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Are you prepared for disaster

Sadly, there are always business disasters. But often it’s not the disaster that lingers in the memory… it’s how a company deals with it.

PR doesn’t have a magic wand, but what it can do is help with communication. If there is an incident, in the absence of information, rumour and speculation are rife.

The role of any comms team is to:

  • advise the business leaders/ owners of best practice – and so having experience in how it’s done elsewhere is invaluable.
  • to keep all the publics involved as appropriate – to minimise the ‘information vacuum’ effect
  • act as a sounding board
  • create content for websites/ social media outlets
  • to provide a point of liaison for the media
  • guide the management with holding statements, employee meetings and press conferences

Take for example the propane tanker fire on the M56 yesterday. Thankfully it didn’t result in any fatalities, but there was considerable traffic holdups and it impacted on many many people – not least of all Calor, the firm involved. And this is how they dealt with it on their website  – a big thumbs up to them for some great crisis PR.

What did they do?

  • Created a short release immediately with what they knew
  • Expressed concern
  • Said they were working with the emergency services
  • Mentioned their safety systems
  • Didn’t speculate
  • Updated the information when it changed

This is exactly the advice we give our clients – whether it’s a logistics firm or a manufacturer – or in fact, anyone, because no one is exempt. Have you ever had an incident like this? What did you do?

And if you would like to talk to us about putting a plan in place… email us right now. You never know what’s around the corner.

 

19th February 2018/0 Comments/by admin
Tags: communications, crisis, management, pr, press release, seo
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