Like this article? PLEASE +1 it! Evan Signature
Evan Carmichael Top Header about About Home Profiles articles Tools forums inspirational quotes About facebook Twitter YouTube Blog

crisis planning Tagged Articles



It's A Crisis If There's No Plan
We all understand the importance of perception. The line between perception and reality is often quite thin. Actions taken by a communicator during the first moments of a crisis can affect perceptions of an individual or company well after the crisis is resolved. The following seven steps should guide you in preparing a basic plan so that you can communicate efficiently, effectively, and forthrightly at the moment an emergency hits your organization

Other crisis planning Related Articles

Importance of Public Relations and Crisis Management Planning to Your Business
Are public relations and crisis management planning important to your business? The answer is simple and direct. Public relations and crisis management planning are not only important to your business, they are both CRUCIAL to your business, regardless of your type of business. A general public relations program is important to your business to: complement advertising; provide research capabilities for marketing efforts; provide capabilities for special events to increase company & industry visibility; monitor governmental organizations; to communicate the state-of-the-industry to the public, including views on legislation, regulations, economic conditions, and other factors and events impacting your business; and to communicate with past and existing clients.
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.
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!
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.
Crisis Management in the 21st Century
Crises may come in many forms: fires, floods, plant disasters, class action lawsuits--and these days, terrorist threats or attacks. A properly-managed enterprise must plan for such contingencies, lest the onset of such a crisis end up in the extinction of the business. Remember--it may not be the crisis itself that results in your extinction--it may be your slowness to respond, or the inappropriateness of your response. This paper looks at the type of planning and resources you need to dedicate to manage crises to best ensure the survival of your business.
Crisis intensifiers: From Mild to Radioactive why crisis sometimes gets out of hand.
Crisis intensifiers not only have the ability to worsen a crisis situation, they can blunt the effectiveness of any crisis management strategies. When crisis strikes, quick response may mitigate its effects. Ide III & Yarn (2003), suggest the almost insatiable appetite of the news media for sensationalism, and its ability to share such information widely and instantaneously, can quickly turn a mere rumor or speculation into a full blown crisis potentially damaging reputation and undermining legitimacy to exist.

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.

Key Points To Consider When Managing A Crisis
Any business can find itself, without warning, having to deal with a crisis or issue. Such situations can have far reaching and long lasting detrimental effects, if not dealt with in the most efficient and controlled manner, deflecting as much negative response as possible. The process by which a company handles such situations is commonly known as crisis or issues management. Every organisation should have a procedure that is documented and established that is activated either as soon as a crisis occurs, or whenever possible, in advance of an issue or crisis arising.

Featured Article

Bottom Footer



Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Name:
Email:
Popular Articles

Multilevel Marketing: 4 Tips To MLM Success

Are You Listening?

What To Do With a Troublemaker?
Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.