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Darryl Armstrong
Author, Between The Tracks
Facilitator - Behavioral Psychologist
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Another University Fails in Crisis Management 101 – Rutgers Fires Coach – Only After the
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...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Apr 3, 20131 min read
Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 in a series
Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 in a series This is a series of articles that will help you...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 31, 20133 min read
When a University Creates a Crisis – “Stomping on a Picture of Jesus”
When a University Creates a Crisis – “Stomping on a Picture of Jesus” Crisis planning and management – when you create the crisis you...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 26, 20131 min read
Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 in a series
Mind-mapping crisis messages – The Situation Assessment – Article 3 This is a series of articles that will help you understand the seven...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 25, 20133 min read
How to Create a Crisis: Why do you suppose the DHS needs 1 Billion Bullets?
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...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 21, 20131 min read
Mind-mapping crisis messages – Article 2 – Advance warnings and intel
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...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 20, 20134 min read
Advance Preparation Before a Crisis Makes the Difference During a Crisis
Before the crisis, successful communication will depend, in large part, on the preparations you make long before the emergency or crisis...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 8, 20132 min read
Strategic planning can resolve or prevent a simmering, emerging or latent crisis
Strategic crisis communication planning and thoughtful preparation can help you deal effectively with those simmering, latent and...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 7, 20132 min read
Preventing and Resolving Crisis – General Principles to Consider
There are some general principles that can positively affect your actions and communication in a crisis situation, whether you have...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 6, 20132 min read
Executives Can Create Crisis or They Can Prevent and Solve the Problems
Sadly, as we have recently seen in the IACLEA organization when executives step out on their own and make proclamations without...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Mar 5, 20132 min read
Social Media can be the “canary in the cage”
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...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Feb 26, 20131 min read
3 Uses of social Media in Crisis and Emergency Management
Simply stated, social media is here to stay much to the chagrin sometimes of emergency management personnel used to the command and...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Feb 25, 20131 min read
Be sure to train all personnel — ATF Checklist for Bomb Threats
Using checklists during a bomb threat is prudent and a best practice. Organizations should remember to train all personnel who may take...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Feb 22, 20131 min read
Continuity, Emergency Operations and Crisis Planning – All Part of One Strategic Effort – It is Time
Colleges and universities along with businesses and organizations of all sizes are being forced to review their business continuity,...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Jan 24, 20133 min read
THE DELTA AIRLINES CRISIS
Let’s give DELTA AIRLINES the opportunity to investigate this situation BUT IF it even remotely seems close to what happened according to...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Dec 14, 20121 min read
University of Texas Response to al-Qaida – Doesn’t Meet My Criteria of a Good Crisis Re
The University of Texas has evacuated all their campus buildings due to a bomb threat from supposedly an al-Qaida operative. The...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Sep 14, 20121 min read
I am really proud of the Ky Press Association and its leadership …
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,...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Aug 10, 20123 min read
Each impression you make will – temporarily, at least – be your last. Always make it strong!
Each impression you make will – temporarily, at least – be your last. Always make it strong. – Harry Beckwith author of Selling the...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Aug 8, 20121 min read
“Saying many things usually leads to not remembering anything significant.”
“Saying many things usually leads to not remembering anything significant.” We are in the middle of a political campaign season as most...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Aug 7, 20122 min read
A crisis underway … a “false flag” or a real incident?
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...
L. Darryl Armstrong
Jul 12, 20122 min read
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