Guest Post: Common Tabletop Exercise Mistakes

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Avoid problems that will hamper your crisis preparedness down the road Tabletop exercises are a powerful tool in your crisis preparedness arsenal. They allow your team to practice working together, your plans to be felt out for gaps, policies to be fleshed out, and procedures to be checked for realism and …

The State of Campus Safety

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Looking at a study on emergency preparedness at U.S. schools A big part of crisis management is knowing the items your stakeholders care most about. A perfect example of this is the importance of safety on school campuses. Parents care about it, students care about it, and employees care about …

Chicago FAA Fire: A High Volume Crisis Management Scenario

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Nearly 2,000 flights canceled, were the airlines prepared? Flights in Chicago came to an abrupt halt Friday after a fire at a suburban FAA air traffic control facility, creating a serious crisis for airlines, airport officials, and of course the passengers scheduled on the 1,600-some flights that were cancelled as …

Playing Chicken with Crisis Management

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Having a plan in place means you won’t be left scrambling when crises appear In order to be as effective as possible, crisis planning needs to come before a crisis actually hits. While it is possible to create and enact a plan after things get messy, it’s never easy. In …

Do the Legwork & Boost Your Crisis Management

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Proper prep is the #1 way to reduce the impact of crises on your operations There are many parallels that can be drawn between crisis management and sports. In a blog post today on The Buzz Bin, Jeff Wilson, APR, offered up the following great example when he discussed crisis …