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We often focus only on the external side of crisis communications, however the internal component is just as, if not more, important…and often overlooked.
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Crisis Communication Plan
Scholars and practitioners alike stress the importance of planning ahead and being prepared for
potential crises before they occur. In this assignment, each student will select a company and
develop a crisis communication plan based on that company, its industry, culture, potential risks,
stakeholders, etc. The company selected can be a current or recent employer, or a
company/nonprofit of choice as long as it is large enough to experience a crisis that would
impact stakeholders. Once you select the company, analyse a crisis situation and then prepare a
message action plan (MAP). This MAP should define the different stakeholder groups to be
addressed, the communication goals for each of these target groups, the preferred channel for
each communication, and who within the organization will be responsible for delivering each of
these messages. You will submit your paper to the Turnitin.com dropbox link within blackboard.
Instructions:
When a crisis situation develops, time is of the essence. There’s a saying: “If you’re not quick,
you’re not relevant.” That’s why companies need to have a crisis communication plan in place
BEFORE a potentially hazardous situation arises. But, what does that mean? What elements
should be included in your crisis plan? While there’s no such thing as a “cookie cutter” crisis
plan, the following information will help your company begin assembling an effective plan. This
assignment does not have a page requirement, rather that you create a well thought out plan
addressing each of the 5 steps below. (See the Bass Pro Shops Crisis Communication Plan in
Blackboard for reference. Your plan does not need to be this detailed, this is only for you to
reference).
Step 1: Establish the Crisis Team.
Before a crisis strikes, think through who needs to have a seat at the table. Consider ALL the
aspects of your company — management, operations, internal (including labor relations in union
environments) and external communication, customer service, legal. The crisis team could look
like this: President of the company, head of communication, legal counsel and heads of the
department(s) impacted by the crisis. During the crisis, this team bears the responsibility for
making decisions and spearheading communication. In the plan document, include each
individual’s name, title, home phone, cell phone and other pertinent contact details.
Step 2: Identify and Prepare the Spokespeople.
A crisis situation should not be the first time a spokesperson speaks to the media. Identify the
person who will be the official “voice” of the company should a crisis develop and make sure
that person is trained accordingly. (Note that the spokesperson may not be the same in every
situation. You may need to train a few spokespeople. Also have a “backup” person identified …
just in case.)
Remember that you need to communicate offline and offline. With that in mind, evaluate your
online ...
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The article constitutes a presentation of the results of research devoted to the current trends in crisis PR. The authors of
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of communication trainings) was designed. Diagnosis of prevention measures of the leaders of Polish business — based on the years 2007–2017 showed major deficiencies in the degree of companies' preparation for the risk of crisis.
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One of the key issues related to crisis management is awareness combined with the actual
state of preparation. Not always awareness goes hand in hand with the resources and documentation that the company has. This is the subject of analysis carried out within the
diagnostic square, which is an attempt to capture within one analysis two key planes in image
crisis situations: the actual situation and the declared preparation on the part of managers.
Survive the Unthinkable Through Crisis PlanningWhat is a Crisis.docxmabelf3
Survive the Unthinkable Through Crisis Planning
What is a Crisis?
A crisis is a situation that has reached an extremely difficult or dangerous point.
A crisis is an event, revelation, allegation or set of circumstances which threatens the integrity, reputation, or survival of an individual or organization.
Crisis management means
· having a plan in place,
· having identified who will do what,
· and having practiced the plan for most conceivable events.
No organization can just "wing it."
You need to develop a crisis management plan.
You need to develop variations of the plan to cover any emergency your company might be expected to encounter.
The goal of the plan itself is to ensure your people have the tools to get the crisis under control as quickly as possible to minimize the damage.
It's about Proactive vs. Reactive
Crisis Communications Planning is the process of managing the strategy, messages, timing and distribution channels necessary to communicate effectively with the media, employees, core constituencies, clients, customers and stake holders.
The focus of the crisis communications function is to facilitate the rapid de-escalation of the crisis through timely and effective communications methods.
Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act
The idea behind success, in a dogfight, a business situation, or a crisis, is to complete loops of decision making that are faster than those around you, such as your adversaries.
We want to shorten the life cycle of our decisions without increasing the failure rate of the decisions made.
If we have no preparation, if we don't take into account all the elements of the environment, including the possibilities of problems that haven't occurred but may, then we are
· either too slow in our decisions to be careful, and this allows the other guy to do things faster and thus better than us,
· or we are either too hasty in our decisions, and this leads to costly errors.
For crisis communication, preparation guarantees orientation
· In a crisis, you job is not to minimize the stockholder expense, it is to maximize the company's chances of survival. You need to limit the cost, but also you need to limit the damage to the company's reputation and credibility.
· You need to react as quickly as a crisis breaks.
· By acting quickly, and doing immediately the things you are eventually have to do anyway, you maximize your chances of staying ahead of events where you have some chance to influence the story.
What's the DEAL?
An effective crisis communications plan should:
· Define response strategies that can be implemented when a crisis occurs;
· Assign crisis communications resources and responsibilities;
· Enable you to reach target audiences with key messages, and
· Launch public information and media relations campaigns immediately during a crisis.
