Friday, March 1, 2013

ArtsREADY: a web-based emergency preparedness platform

Create your arts organization's business continuity plan, because the unexpected, won't-happen-to-me, I-don't-want-to-think-about-it actually does happen.

Be ArtsReady.

What is ArtsReady?

ArtsReady is a web-based emergency preparedness platform designed to provide arts and cultural organizations with customized business continuity plans for post crisis sustainability. Learn More.

Why do readiness planning?

  • To protect community and cultural assets.
  • To demonstrate sustainability to investors.
  • To show mitigated risk to insurance companies.
  • To be able to get up and running after crisis.

Why does the Western Arts Alliance support ArtsReady?

"Although we don’t like to admit it, the arts community is especially vulnerable to crisis. The unforeseen disaster threatens our work and the viability of our agencies. Readiness planning isn't simply a good thing to do, it's a critical action. With ArtsReady, a tool designed by and for the arts community, we make our organizations and field more sustainable and resilient."
- Tim Wilson, Executive Director