Sep 17, 2018 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
A tabletop exercise can test, assess and ultimately improve your crisis plan and your crisis response team’s performance. That is, if it’s done right. To be successful and contribute to your organization’s higher state of crisis readiness, your tabletop...
Jul 23, 2018 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
Storytelling. Why It’s Become a Buzzword in Business From international companies like Nike, Microsoft and IBM, to small startups, many organizations now employ Chief Storytellers as part of senior management, a move that makes a lot of sense. The business of selling...
May 16, 2018 | Crisis Communications, Crisis Management, Emergency Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
Active shooter incidents are on the rise in US, and your organization is most definitely at risk. Quoting FBI statistics, the National Fire Protection Association reports that “an average of 6.4 active shooter events occurred annually in the U.S. from 2000 to 2006....
Apr 2, 2018 | Crisis Communications, Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
Simulated crisis tabletop exercises are like a flu shot: The vaccine won’t prevent the illness one-hundred percent of the time, but if you do get the flu, the vaccine will greatly reduce the illness’ severity and bring you back to health more quickly. The...
Mar 7, 2018 | Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
A military background isn’t necessary to run a successful tabletop exercise or war gaming scenario. The idea of war gaming as a resource to practice strategic planning and increasing your readiness for the worst-case scenarios has been around for hundreds, if not...