In a crisis tell it all, tell it fast and tell the truth.
Other things to remember:
· Never try to lie, deny or hide your involv.
14 • COMMUNICATION WORLD • DECEMBER 2013 by Oliver S. Schm.docxmoggdede
14 • COMMUNICATION WORLD • DECEMBER 2013
by Oliver S. Schmidt and Dianne L. Chase
W
hile every business crisis and corresponding set of
affected stakeholders are unique, there are some groups
with which organizations must communicate in order
to protect their reputation, brand equity and the bot-
tom line during times of crisis. A successful response to a business crisis
demands making and communicating far-reaching and emotionally dif-
ficult decisions while under pressure and perhaps lacking complete or
fully accurate information. To overcome the communication challenges
that crises present, management must enable effective communication
with three key stakeholders: employees, reporters from traditional news
media, and social media users.
crisis communication talking points
Make sure your crisis
response includes these
key stakeholders
Communicating
inside and out
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Internal matters
Employees especially are often
neglected during a business crisis, and
as a result, many companies alienate
their best advocates—the people who
are excellent workers and whose opin-
ions and attitudes have an impact out-
side the company, through their daily
conversations with friends and family,
as well as through their social media
interactions.
Your company’s crisis communica-
tion plan should definitely include
an employee communication com-
ponent. (If your organization doesn’t
have a stated crisis communication
plan already, then creating one should
be a priority.) Processes, responsibili-
ties, channels and recurring training
should be determined and a frame-
work established that encompasses
employee communication, including
the following:
• Make sure senior management
understands the importance of two-
way communication and incorporates
employee feedback in its decisions.
Employee feedback during a crisis helps
identify the value of messages, helps
keep tabs on rumors and false infor-
mation, highlights employee concerns,
and enhances trust. Even questions
that seem inconvenient or unimpor-
tant should be addressed in order to
keep people informed and their morale
up. Follow-up messages should take
employee opinions into account and
provide information about the steps
company leadership is taking.
• Communicate first with employees
about matters that affect them. Think
about it: Wouldn’t you want to know
from your own company about a situ-
ation that could affect your job?
Empower your employees with the
facts, and let them function as com-
munication allies, carrying specific
messages into the community.
• Designate company spokespersons
to address stakeholders with carefully
crafted messages. Then consider using
employees as informal communicators
in times of crisis with official mes-
saging that was developed for various
crisis scenarios. Familiarity with com-
Empower your ...
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Use of social media in crisis communication (Kortom)
1. Use of social media in
crisis communication
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2. 1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 02
Discipline 5: communication in crisis planning..................................................................................... 03
Part 1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 04
I.1 How to implement and use social media in crisis communication ......................................... 04
1.1 What accounts are to be used? ............................................................................................... 04
1.2 Management of accounts......................................................................................................... 05
1.3 D5 organisation ........................................................................................................................ 06
1.4 Overview and use of resources .............................................................................................. 11
1.5 Monitors .................................................................................................................................... 13
I.2 Integration of different means of communication ..................................................................... 17
Part II .......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Recommendations to the organisers
Part III .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Recommendations to individuals in crisis communication
Colophon ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
Table of Contents
3. 2
The power of social media in a crisis was shown when the storm hit the music festival Pukkelpop
(Kiewit, Hasselt) on 18 August 2011. Festival visitors, people at home, helpers, … all massively used
social media like Twitter and Facebook to disseminate information, to seek or offer help, to avoid
traffic chaos,… The analyses and insights into the use of social media over the days and weeks after
were interesting, innovative, and valuable. In short, the association for government communication
took on the task of actually doing something with these analyses and insights and to translate these
into a policy proposal for the use of social media in crises.
Because social media is not easily categorised, it was important to involve everyone who could con-
tribute to this policy proposal. In this way the expert group was formed. This had 43 members and
was a multidisciplinary group. Its task: to formulate proposals for a social media policy in crises.
Thematic proposals were formulated via four work groups, under the direction of a chairman. The
thematic work groups were: organisation, integration, monitoring, resources and agreements.
This document is a coordinated proposal from the reports of the work groups, discussed and sup-
ported by the entire expert group. In short, be very aware that this document is only an initial draft,
that a number of elements require further study and especially that this proposal will never be ‘fin-
ished’. Media change continuously and this proposal will also have to adapt to social developments.
This document is written for all aid organisations. Anyone who plays a role in crisis situations may
benefit from it. However, this document will undoubtedly be most useful for discipline 5 (D5 –
Information) in emergency planning.
Finally, it must be emphasised that use of social media in situations of crisis is not a panacea. Social
media are only one of the channels that must be used in a crisis and do not in any way replace exist-
ing means of communication. The approach to the crisis and the organisation of crisis communica-
tion must be organised well first, only then should one consider the use of social media.
We wish you much enjoyment in reading this and hope that this may be a useful tool in your
professional practice. Your opinion is very important to us. Any feedback is welcome via one of the
following channels:
- info@kortom.be
- #smic
- @kortom_be
- http://kortom.net/wiki/index.php
Introduction
4. 3
Communication in emergency planning
This document will regularly mention D5 or Discipline 5 in full. There are five disciplines in emer-
gency planning as determined by the federal government. This relates to:
- D1: Fire Service
- D2: Medical Assistance
- D3: Police
- D4: Logistical aid (Civil Protection)
- D5: Information for the population
Under the direction of the mayor, governor and the Minister of Home Affairs and assisted by the
emergency planning official they combat crises and incidents.
