If you’re involved with crisis management you need to understand how journalists work. And today, journalists work on the internet and social media. Knowing how journalists operate means you can make their job easier, enhancing your chances of getting the coverage you want. Recently Cision shared an interesting infographic that includes a number of useful …
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Frequently Asked Questions About Peer Coaching Groups
Peer Coaching Groups: Your FAQs Answered We assume that you have already read the information on the page Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19. The information on that page would answer all of the typical questions about planning and operating a support group. However, the following questions still tend to …
Meat lobbying group Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has created controversy thanks to an ad depicting the Hindu god Ganesha enjoying a lamb dinner. Hindu communities in Australia and abroad have begun petitions and official protests of the ad because Ganesha is never depicted eating meat, something which the MLA should have discovered before it …
Keeping your crisis management skills sharp means constantly learning from your own experiences, as well as the experiences of others. We spotted this MarketWatch breakdown of 20 different CEO apologies – some good, some not so much – and thought it a great learning resource to share with you all. ——————————- For more resources, see …
Comms are falling flat? You could be missing one of these vital components. Today when you have a crisis you’re expected to talk about it. And, if you’re going to talk about it then you’d probably like people to believe you. Whether your effective crisis communications come in the form of a press release, media …
Starting from scratch in terms of crisis management is tough. Sometimes the idea of creating the plans and supporting tactics, along with creating the infrastructure that will allow it all to actually function when the mess hits the fan can seem too much to handle. It’s not. Much like other large-scale projects, getting your organization …
Not all funding for crisis and disaster management involves for-profit businesses. Many nonprofits are doing amazing work tackling huge crises and responding to major disasters on a fraction of the budget you might expect. Our friend Andy Russell shared this link from NetworkForGood.com with us, and we thought those of you working with nonprofit organizations …
Today, thanks to the internet, you all have a vast array of crisis management and media training resources at your fingertips. One of our favorite sayings is, “Every employee is involved in crisis management, whether you want them to be or not”. It’s true, and it’s one reason why we’ve made a selection of free …
