Executives discuss how their teams prepared, managed response for recent storms; communication tools from high-tech to old school As Hurricane Irma steered ever closer to Florida, the American Welding Society put its emergency response plan into action. A small team of key executives monitored the storm and made critical decisions, keeping staff and members informed in multiple ways. "We covered as many communication channels as possible knowing that cell towers could go down, Wi-Fi could go down, just about anything could happen," said COO Matt Miller. "Our goal was to over-communicate." A busy hurricane season is testing association disaster plans from Texas to Florida… Read More