Crisis communication resources to help you protect your revenue, reputation, and brand.
Effective crisis communications when “it” hits the fan.
Effective crisis communications when “it” hits the fan.
Our blog is filled with deep resources to help with your crisis communication needs. Whether you are writing a crisis communication plan, seeking the best media training tips, or digging for case studies on crisis situations, you’ll find it here. Our goal is to give you all of the public relations resources you need to protect your revenue, reputation, and brand.
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I asked social media followers, public relations professionals, and corporate communications experts, “What’s the best piece of crisis communications advice you’ve ever received?” Read more
I asked social media followers, public relations professionals, and corporate communications experts, “What’s the best way to write a crisis communications plan?” Read more
I asked social media followers, public relations professionals, and media relations experts, “What are The Worst Phrases You’ve Ever Heard in a Crisis Communications Statement?”
A few years back I was running a series of videos asking subscribers some crisis communications and public relations questions. I would ask one question per week on LinkedIn and Twitter. Next, I would seek their responses on social media, gather them, and then report on what they said the following week. It created an engaging relationship with my colleagues, followers, and professionals in the public relations, corporate communications, media relations and crisis communications industries.
Years later, there is one video that still remains a most popular video ever.
Have you heard things like “We apologize for the inconvenience?” Have you heard, “It wasn’t our responsibility?” Or can you name a brand that you just KNOW got it totally wrong in their crisis statement, press release, or press conference?
Here were their responses, as well as a few of my own professional comments as a media trainer. Safety is a goal. Create your own compare and contrast statements. Direct the media interview. Watch the video to see what I mean.
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And stay tuned for next week’s second most popular crisis communications video ever.
Crisis communications and media training expert Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC is based in New Orleans. Organizations on five continents have relied on him to write their crisis communications plans and to train their spokespeople. He is the author of “Don’t Talk to the Media Until…” and founder of SituationHub crisis communications software.
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A few years back I was running a series of videos asking subscribers some crisis communications and public relations questions. I would ask one question per week on LinkedIn and Twitter. Next, I would seek their responses on social media, gather them, and then report on what they said the following week. It created an engaging relationship with my colleagues, followers, and professionals in the public relations, corporate communications, media relations and crisis communications industries.
Years later, there is one video that remains my most popular video ever.
I asked social media followers, public relations professionals, and media relations experts, “What should your first words be in a media interview?”
Should you thank your interviewer? Should you spell out your name?
Here were their responses, as well as a few of my own professional comments as a media trainer. It doesn’t matter what the first question is if you know how the beginning of the answer starts. Preambles are the perfect way to begin an interview. Buffer a direct question with a preamble. Watch the video to see what I mean.
As a way to show your continued support and to see more of our most popular crisis communications videos, please hit Subscribe on The BraudCast YouTube channel.
And stay tuned for next week’s second most popular crisis communications video ever.
Crisis communications and media training expert Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC is based in New Orleans. Organizations on five continents have relied on him to write their crisis communications plans and to train their spokespeople. He is the author of “Don’t Talk to the Media Until…” and founder of SituationHub crisis communications software.
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Fast. Factual. No Fluff.
The National Association of Chemical Distributor’s (NACD) ChemEdge 2022 conference is just two weeks away and I am putting the final touches on my crisis communications presentation for the event.
Fast, factual and no fluff is the core message I’ll be delivering as we examine a specific case study in which a major company experienced a devastating event, but it took the company three hours to issue a 7-sentence statement to the media and the public.
How fast could your company get a statement written, approved and released if you had a major situation?
The new SituationHub software could have written a statement in under 3 minutes.
Let that soak in – Instead of three hours… an approved statement could have been ready in under 3 minutes. This means that your organization can be doing crisis communications at nearly the speed of social media. That’s why SituationHub is a game changer for public relations and companies of all types.
The lesson I’m sharing with the chemical distributors are lessons that apply to all industries. These lessons are true for electric companies and utilities; they are true for schools and universities; they are true for banks and credit unions; they are true for hospitals.
Below are ten questions I’ll be asking the attendees at the conference. How would you answer these same questions?
1. How do you gather initial information?
2. Who gets the information and how?
3. Who writes the news release?
4. How long does the writing/approval process last?
5. Who is involved in the approval?
6. What are you really editing and approving?
7. How much time from flashpoint to statement?
8. How is the statement distributed?
9. Who distributes the statement?
10. How much time does that take?
If you’d like to discuss your answers with me, schedule a call.
Your next crisis situation could be minutes away. The time to prepare is now.
Crisis communications and media training expert Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC is based in New Orleans. Organizations on five continents have relied on him to write their crisis communications plans and to train their spokespeople. He is the author of “Don’t Talk to the Media Until…”
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The St. Louis flooding presents a crisis communications case study worthy of your consideration. Here’s why…
A flood demands you talk to your stakeholders to manage their expectations. Is all well? Then issue a statement that says, “All is well.” Are products, systems, or facilities compromised?
Then manage the community’s expectations with a crisis communications statement. What’s the fastest way to write and distribute a statement? The SituationHub app can write a news release in 3-5 minutes. If you are not subscribing to SituationHub, today is proof of why you should.
Many organizations look at their safety record as a reason not to use crisis communications tools like the SituationHub software. Many companies think a crisis communications plan only applies to fires and explosions.
The St. Louis flooding represents a crisis from mother nature and not from human failure. Flooding doesn’t care about your past safety record. A hurricane doesn’t care about your past safety record. A blizzard… yep… doesn’t care about your past safety record.
Crisis communications plans and planning are there in case your sunny day becomes your darkest day. As you can see in the featured image, I have a few dark days here on the Lake Ponchartrain lakefront. I am constantly reminded of how natural disasters impact so many businesses.
Remember what Winston Churchill said, “Never waste a good crisis.”
Crisis communications is tough. It can be overwhelming. It can take years to develop a plan on your own. If we can help you plan for your rainy day, schedule a complimentary, private, confidential call with me here.
Crisis communications and media training expert Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC is based in New Orleans. Organizations on five continents have relied on him to write their crisis communications plans and to train their spokespeople. He is the author of “Don’t Talk to the Media Until…”
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