All parties at all levels of the federal, state and local levels of government responsible for planning for such an event should recognize and implement a strategic proactive communications and community relations outreach strategy
I continue to be rewarded for all the intense and hard work that my client the Kentucky Press Association put into their strategic planning process a few years ago
Stafford and Associates announce strategic partnership to give colleges and universities access to high quality and affordable Clery compliant educational programming for students and employees
One issue that families should not ignore is estate planning. Estate planning means forming a concrete strategy for personal assets and finances after death
Darryl ARMSTRONG and Associates Behavioral Public Relations LLC proposes that the best approach to helping any organization review and renovate their plans is to first conduct a crisis audit leading to a step-by-step planning process. This process leads to the development of a comprehensive business continuity plan with sub-plans dealing with emergency operations, crisis and media and social media management
Nusura Brings Social Media Into the World of Crisis and Emergency Planning All colleges and universities, irrespective of size, these days are subject to crisis and emergency management disasters
So far, however, the handling of this crisis defies many of the basic principles and certainly shows little strategic front-end planning
Too often, an organization’s emergency planning focuses more on procedures and property rather than on how people may be affected by a natural or man-made disaster
As the Director of Company-Wide Security with business operations in 22 states, my responsibilities included the broad range of security duties from conducting vulnerability assessments, analyzing risks, identifying methods to mitigate risk, preparing security policy, managing contract security forces, developing and managing federal compliance programs and working with law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level. A strategic thinker, I am skilled in emergency management, incident command systems and the operational management of intelligence systems working with state law enforcement agencies as well as DHS mandated Critical Infrastructure Protection programs (NERC CIP)
A coordinated holistic approach addresses crisis prediction, issues analysis, prevention and management as a formal part of the overall business planning strategy. Such an approach ensures solid contingency plans as part of business continuity planning. A Change Management Plan is a key component of this strategy since such an approach requires a change from the traditional model of just event emergency planning