Discipline 5
5. 4
Part I
I.1
How to implement and use social media in crisis communication
The authority should best choose the social media that are most used or that has the greatest im-
pact. This choice is rather arbitrary and dependent on the age. The current “brands” may be tem-
porary and may be replaced in the future by new and other brands. Currently Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, and blogs are very popular. In the second instance LinkedIn, Netlog and Google+ are
interesting to follow. Use of social media in crisis communication is not an issue of brand loyalty
but of social evolution. For that reason, it is necessary to formulate crisis communication plans
as independent from the media as possible.
1.1 What accounts are to be used?
Authority account
The authority has two options in a crisis: it can use its (existing) account or create a (new) specific
crisis account. The recommendation from Kortom is clear: the authority should best choose the
existing account of the authority concerned for official communication. This account has great
credibility and a number of existing followers. That implies that the authority in ‘peace time’:
- creates its own account on the social media;
- promotes it amongst the population;
- uses this in day-to-day communication.
In this way, the authority develops ‘followers’, ‘friends’ and ‘subscribers’. These are people who indi-
cate via social media that they are interested in communication from the authority. The authority
must therefore try to gain as many subscribers/followers of its social media network as possible.
That is possible by regularly communicating via social media. The credibility achieved by this is
very important in a crisis.
The development of this account in “peace time” deserves extra attention. The number of followers
is not only important but also who your followers are. For that reason, the authority must monitor
this beforehand and analyse the important influencers. These important influencers form the ‘top’
of social media users. It is important that they follow the authority’s account. They can ensure that
official messages are spread broadly in times of crisis.
6. 5
Account of the disciplines involved (fire service, police…)
The official accounts of disciplines involved such as the police and fire service enjoy great credibil-
ity. They may have a smaller number of followers, but these are highly interested in the operation
of the discipline and may result in a faster and broad distribution of official crisis communication.
These accounts are ideal to reflect process information and are a good choice in a short crisis (rapid
development and quick end).
If an official phase of crisis management is announced, these accounts will follow the official ac-
count of the authority and support the account of the authority through the further dissemination
of messages.
Accounts of people within the authority
In some authorities, there are well-known personalities like the Mayor, the police commissioner,
the fire chief or the communications officer, who may or may not act as spokesperson. They are
often active in social media. These people may activate a lot of people very quickly when necessary
and enjoy a high level of credibility. The disadvantage is however that the information they dissemi-
nate is not official.
The use of these accounts is a good choice in a short crisis or a crisis in which a high level of citizen
participation is required. They can support the official account from the authority and help spread
official messages.
1.2 Management of accounts
Who manages the account in ‘peacetime’ is not so important. By using social media, the authority
enters into communication with the citizen. Social media should not be seen purely as a sending
tool. The authority must therefore enter into a dialogue with the citizen and the citizen expects that
its questions are answered by the authority. Many questions may arise through monitoring, which
then form a link for the provision of information and service. In crises this account must be man-
agement by a representative of discipline 5. If the account manager is another person in peacetime,
then the necessary conclusive agreements must be made about this.
Part I
7. 6
1.3 Organisation D5
Before the crisis
It should be clear that the organisation of D5 starts in peacetime, so not at the time an incident oc-
curs. A good preparation and exercise are a must.
What does good preparation consist of?
- Profiles/account
You create the required profiles/accounts in advance and make sure it is widely publicised (see
1.1).
- Media
You view which media are the most important social networks for crisis communication at that
time, also with a view to monitoring (see 1.5).
- Hashtag (#)
Hashtags are a type of label you can add to your tweet (twitter message) to indicate that it is
about a specific subject. A # helps to group messages on Twitter. During events, the organisers
should launch a # in the first instance. This is usually already done during the event promo-
tion. This # can be used when things go wrong and crisis communication has to be started.
With incidents (fire, accident, …) the authority should best verify whether a # has already been
launched. If not, the authority can launch one itself. #’s should be short and unique (to avoid
interference). It also helps if the # can be typed easily on a smartphone (e.g. without digits).
- Communication with personnel
When preparing social media for use in crises, it is useful to make this known in advance
among your own personnel. The dissemination of messages takes place via user networks. A lot
of members of staff will have their own network on social media that they can use. As a result
the organisation’s message will be strongly reinforced.
- Communication with organisers
There must be prior consultation with the organisers regarding the organisation of crisis com-
munication in the case of events (see Part II).
- Crisis website
Social media are too limited to give much information. Furthermore the number of users of
social media is too restricted. For that reason the use of a crisis website as a central link where
all the information is published is absolutely essential (see I.2).
- Practice
As with all other aspects of emergency planning, using social media must be practised in ad-
vance.
