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"Man must exist in a state of
balance between risk and safety. Pure risk leads to
self-destruction. Pure safety leads to stagnation. In between
lies survival and progress."
Author Unknown |
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Training Seminars
Legal Liability & Risk Management
Risk is inherent in adventure activities and requires careful
consideration in how it is planned for and dealt with. The courts
expect that a business will exercise due diligence in carrying out
hazard assessment, risk management planning, and emergency response.
The following risk management seminars provide the background and
tools needed to identify business and outdoor activity hazards and
to plan and carry out appropriate risk management that will protect
the business and its guests.
- Legal Liability in Adventure Activities: What court
rulings and case law really say about adventure litigation in
Canada.
- A Risk Management Primer: What risk management is and
how it is carried out by adventure and eco-tourism operators.
- Managing Business Risk and Protecting Business Assets:
Identifying business risks and planning strategies for asset
protection.
- Risk Management for Guides: Things that guides should
be aware of regarding their liability in their relationship with
employers.
- Post-Accident Strategies: How to deal with an injured
guest, the family and the media. Strategies for protecting
business value and controlling public relations.
- Waiver Use: How legal releases provide significant
assistance in defending and deterring lawsuits, what they should
contain, how they should be constructed, and how they should be
handled.
- Preparing Risk Management Documents: How to write
risk management plans, loss control programs, policies and
procedures, staff manuals, trip plans, emergency response plans,
accident protocols for guides, safety talks, and customer
information packages.
- Outdoor Education Risk Management for Schools:
State-of-the-art prevention, planning, policy and response for
schools, school boards, and school districts.
- Risk Management for Special Event Planning: How to
plan for and manage risk for special events.
- Insurance and the Adventure Industry: What adventure
operators should know about insurance; how to assess insurance
needs, types of insurance available and what to watch for in a
policy.
Business Development Workshops
Business development workshops are intended to provide
participants with business tools that will assist the business in
developing and positioning profitable adventure and eco-tourism
products. These workshops provide practical, concise and up-to-date
business information.
- Developing Adventure and Eco-tourism Products:
Identifying, packaging and positioning adventure and eco-tourism
products.
- Marketing Adventure and Eco-tourism Products:
Developing marketing strategies, producing effective marketing
pieces and linking them to a variety of distribution channels
(such as agents and wholesalers).
- Pricing Adventure and Eco-tourism Products: How to
price adventure and eco-tourism packages, including commission
markups, profit margins and break-even analysis.
- Packaging Adventure and Eco-tourism Products: How to
create effective and profitable adventure and eco-tourism
products.
- Developing Business and Marketing Plans: Successful
formats for feasibility studies, business plans, marketing plans
and business start-up action plans.
- Starting an Eco- or Adventure Tourism Business: How
to start and develop a successful eco- or adventure tourism
business.
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