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Crisis
Communications
Plan
Living
Plan…
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Heart of the Plan Must-Haves
• System to gather information
• Contact Crisis Management Team
• First-hour communications
• Second-hour communications
• Ongoing communications
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Consider Your Audiences
• What information do they want?
• How fast do they want it?
• Through what means of
communications?
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First Critical Statement
• Let audiences know that you
know a situation is unfolding
• Use a basic pre-written template
• A little information is better than none
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Ask for a free copy
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Share the Statement
• Share with media on-site
• Publish to the web
• Email to employees
• Email to stakeholders
• Social media tiny URLs
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