Part I
8. 7
During the crisis
Organisation
Although the authority communicates via various channels, they must communicate the same mes-
sage everywhere. This is possible by drafting a workflow within D5 that a message has to progress
through. Within the coordination committee, the D5 representative must be able to contact the
mayor/governor directly concerning the message to be disclosed. This authorised message may
then be placed on the website, from where it can be posted on the social media. Once online this
message may be commented, labelled or forwarded.
This means that there must be a person within D5 who monitors the (social) media. The communi-
cations may be adjusted to their instructions. This person is responsible for monitoring and using
the (social) media. That allows a fast and accurate provision of information. Answering apparent
questions with the media and public removes the media pressure and gives managers the opportu-
nity to take control of them themselves. D5 must accept that they are only one of the many players
on social media. The speed by which social media works further means that D5 will always be too
late at the start of a crisis. Monitoring must make it possible to make up this delay.
It should be clear that the communications manager should not always need the signature of the
mayor/governor to disseminate information when using social media. Agreements based on trust
must be made between the two.
D5 must be able to convince the national media to use the ‘marquee’ (continuous text on screen) in
emergency situations. The marquee must be given the information of emergency numbers, web-
sites, social media. D5 must be able to put messages directly on Belga; these messages must also
include the emergency numbers and official social media. This option now exists for the provinces
and federal government via Belga Direct.
For the rest the D5 must organise and manage crisis communication. It must describe what target
groups need to be communicated to and via what media. The organisers must be involved in an
event to support communication for those present via scrolling messages or a PA (Public Address
or sound system).
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Attitude
In a crisis, it is equally important to inform the citizens as to resolve the crisis itself. Without being
exhaustive, here are a number of important elements:
- Stealing Thunder
Ensure that you start communicating quickly (before it starts “thundering”). It is best if commu-
nication is already running before citizens actively start asking questions. D5 must therefore be
so organised (people and resources) that communication may be started as quickly as possible
after an incident.
- Process information
Crisis communication is confronted by two problems:
1) A gap between the information available and a request for information at the start of the
incident
2) all information must be validated first. To close this gap D5 may certainly give process infor-
mation. At that time process information does not include more than what you could see if you
were present as an eyewitness (e.g. a fire has broken out, the fire department has started extin-
guishing the fire, neighbouring residents have been temporarily evacuated, the medical team are
on site, ….). As this information can be seen by bystanders it is not necessary to validate it and
gives D5 some time to start up crisis communication.
- Standard messages
Based on the risks in the specific sector, standard messages can already be formulated. This can
be integrated in a standard message. For instance D5 can prepare a message about a gas leak
stating the need to close windows and doors and switch off any ventilation systems.
- Repetition
Regularly repeat messages on the various media, so that the official communication is picked up
by as many people as possible as the correct information.
- Answer questions
Questions can be detected via monitoring following the messages you disclosed. In times of cri-
sis D5 should not and cannot answer all individual questions for individual problems via social
media. If there are too many questions, the government should best set-up a call centre. Ques-
tions can be answered generally however via (social) media if a lot of the same questions are
being asked. The authority’s response may also be given in a longer contribution on a website. A
reference to this may then be published on the social media.
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After the crisis
After the incident is over the communication must continue for a while. Social media may be used
to provide information on:
- salvage: what can people do to prevent further damage
- recovery: what can people do to repair the damage
- business continuity: what can people do to continue their activities without many problems
- end of emergency measures
- victim care
- reception facilities
- grieving register
Even later relevant information may also be given on:
- insurance/compensation
- results of investigative committees
- lessons identified and learned
Social media can play an important role in all this communication. They can even be a source of
information or link to other more detailed sources of information.
After the incident, all the questions received may be brought together in an FAQ.
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Deployment of people
The organisation of crisis communication by D5 requires the deployment of a lot of people and
resources. Please refer to 1.4 for resources.
The following people have a task in crisis communication:
- The communications officer
The communications officer is responsible for D5 in accordance with the RD on emergency plan-
ning. He is a member of the coordination committee and proposes communication actions to
the chairman of that committee. His task further mainly comprises the collection of information
that representatives from other disciplines report in the coordination committee, the drafting of
communications messages, monitoring of the conversation on the incident on social media and
correcting incorrect information. The task of D5 is extremely extensive and cannot be controlled
by one person who is also responsible for the coordination. It is advisable for the communications
officer to be assisted by a team that assumes responsibility for executive duties, including social
media. Especially if there is a lot of media pressure, it is advisable for a communications worker
also to be present on site to meet the press there. If it is scaled up to a higher phase of the disaster
plan he works together with the communications manager from other authorities (local, provin-
cial, federal).
- Politics (mayor, governor, minister)
Political representatives have the ultimate responsibility for communication. They validate the
messages drawn up by the D5 members of staff and get advice from the communications officers
for policy decisions in connection with the information for the population. Political representa-
tives also act as spokesperson.
- The Dir Info
In accordance with the RD on emergency planning the DirInfo bears responsibility for commu-
nication on the CP Ops. This post is often not filled (or cannot be filled). As aforementioned a
person from D5 must be designated for this in the case of great media pressure.
- The spokespeople from the disciplines
The spokespeople from the disciplines have the advantage that they are often informed very quickly.
