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Crisis Management & Communication

Is It a Crisis or an Issue?
• Crisis
– Threatens very existence of organization

– Long term negative impact on core mission

– Immediate negative impact on operation

– Loss of life or serious injury

• Issue
– Everything else

• Mishandled, an issue becomes a crisis

• Usually the most damaging crisis

• An issue or a crisis does not get better with time


Weathering the Storm

• Activate the crisis team

• Gather the facts

• Activate command/media center

• Activate crisis plans

• Communicate!
Organizational Crisis and
Responses
The Key Factor: Effective Coordination among the three Responses

Management
Response

Operational Communication
Response Response
Crisis Responses
Management Communication
Operational Response
Response Response
• Mobilize Crisis • Implement • Employees at all
Team Emergency Response Locations
• Confirm Crisis Procedure • Families of the
Severity • Protect Employees Affected Employees
• Brief Senior and Business • Strategic Partners
Executives Operations • Government and
• Adjust and • Assess the situations Regulatory Bodies
Implement Crisis • Report to the • Media
Response Plan Headquarter • Community and
• Prepare for External Other Stakeholders
Communication
Communicate!
• Identify your audiences

• Designate spokespersons

• Develop messages/talking points

• Deliver messages and the facts

• Control information flow

• Do NOT create “information vacuum”

• Respond to media quickly and honestly

• Manage the message


The Message
• It isn’t spin (but plain and simple)

• It certainly isn’t lying ( but truth and reality)

• It isn’t ducking (but straight)

• It is putting facts into context

• It is using every opportunity to deliver key messages


Managing the Message in Crisis
• Tell the truth

• Push the facts

• Set the context

• Be confident

• Be in control

• Dispel Rumors

• Understand the situation

• Address questions or concerns directly


After The Storm
• Conduct a media review & analysis

• Compile lessons learned

• Debrief the crisis team

• Perform future risk assessment

• Practice, practice, practice

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