While Rome is burning… Are you Nero?

While Rome is burning… Are you Nero?

Guest blogger: Brad Cole, CFE & LPI, Executive Director & Senior Coordinator, K9 First Responders, Inc. (K9FR)   A crisis unfolds. A hurricane hits your facility. You prepare and respond.   So far… under control. A natural gas line ruptures, fire starts...
VW and United Airlines: Lessons for Crisis Communicators

VW and United Airlines: Lessons for Crisis Communicators

They’ve weathered the storms, but could their crises have been avoided altogether? What lessons can crisis communicators draw from the recent VW “dieselgate” crisis and United Airlines’ spate of public relations disasters, most notably its violent removal of a...
Crisis Preparedness Interview with Joe McEnness

Crisis Preparedness Interview with Joe McEnness

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSHaving perspective is always a good thing. In this interview, Joe McEnness, Executive Director – Office of Risk Management of the Catholic Church in Boston, discusses crisis...
Social Media – A Double-Edged Sword

Social Media – A Double-Edged Sword

How will your organization handle social media during a crisis? David Kalson of PreparedEx recently presented, “The Internet, Social Media, and Crisis Communications”, at the International Crisis Management Conference in Boston this past April. During his...