters.planned.
they are or unfold as they are
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• Poor response to products/services
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• shipping costs unpredictable
• Family experiences no significant health issues
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• changes in regulatory requirements
• supplier sustainability at risk
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• Order cancellations are minimal
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• Acts of nature disrupt operations
• Critical websites not available
• customer buying decisions will remain consistent
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• the green movement will not affect this industry
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• workforce composition will remain stable
• Cash flow problems
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20. Value of Protect-Biz®
Protect-Biz® Process
Avoids/minimizes costly setbacks
Produces an actionable risk management plan
Easy to use, delegate responsibility & authority, to
maintain (not a report that sits on a shelf)
Leads to independence, self-sufficiency and
sustainability

21. Salt Marsh Solutions, Inc
Your SCOUT and GUIDE
to help you through YOUR maze of risks
without charging an arm and a leg
for high altitude talking points

22. Protect-Biz.com Licensing
For-Profit companies
List price per logon ID
Single user
30 days to create/refine plan
Initial consultation included at no additional charge
Registration and payment via website
Easy to download to Word or Excel for long-term
maintenance for no additional charge

23. Protect-Biz® Workshops
On-site
Company leadership
Typically, 3 half-day sessions
Pricing based upon size of the organization
Lifetime license to use process, formats

24. Questions/Discussion
Contact us – phone or email

25. Salt Marsh Solutions, Inc.
www.sms-ga.com
St. Simons Island, Georgia; 912.638.3868,
http://www.linkedin.com/company/salt-marshsolutions-inc-of-georgia
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