They have good sources of information available and have sufficient knowledge of the sector to give
process information. The use of the spokesperson from a discipline mainly relates to giving process
information at the beginning of the incident. Through fast access to social media via a smartphone
he can put process information onto social media. Because this can fill the lack of information in
the first phase of the incident, they are an important partner for D5 at that moment.
The spokesperson from the disciplines also has experience from their day-to-day practice of giv-
ing information on the deployment and on the incident. In the further phase of the incident the
spokesperson of the discipline may act more as an advisor to D5 and as an intermediary between
their discipline and D5 to ensure the technical – content of the story is disclosed as correctly as
possible.
- Het bedrijf/de organisatie
Businesses and organisations can provide important information that D5 can use. In addition they
have their own networks available and their own press contacts. Some businesses or organisations
have also built up their own social networks.
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1.4 Overview and use of resources
It is important to use as many channels as possible. Each disaster progresses differently and has
a different impact on means of communication. If the mobile phone network is overloaded, the
website has to stay online. If the website crashes, it is important that telephoning is still possible. We
will discuss the various channels here.
Social media like Twitter and Facebook
Social media are an interesting complement to the range of communication from the government.
Blind trust in social media is not advisable however. Social media channels are managed by com-
mercial companies. They can appear and disappear on the market from one day to the next. Fur-
thermore their server may also be overloaded, which will make the platform temporarily unavail-
able. For instance, the risk with Twitter is that if events occur simultaneously the most important
will push the less important from the news stream. Nevertheless, no organisation may remain blind
to these additional channels of communication.
Social media can be used quickly for crisis communication. However the government may consider
protecting their own profiles from external input (comments, panic, …). Controlling one’s own
social media is legitimate in an emergency. For that reason, the privacy settings of a number of
social media should be changed in an emergency so that only desirable messages may be placed on
it. This makes it possible only to show the crisis communication. Responses continue to be possible
and desirable.
- The #-issue
In short argue for not imposing #’s. The problem with hashtags is that they can be created ran-
domly at any moment by any Twitter user. In crises, this may result in a proliferation of hashtags,
in which the official communication may be lost (see also 1.3). For that reason, it is much more
important to make the official communication as recognisable as possible.
Website
The authority’s website should be central during crisis communication to the outside. Starting up a
type of dark site on the authority’s website is advisable. This dark site contains a number of pre-
programmed pages offline that may be published immediately in the case of crisis communication
(see I.2). If the emergency plan is announced, D5 can immediately start up this dark site and make
it available via a striking link on the homepage of the website. In the first instance, only limited in-
formation may be made available. However this limited information must at least contain the links
to the various approved social media, the crisis newsletter, the SMS service, …
Example
Homepage: clear button with a short description of the crisis – link to the dark set that has been pub-
lished online.
In the first instance: There is an emergency in …. We have no information at this time. Once informa-
tion is available, it will be published on this page. You can also follow the news via: [various links to
social media, SMS, telephone, crisis newsletter, blog, …]’’
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SMS
Sending SMS remains a popular way for young people to communicate with each other. It is
cheaper than phone and is also available on ordinary mobile phones.
e-crisis newsletter
Another way to inform the various target groups during an emergency is to build a list of e-mail ad-
dress. People who have subscribed to this e-mail list receive a regular update about news about the
crisis from the moment they subscribe. The existence of the media list may be disclosed beforehand
or made known via diverse information channels. In that way, the public authority creates a crisis
newsletter. People who bought a ticket to an event and have to give their e-mail address for this
may also be included in this mailing list.
RSS
Updating the RSS feed (see I.2), is important in emergencies and to point people to these feeds.
Location Based Services
Location Based Services (LBS) are applications available on mobile devices thanks to the mobile
network and use the geographical location of the device. D5 must have the possibility automatically
to send an SMS to people with a mobile phone who are within range of a specific mast. This SMS
must be a clear message to people involved in the crisis and should not create panic among people
who are not involved in the crisis.
For example
If you are currently at …, please proceed to emergency exit B.
Part I.2 gives information about how to offer these resources in an integrated way.
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1.5 Monitoring
Good monitoring is an extensive task. In this document, we give an initial look at why, what and
how. A separate handbook is required to describe all the monitoring options and tools. Here we will
only give an initial study.
What does monitoring add to trying to control a crisis? Monitoring is simply listening to then ob-
serving carefully. In the offline world that means listening carefully and looking around via reports
in the media, calls through the information number, etc. Now that a large number of contacts also
take place online, it is important to listen and look carefully there as well. In this environment, we
call it monitoring.
Purpose
The purpose of monitoring during emergencies is twofold: receiving information whereby relevant
actions can be taken and sending information to direct the emergency and inform the people in-
volved. Receiving information relates to:
- establish what is happening
- gain an insight into the classic 5 W-questions (who, what, where, when, why)
- observe how an emergency is developing
- gain an insight into the entire scope of a crisis
- gain an insight into the parties involved, stakeholders, target groups, public, channels, ...
Relevant actions relate to:
- actions for managing the crisis (crisis management). In this way monitoring makes it possible
to check whether there is an unforeseen need for assistance, maintaining order or providing
information;
- communication actions in the broadest sense, i.e. also possible PR actions to communities.
