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How Do You Survive Franchisor Bankruptcy
It takes immense discipline and fortitude to survive a franchisor's bankruptcy. It's a good idea to have a plan to minimize any potential losses in revenue and reputation, just in case such an unfortunate circumstance arises. When armed with a plan, you're more likely to avoid disaster and consequently keep your business afloat.
Top 3 Goals for Communicators
Like with many jobs, as a communicator you have to consistently work on your skills to be ready to perform at any time. Looking ahead to the future I see three things that every communicator should do in order to be successful.

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Crisis Communications Planning or What To Do Before During Or After It Hits The Fan
Do you have a crisis management or crisis communications plan for your business or organization? Do you believe your business or organization is too small to need a crisis communications plan? Or do you believe that crises only happen to others? If you are like the majority of businesses and organizations today, especially small to medium sized ones, you answered NO to the first question and probably YES to the second question. And I hope you answered NO to the third question. Well, I cannot emphasize too strongly that no matter how big or small you are, every organization should have a crisis management and crisis communications plan. So what should you do? The answer: develop a crisis management plan in 2 parts.

Do You Know Where Your Disaster Recovery Plan Is
Disasters of major magnitude are major news again after the Gulf coast region of the United States was hit by 2 major hurricanes. So it is very timely for me to ask each of you: “Do you know where your disaster recovery plan is?” “Do you even have a disaster recovery plan or crisis management plan?” “What business contingency plans do you have?” I am very concerned that in too many cases the answers would be “No” “No” and “None!” The plain hard truth is that if your business is going to continue to perform at a profitable or administratively adequate level when a crisis occurs, crisis/emergency planning is imperative. You must have a properly prepared disaster recovery plan in place and have the appropriate staff fully briefed on their responsibilities.
Golden Rules for Crisis Management
All too often people don't think about what to do in the event of a crisis until it's too late. Then it becomes a patch up exercise at best. We’re constantly encouraging our clients to put a crisis management plan in place … just in case. A variety of issues need to be considered and it’s far better to do so in anticipation rather than during a crisis.
Reputation Preservation in a Crisis
Every company and organization should have a crisis communications plan in place. The risk of not having one is just too great, for you never know when or how a crisis will strike. And every crisis has the potential to put your reputation at risk. Here are some tips on how to create a plan.
Preparing for Damage Control
Are you prepared for a business crisis? Would you know what a crisis was? How you react to a crisis and whether details get in to the media or not depends on how you handle it. A crisis can be anything from an accident, theft or computer glitch to an industrial spill, death of a director, discrimination or harassment suit....or worse. There are some simple steps you can take to protect the good name and image of your business - it's not rocket science, it's good sense. A crisis communication plan is essential for any sized business - it's not expensive, it's priceless!
“Crisis Management Planning – What’s Happening Where We Work?”
Crises continue to be in our newspaper headlines and the lead stories on radio and television broadcasts. And crises continue to affect businesses in many forms and continue to occur without notice. But what’s happening where we work in response to this continuing trend of crises? Are businesses preparing for crises by developing crisis management plans? Do you know if your company has a crisis management plan or a business disaster recovery plan? Do they have a crisis communication plan? The American Management Association did a survey in August & September 2005 and what that survey revealed is summarized below.

The Fundamentals of Crisis Communications
Crisis communications at its most basic level consists of three elements: crisis planning, crisis response and crisis recovery. This article explores each of these categories and provides helpful tips for how to get started.
Leadership with a Twist of Lemon
How do you plan what you would do in “worst-case scenario” situations? How are you prepared for what could go wrong? How can you become aware of your patterns of coping with crisis? What worked in your early years, might not work now as an adult. Read on to learn about a new twist to crisis management.
THE NEW CONSUMER’S COURT : CREATIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY :
For many companies, managing a communication crisis is to have good communication. However, we must not confuse crisis management and crisis communication. A crisis is not similarly managed like communication as the communication does not manage a business. However, communication is certainly the best way to deal with a crisis.

Master Effective Crisis Management Skills through the Media
No company will ever be fully prepared for any crisis to their business. The key is to develop a standard contingency plan to keep the public informed through the media on how they handle the crisis.

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