3 December 2019 by Steph Gray
The popular picture of crisis communication is maybe a high-stakes press conference, or the chief executive being grilled by a well-known broadcast journalist or politician. We imagine brand reputations living or dying by how well leaders can demonstrate empathy on camera; or how adroitly the press conference can be stage-managed.…
Read more1 November 2019 by Chris Malpass
We were asked by the City of Redmond to support in the delivery of the Cascadia Rising Solutions emergency planning exercise. The aim of the exercise, run over two days in late October 2019, was to test the decision-making and public information response to a category 9.0 earthquake impacting the…
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4 September 2019 by Kara Jobmann
National Preparedness Month takes place every September in the US. It’s an opportunity for emergency responders and government organisations to encourage their audiences to be prepared for any kind of emergency. There’s always plenty of useful tips shared. But if you are responsible for communicating such advice, how do you…
Read more26 July 2019 by Kate Rawlins
The popularisation of the term ‘fake news’ is often incorrectly used to describe various forms of troublesome content published on modern media networks. However, generalising all deceptive content as ‘fake news’ is problematic because by not properly defining the context of the content, it’s challenging to respond appropriately. Instead, the…
Read more5 July 2019 by Steph Gray
I had the privilege to see a well-drilled client crisis team at work this week. Their organisation is enormous, and they have a crisis process honed and documented and rehearsed across the world on a regular basis. It’s impressive to witness, with a depth of strategic thought that we don’t often…
Read more19 June 2019 by Kara Jobmann
As political unrest rises, the number of displaced peoples and refugees are reaching record highs. The UN Refugee Agency estimates there are 68.5 million people who have been forcibly displaced from home countries. Of that number, 40 million people are internally displaced, 25.4 million are refugees and 3.1 million…
Read more24 April 2019 by Kara Jobmann
The earth is warming at an increasingly rapid rate. While world powers and government entities work to combat climate change, the global population has experienced increased severity of hurricanes and frequency of natural disasters. These disasters leave communities devastated and reeling – unable to rebuild and then properly prepare for…
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