How
Monitoring with crisis communication and reputation management must be realised both with a
planned event and with an unplanned event (emergency).
We distinguish three phases and types of monitoring:
1. Before the emergency (environment in which the crisis develops, organisational preparations
for an event, ...).
2. During the emergency (general development of an event ‘in peacetime’ and while the emer-
gency develops and may result in an emergency and crisis management).
3. After the emergency (both after care and evaluation).
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Before the emergency
The authority determines what things it wants to monitor online. The authority can do this itself
via free help programmes such as Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Social Mention, or Google Alerts. The au-
thority can also subcontract the monitoring to a specialised agency. The authority may in that way
view or look ahead at what appears about the authority or an event. In this way they can follow the
conversation flows before, during and after an emergency and sense what is happening on social
media. In short it is certainly advisable to do this.
A shortlist of items the authority should arrange before an emergency:
- Monitoring team
· Set-up a monitoring team (own team or professional agency).
· Bring the monitoring team and other operational teams into contact with each other. Ex-
change information, methods and expectations.
- Hashtags
· Determine what hashtags will be used and what for.
· The hashtags that are used officially (#event, #EV11 [abbreviated name of the event with the
year], #EV11help, #EV11save) must also be included with minor variations when monitoring.
People make typos and switch parts around (e.g. #EV11save => #saveEV11 or #EVsave). These
variations must also be included in the search functions.
· Communicate the use of these hashtags.
· Implement the hashtags as monitoring.
· Hashtags are very common on Twitter. This is used much less on other networks.
- Social networks
· Inform the major social networks of the coming event and what hashtags are used. This should
prevent Twitter from seeing a flow of messages as spam and blocking everything.
· Investigate what social networks are used by the target group and be present there so that the
event can be recognised as a point of contact.
· What do you want to monitor: key words, hashtags, mood, interpretation, trends …
· Testing; everything must be tested well in advance to see whether everything is running as it
should (#EV11test). The authority must supervise that the test results are sufficient to allow the
event to take place.
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Possible sources and channels for input in monitoring
Even though this memo is about social media, nevertheless it is important to gain a good
insight into all possible forms of input that may be important with monitoring. That also
helps the reader in their preparations, and a helicopter vision also puts matters in perspec-
tive. It also gives an image of the various types of ‘presence’ as it is also often reflected in
social media: this relates to:
· media (local, regional, national, international, global), including their online presence
(whether or not via press overviews like Mediargus or AuxiPress)
· specific: archived media, with specific attention to the availability from digital television,
“Just missed”
· websites (traditional, blogs, microblogs, social network sites and aggregators); in Flanders
the main ones are Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Netlog, Twitter and YouTube + specific:
online monitoring tools, RSS
· call centres, whether or not linked to emergency numbers; a very important source
· hospitals, reception centres and other places
· radio traffic in the ether and anything that antennas can receive as signals, from CB-traffic
to seismic vibrations
· cameras (CCTV, ...), mobile masts and GIS-sources
· drivers of public transport, taxis, ...
· victims and people involved specifically residents in the neighbourhood, relatives, ...
· people who play a role in crisis management, like help and security services and in the
field
· people who do not play a role in crisis management in the field but also those involved,
e.g. inspectors, neighbourhood leaders, counsellors postmen, priests, business people,
respected people, union people, workers
· colleagues and distant relatives who are present
· market research, resident meetings, resident associations, federations, associations
· meteorological institutes
· other services, e.g. VRT news desk archive, ...
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During the emergency
As long as there is no crisis, the monitoring serves purely as a confirmation of where people are
and on what social network. This is a good preparation to know how to reach people in the event
of a crisis. This is not obvious, for instance because a fun YouTube film can move entire groups of
followers from Facebook to YouTube. It is important that the monitoring team knows where people
are on social networks.
If it does come down to an emergency then the monitoring team will forward the monitoring data
to the crisis team (organisation). This crisis team will disseminate the correct crisis information
via the right platforms. The monitoring team follows whether this is also actually happening and
how this is dealt with by people. The task of the monitoring team is then to observe, analyse, and
provide the right information to the crisis team. The monitoring team does not put any messages
on the social media itself.
- Measuring usage
- Adjusting and filtering where necessary
- Topics, identification of potential interference
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After the emergency
Monitoring after a crisis is realised on a diverse range of data that can be summarised in two data
flows. These data flows also occur after an event, even if there was no crisis. The first data flow is the
flow that comes in live during the crisis (an agreed period, a few days, before and a period after the
crisis). This flow should be compared to a second data flow that includes data from afterwards look-
ing back over the same period. These two flows must be compared to check whether the correct in-
formation was received during the crisis, what the effects were, what the strengths and weaknesses
were and what could be done better another time.
This monitoring afterwards is also done on the basis of what columnists write or of what is broad-
cast on the news or information programmes. Both the actual after-care and the way it is responded
to must be monitored. The data obtained from monitoring must be used in the evaluation of the
events or the crisis.
The summary of these results can be placed somewhere centrally (e.g. on the Kortom website, mu-
nicipality) so that people who want to organise an event can get their basic information from here.
