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RISK
MANAGEMENT &
CRISIS
COMMUNICATION
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti¤gmail.com
Manage
risk!
• To avoid crisis
– Evaluate risk
– Awareness and understanding of what constitutes a risk
– Preventive measures
– Monitoring
– Know your community/customers/stakeholders
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
If risk
materialises,
manage
crisis!
• Preparations
– Reputation crisis
– ”real” crisis
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
Reputation
crisis
• Complaints, alleged misconduct, crime, false rumors
• Be prepared
– Plan: lines of communication, roles, key messages
– Communicate: social media, web sites, news
– Know your audience!
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
Real Crisis • Natural catastrophies, large scale breakdowns/system
failures, terrorism, diseases
• Plan: lines of communication, roles, key messages, safety,
updates, context information
• Communicate: information – behaviour – sense-making
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
Lessons
learned
• Make a plan!
• Rehearse!
• Know your audience/customers/stake-holders!
• Show that you care!
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
Thank you
This was a short presentation of some of the main points
in crisis communication as covered in European
Academy’s two-day workshop in Berlin on 22nd – 23rd of
February 2016
Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com

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Risk management and Crisis Communication

  • 2. Manage risk! • To avoid crisis – Evaluate risk – Awareness and understanding of what constitutes a risk – Preventive measures – Monitoring – Know your community/customers/stakeholders Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
  • 3. If risk materialises, manage crisis! • Preparations – Reputation crisis – ”real” crisis Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
  • 4. Reputation crisis • Complaints, alleged misconduct, crime, false rumors • Be prepared – Plan: lines of communication, roles, key messages – Communicate: social media, web sites, news – Know your audience! Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
  • 5. Real Crisis • Natural catastrophies, large scale breakdowns/system failures, terrorism, diseases • Plan: lines of communication, roles, key messages, safety, updates, context information • Communicate: information – behaviour – sense-making Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
  • 6. Lessons learned • Make a plan! • Rehearse! • Know your audience/customers/stake-holders! • Show that you care! Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com
  • 7. Thank you This was a short presentation of some of the main points in crisis communication as covered in European Academy’s two-day workshop in Berlin on 22nd – 23rd of February 2016 Kimmo Kuortti / kimmo.kuortti ¤ gmail.com