Crisis Media Management – Courses & PR Support
With the media gathering, your crisis could now become a media circus! (CC) image
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
Even the best organisations can be hit by tragedy and disaster, but you will be judged more on how you handle the crisis than on the crisis itself.
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Tony Hayward, former CEO of BP
How you respond to the media in a crisis is critical to your reputation; will your organisation come up as competent, sympathetic and capable or hopeless, uncaring and ill prepared.
Some crises arrive suddenly and unexpectedly, others can be long, draw out and fuelled by opinion and speculation. In either situation it is critical for you to be prepared to manage the crisis and take control of the story.
Just like the emergency services preparation and practice can help prevent significant further loss.
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Our aim is to ensure that you have the skills needed to deal with any serious issue that could hit your organisation. We work with you to identify the nature of possible crises and give you a crisis framework, with universal techniques , which can be used in any crisis as well as the tools you will need to conduct successful media relations at stressful times.
We will create tailored crisis scenarios and then video authentic and realistic interviews where participants will get valuable experience of handling questioning in a hostile environment, where they can learn from mistakes without hurting the organisation.
This is ideal training for anyone who may have to face the media at short notice, Chief Executives, Headteachers, Emergency Services, Chairs, Directors, Senior Managers, Heads of Services, On call managers or Communications officers.
Video: Effective TV Interview Technique
Upcoming Open Courses
- Effective Press Release Writing WorkshopCourse Info24 Feb 2012We teach you how to write press releases that force journalists to take notice and publish your story.
- Public Speaking and Presentation Skills CourseCourse Info27 Feb 2012This course is equally useful for business leader and communicators as for media interviews or statements.
- Advanced Media Skills WorkshopCourse Info28 Feb 2012A challenging one-day workshop for experienced delegates develops interview technique.
- Train the Trainer - Media TrainingCourse Info29 Feb 2012Extend your media training budget by enabling your internal trainer to train others in your organisation.
- Media Boot Camp for PR ProfessionalsCourse Info1 Mar 2012Course for PR professionals who want to enhance their media handling skills both proactively and in crises.
- Introduction to Practical Social MediaCourse Info2 Mar 2012This course gives you an understanding of social media concepts and how to use them in your pr strategy.
- Advanced PR Skills TrainingCourse Info5 Mar 2012-6 Mar 2012Two day course for experienced PR professionals, concentrating on press releases and crisis driven media.
- Media Law And Crisis Media For PR PersonnelCourse Info7 Mar 2012This covers the fundamentals every communications department needs to understand including crisis media.
- Premium Crisis Media TrainingCourse Info8 Mar 2012Real life, real time, realistic, we build the day course around two probable, challenging crisis scenarios.
- Proactive PR WorkshopCourse Info9 Mar 2012One day course covering ways for you to get more coverage and work more proactively with the press.