Example:
At the chemical fire in Moerdijk (NL) in January 2011 the majority of social medial messages (>80%),
were Twitter messages. And there were hardly any messages on Facebook. During the Pukkelpop storm
in August 2011 there were almost as many Facebook as Twitter messages. Is this a shift in social net-
works? Or does this relate to a different country, age group or technical facilities in data traffic at that
time?
The risk and crisis barometer from the Dutch National Crisis Centre (Nederlands Nationaal Cri-
siscentrum - NCC, June 2011) it is also apparent that only 14% of those surveyed trust information
from Twitter and that media usage is still strongly oriented to more traditional media.
A good and fast evaluation gives the necessary input for the following crisis. You help your col-
leagues to anticipate. Naturally, other input from non-social media will help form the complete
picture whereby the role of social media in the whole can be clearly illustrated. How monitoring
was carried out and the impact it had will also become clear then.
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I.2
Integration of the different means of communication
This section includes a proposal for creating an ‘online crisis communication centre’. This is only
discussed here and does not include any technical specifications. Nevertheless, communication
people with a technical feeling or ICT-skills will be able to use this as a basis. If not it would be
advisable to discuss this model with the IT department in your organisation with a view to its
actual realisation.
Although the WordPress example is given below (free tool), the organisation could choose not
to be dependent on third parties and to develop its own online crisis communication centre
according to the same principles. Indeed, the website should, in the event of major disasters be
able to process large numbers of hits without crashing. For that reason it is advisable to provide a
redundant solution.
Basis
In this integration model, the website, more specifically the ‘dark site’ or ‘black site’ functions as the
axis. All communicate leaves and arrives from here. The basis is formed by a website that can be
integrated with any other existing websites in the organisation. This is usually a blog system that is
very user-friendly and makes full use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication).
View this video clip for a basic overview of RSS.
In this practical example this relates to a WordPress blog that allows the publication of text, video,
audio, online maps and pictures, and that can integrate Twitter, Facebook and other social media
updates. This blog must be the central online communication system for the organisation during a
crisis. Status updates, press releases, official reactions, interactive maps, images may be posted here
throughout the crisis. This blog will (may) also become a central collection point for updates and
information from third parties (filter, moderate and double-check are then required).
The role of RSS in publishing mode
An RSS feed (or a number per category, type of updates, etc. ) is present as standard on the majority
of blog platforms. The feed then automatically notifies the web that new content has been pub-
lished. If the communications officer publishes a message of any kind during a crisis (text, picture,
audio, or a combination of these), this content will automatically appear on the web. A great benefit
is that, under the proviso of a simple configuration, this update does not only appear on the website
but also automatically and in the right format on the authority’s social media account. The commu-
nications officer can therefore go public on different online channels with the press of a button.
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It is also possible to publish in different online formats here:
- from RSS to own website (HTML)
- from RSS to audio (MP3 – only in some languages)
- from RSS to e-mail (via an e-mail programme / emailing list)
- from RSS to mobile (SMS)
- from RSS to PDF
- from RSS to other websites/blogs in HTML
The role of RSS in aggregation mode
You can also ‘draw in’ other information from the web using RSS. This can be practical in order to
give an overview of the information and updates from other sites and social media. For instance in
this way you can republish a Twitter feed (moderation and double check are required) on your own
‘dark site’. You can even republish this ‘container’ of information as a ‘widget’. In this way, you give
other users on the web the possibility to republishing your confirmed information and that of oth-
ers on their own website/blog.
Benefits of a dark site using a blog
- the set up takes little time (using your own IT-team or a consultant this is possible in less than
4 hours + training).
- can be integrated in an existing website.
- can be kept offline until there is a crisis. (This makes it possible to carry out scenario planning,
to prepare reactive statements, etc... = time saving).
- can be managed entirely by a non IT person – PR manager, communications officer, …).
- fully and integrally uses the online social network.
Summary/Staged plan
Accounts:
- Create accounts/profiles, promote and use these accounts
- Extend your accounts by analysing influencers and monitoring
- Make agreements with account managers from the other disciplines and people within the
organisation
- If D5 does not manage the central accounts => make agreements
- Communicate with personnel about the social media plans in emergencies
Website:
- Create a dark site with integration of social media and approved sources of information
Organisation and resources:
- Make agreements with the mayor/governor concerning workflow
- Compile a D5-team and determine the roles and resources required
- Consider creating an e-crisis newsletter
- Formulate a # if necessary
- Practice D5, including social media
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Recommendations to organisers
As indicated above it is important to make agreements in the preparatory meeting with the organis-
ers concerning crisis management and communication.
In short argue for making certain things mandatory when issuing a permit. For instance the sub-
mission of a crisis communication plan may be made obligatory, as well as a minimal presence on
social media.
The following items may certainly be considered in the preparatory meetings:
- Formulate a media independent crisis communications plan, including the use of a scrolling
information display system and PA system if present. The authority may give examples of these
that are available or make their own template available.
- Ensure a minimal presence on social media. This must be disclosed to visitors and used in the
event of a crisis.
- Use e-mail addresses for a digital crisis newsletter. E-mail addresses may be collected by
mentioning the crisis newsletter in the disclaimer with online ticket sales, or by convincing
stakeholders to subscribe.
