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KeeneyPedia: The Fundamentals of Crisis Communications

Crisis communications at its most basic level consists of three elements: crisis planning, crisis response and crisis recovery. Crisis planning is the work done to define what constitutes a crisis for the organization, identify vulnerabilities - both likely and less-than-likely, assign responsibilities, prepare a spokesperson with media training, practice periodically...

Tags: Corporate communications, crisis communication, media training, phone

White papers 2006-09-17

Ten Crisis Communications Principles That Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Taught Us

The author has not been quick to post his thoughts about the planning and response related to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. He has been the victim of plenty of Monday morning quarterbacking over the years, so he does not like to pile on. So the intent of this paper...

Tags: Corporate communications, crisis communication, Hurricane Katrina

White papers 2005-09-26

Telling Everyone You're Ok - A Key Element in Crisis Communications

Have a person ever noticed that one of the first side effects of most disaster situations is that the phone lines in the area immediately go down? The author believes that the first thing people think about in disasters is how it affects the people they know, or maybe just...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Corporate communications, phone line, crisis communication, phone

White papers 2005-01-17

Additional Resources

Our Undiscovered Universe Author to Speak at Crisis in Cosmology Conference

The goal of the Crisis in Cosmology Conference is to increase communication between scientists whose research will lead to a better understanding of the universe MINNEAPOLIS -- Terence Witt is bringing his message about Null Physics to the world. The author will lecture at the Crisis in Cosmology...

Articles 2008-06-25

Why Abuse of Secrecy In The Catholic Church Is The Real 'Scandal Behind The Scandal'

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Though matters of liturgy, stem-cell research, and language will dominate the upcoming U.S. bishops meeting June 12 -14 in Orlando, continued discussion about clergy sex abuse will be priority -- especially its causes, context, and recommendations for communication between priests, bishops and Catholic...

Articles 2008-06-11

Sub-prime history

In analyzing the sub-prime mortgage crisis, Robert VerBruggen starts with 1977's Community Reinvestment Act ("Straw Predators," May 5). He could usefully have gone back another decade, to 1968's Housing and Urban Development Act. This act extended Federal Housing Authority insurance to home-mortgage loans given to low-income, inner-city borrowers. The terms...

Articles 2008-05-19

ALERT FM Platform Now Available in Florida

Broward and Miami-Dade Counties to Benefit From FM radio-based Emergency Communications System JACKSON, Miss., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Security Systems GSS announced today that Broward and Miami-Dade Counties are the first two counties in the state of Florida to have access to ALERT FM, an FM...

Articles 2008-05-14

Private Equity Firms Remain Optimistic For New Growth in Spite of Ongoing Economic Downturn

New Survey of Small and Mid-Market PE Firms By CPA Firm Rothstein Kass Reveals Aggressive Fundraising Goals Despite Challenges Emerging From Credit Crisis ROSELAND, N.J., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Small and mid-market private equity firms universally agreed that the U.S. economy is in an economic downturn and...

Articles 2008-04-23

Memphis/ Shelby UASI Purchase FM Radio-based Emergency Communications System

Six Counties are the First in Tennessee to Benefit from ALERT FM JACKSON, Miss., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Security Systems GSS announced today that the Memphis/ Shelby Urban Area Security Initiative UASI has purchased ALERT FM, an FM radio-based emergency alert and messaging system. This new...

Articles 2008-04-18

George Mason University Ramps Up with GSS Technology for Emergency Communications Portal

Wireless News03-30-2008George Mason University Ramps Up with GSS Technology for Emergency Communications PortalWIRELESS NEWS-March 30, 2008-George Mason University Ramps Up with GSS Technology for Emergency Communications Portal C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Global Security Systems GSS announced that George Mason University is the first university in the nation to install...

Articles 2008-03-30

George Mason University Installs Emergency Communications Portal

D.C.-based WETA providing platform for coverage JACKSON, Miss., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Security Systems LLC GSS today announced that George Mason University is the first university in the nation to install ALERT FM for emergency alerting on its campuses. ALERT FM, an FM radio-based alert and...

Articles 2008-03-26

Congressional leader calls for international condemnation of China

A leading US politician walked hand in hand with the Dalai Lama and called on the international community to condemn China for its crackdown in Tibet. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said she was not surprised by China's violent actions but warned that the...

Articles 2008-03-22

IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky Outlines Actions to Address Global Financial and Economic Challenges.

M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2008-IMF: IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky Outlines Actions to Address Global Financial and Economic ChallengesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13032008 John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund IMF, called today for "decisive...

Articles 2008-03-13

CHINA CONCERNS MORTGAGE CRISIS IMPACT ON HOME ALIEN BANKS

AsiaInfo Services03-10-2008China Concerns Mortgage Crisis Impact on Home Alien BanksBEIJING, Mar 10, 2008 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China Banking Regulatory Commission will pay close attention to what impact foreign banks affected by the U.S. mortgage crisis will bring on their subsidiary banks and operations in China and will take more...

Articles 2008-03-10

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned By Violent Clashes In Armenia Between Police, Demonstrators.

M2 PRESSWIRE-4 March 2008-United Nations: Secretary-General Deeply Concerned By Violent Clashes In Armenia Between Police, DemonstratorsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03032008 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The...

Articles 2008-03-04

The deepening crisis: Islam and the structure of global power

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE FOLLOWING is an excerpt from a roundtable discussion that aired on November 25, 2007, on the WBAI-NY radio program Equal Time for Freethought. Produced by Barry F. Seidman, coeditor of the anthology, Toward a New Political Humanism, this portion was facilitated by Paul Eckstein, professor...

Articles 2008-03-01

Coping with crisis; a counselor's guide to the restabilization process

Coping with crisis; a counselor's guide to the restabilization process. Burtles, Jim. Loving Healing Press 2007 106 pages $19.95 Paperback HD49 This book outlines a practical means of addressing emotional reactions in the wake...

Articles 2008-02-01

Darling in Rock rap

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling is to create a head of security at the Bank of England and look at setting up an emergency fund to prevent another Northern Rock crisis. He was accused yesterday of dithering after a report into the troubled bank slammed him and the...

Articles 2008-01-27

Workforce crisis

The business community is about to hit a demographic brick wall as baby boomers retire and worldwide forces converge to create a dearth of workers - but it's not too late to take action. That's the message Ed Gordon plans to bring to Northeast Wisconsin when he appears at...

Articles 2007-12-01

Kramer brings anti-Aids play to Scotland THEATRE: CHARITY

THE controversial American gay rights activist Larry Kramer has backed a Scottish revival of his powerful anti-Aids play, The Normal Heart, describing its message as more important than ever for young people in the wake of rising HIV infections. His autobiographical tale of a young man, Ned...

Articles 2007-11-18