T’is the season, it must be for universities to be creating their own crises and failing to use some common sense! The Rutgers coach is...

Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 in a series This is a series of articles that will help you...

When a University Creates a Crisis – “Stomping on a Picture of Jesus” Crisis planning and management – when you create the crisis you...

Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 This is a series of articles that will help you understand the seven...

Why do you suppose the DHS needs 1 Billion Bullets? For an administration that was going to be the most “open and transparent” of any to...

Article 2 in a series What is a mind-map and how do they help communicators develop crisis messages? Mind-mapping messages is simply a...

Before the crisis, successful communication will depend, in large part, on the preparations you make long before the emergency or crisis...

Strategic crisis communication planning and thoughtful preparation can help you deal effectively with those simmering, latent and...

There are some general principles that can positively affect your actions and communication in a crisis situation, whether you have...

Sadly, as we have recently seen in the IACLEA organization when executives step out on their own and make proclamations without...

Social media can be the “canary in the cage” Back home in Kentucky we have deep ground coal mines. In the early days of mining canaries...

Simply stated, social media is here to stay much to the chagrin sometimes of emergency management personnel used to the command and...

Using checklists during a bomb threat is prudent and a best practice.  Organizations should remember to train all personnel who may take...

Colleges and universities along with businesses and organizations of all sizes are being forced to review their business continuity,...

Let’s give DELTA AIRLINES the opportunity to investigate this situation BUT IF it even remotely seems close to what happened according to...

The University of Texas has evacuated all their campus buildings due to a bomb threat from supposedly an  al-Qaida operative. The...

David Thompson at the Ky Press Association has just announced they now have an app – the cost $0.00 – want to know more? A few years ago,...

Each impression you make will – temporarily, at least – be your last. Always make it strong. – Harry Beckwith author of Selling the...

“Saying many things usually leads to not remembering anything significant.” We are in the middle of a political campaign season as most...

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-agents-laugh-at-deaf-man-call-him-fing-deafie-steal-his-candy/ A crisis underway … a “false flag” or a real...