- The organiser can print the url, and an emergency number if applicable, # and QR-code on
wristbands.
- Communicate the official account, #, url … for the event.
- With large events the organiser should best consult with telecom operators regarding mobile
phone coverage, LBS and Wi-Fi hotspots. In the first instance Wi-Fi must be available to the
emergency services and possibly the press, Wi-Fi may then be offered to the visitor.
- During multiple day events, it is important to provide lockers where mobile phones can be
charged.
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Recommendations to individuals in crisis communication
Research has shown that people do not always realise the risks they are running. People are conse-
quently not always prepared when it comes to an emergency. However it is important for people to
be self-reliant. They must be aware of and have knowledge of the actions they can take themselves
before an emergency happens. For that reason we have given a few recommendations for the use of
social media, that people can use when in an emergency.
- Follow accounts from official bodies for correct information.
- Insofar as possible subscribe to the proposals of the authority or the organisers to keep in-
formed in emergencies.
- Ensure that everyone can notify the home. Save the network by not sending any large data
files.
- When retweeting messages, remove the official #. Otherwise you will overload the flow of
information.
- Check whether there is already a # / safehouse before creating one.
- Use the official #
- Indicate whether you are ok on your own Facebook status.
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This document is the product of the initiative of the vzw Kortom, the association of public commu-
nication, with the valued cooperation of:
Discipline 5 Workgroup Organisation
- Chairman:
· Marc van Daele
communications policy coordinator, municipality of Zwijndrecht
director, Kortom vzw, association for public communication
@marcvandaele
- Members:
· Bart De Bruyne
communications officer, municipality of Beveren
@BartDeBruyne
· Katrien De Koninck
communications officers, police zone Berlaar-Nijlen
@Katrien_DK
· Steven De Smet
chief commissioner, Gent police
director, Kortom vzw, association for public communication
@DeFlik
· Sandra De Tandt
communication, police zone Brussels Capital Elsene
· Sara Jane Deputter
junior account manager communication, FOD Economy
@SJDeputter
· Katrien Eggers
communications attaché, FOD Personnel and Organisation
@Fedgovy
· Wim Jackmaer
advisor, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg
@wimjackmaer
· Kris Versaen
staff representative for Civil Security, VVSG
@kversae
· Bert Brugghemans
captain commander, Antwerp fire department
@BertBrugghemans
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Workgroup Integration
- Chairman:
· Philippe Borremans
online PR professional & social media consultant/trainer, conversation blog
@HoratioNelson
- Members:
· Kristof Bernaert
developer & consultant on IT/Internet Business solution, ITWEBOFFICE bvba
@ssstofff
· Johan Bresseleers
communications manager, Gent Port Authority
director, Kortom vzw, association for public communication
· Lieve Claeys
communication officer, municipality of Evergem
@LieveClaeys
· Jan De Baets
webmaster, city of Gent
@Jan321
· Paul De Ligne
communications head of department, Vlaamse Landmaatschappij
@pauldeligne
· Patrice De Mets
commission and head of local detective department, Police zone Flemish Ardennes
@patricedemets
· Stephanie Gille
inspector – department of communication, Local Police Leuvenn
@StephanieGille
· Luk Balcer
strategic manager, Nozzle bvba
@NozzleChief
· Peter Mertens
crisis centre spokesman, FOD Home Affairs
· Gisèle Rogiest
communications coordinator Project Gent-Sint-Pieters, city of Gent
Director, Kortom vzw, association for public communication
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Monitoring workgroup
Chairman:
· Edwin Claessens
change manager and internal communications specialist, GC2 Communications
@GC2tz
Members:
· Joël Verheyden
company manager, Contactpunt Consultancy
@contactpunt
· Cédric Royer
company manager, BrandFractal
@CedricRoyer
· Patrick Vandenberghe
external advisor, target groups and crisis communication,
Flemish Government – Communications Department
· Wald Thielemans
commissioner, Federal Police
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Resources and agreements workgroup
Chairman:
· Jef Versmissen
communications officer, city of Herentals
@JefVersmissen
Members:
· Ben Caudron
manager, ben.caudron bvba
@bencaudron
· Yannick Mattheessens
manager, Web café and web consultant, Province of Antwerp
@de_yannick
· Hilde Verhelst
press attaché, Province of Antwerp
@HildeVerhelst
· Ronny Weltens
manager, bconnected
@b_connected
· Bea Hageman
communications organisation assistant, Province of East Flanders
@beabij
· Eveline De Ridder
partner, Whyte Corporate Affairs
@EvelineDeRidder
· Bart Van Keer
expert Tools & Technology
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Coordination
· Julie Clément
communications officer, Province of East Flanders
chairman Kortom vzw, association for public communication
@jc_julie
Support
· Joost Ramaut
coordinator Kortom vzw, association for public communication
@kortom_be
· Katrijn Hooge
assistant at Kortom vzw, association for public communication
@kortom_be
With special thanks to
Jo Caudron and Dado Van Peteghem,
who provided useful input from the outset of this guideline.
Date: 16 November 2011
All feedback is welcome via the channels below:
- info@kortom.be
- on Twitter: #smic or @kortom_be
- http://kortom.net/wiki
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