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AI Can’t Read the Room: Why Human Facilitators Are Still the Most Powerful Tool in Crisis Preparedness
By an exercise facilitator who has run hundreds of simulations, watched leadership teams under pressure, and learned one essential truth: when people are stressed, technology steps aside and the human…
How COVID Changed Crisis Communications and Media Relations
When a crisis of any kind hits, the goal has always been the same: put it into the past as quickly as possible. You establish your organization as the most authoritative source of credible information about the crisis and you own its narrative by living the mantra “tell it first,…
How to Prevent Groupthink in Crisis Communications
Guest contributor: Jo Detavernier, SCMP, APR – Owner of Detavernier Strategic Communication When crisis communications teams work perfectly together, they will achieve great results. When such alignment takes on the form of “groupthink” however, the results will often be far less than optimal, and possibly even disastrous. Groupthink happens when…
PreparedEx Partners with OnSolve to Provide Simulated Crisis Exercises that Optimize Organizational Crisis Preparedness
PreparedEx’s skilled crises experts and ultra-realistic simulated crisis scenarios, coupled with OnSolve’s AI-powered OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management help organizations take crisis preparedness plans to the next level July 26, 2021 – Middletown, RI – PreparedEx, a team of crisis experts who create and conduct simulated crisis exercises,…
The Missing Ingredient in Too Many Cyber Response Plans
By: Mark Hoffman, MBCI, CBCP Recently, a client asked me to review a Cybersecurity Response Plan template that they had purchased from a ‘leading’ research organization. This 21-page document was intended to be used by my client’s IT department in response to a successful cyberattack against their organization. It is…
Building the Perfect Social Media Crisis Management Plan
Guest Author – Natalia Andrew With over 3.96 billion active social media users worldwide, platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok have become mainstream sources of more than just entertainment. In fact, a social media report by Our World In Data states that Americans between the ages of 18-29 are more…
Crisis Management Tips for Small Business Owners and How to Overcome Them
Guest author: Leona Harrison Regardless of its size or business field, any business can be affected by a crisis. However, successful businesses emerge better than they were before the crisis. This post will share invaluable tips on managing crises when they occur. Additionally, we shall also look at how to…