Comments on: Are ‘Emergency Plans’ a waste of time?

By: Checkmate Public Affairs | Blog » Blog Archive » Why I don’t like the ‘Crisis Communications Binder.’

Tue, 31 May 2011 13:20:26 +0000

[...] Why I don’t like the ‘Crisis Communications Binder.’ Posted by jchatterton on May 31, 2011 Uncategorized I’ve talked about this before, with a blog post entitled “Are Communications Plans a Complete Waste of Time?” [...]

By: Communicator X

Communicator X — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:21:39 +0000

I just read your blog re emergency planning – excellent! Very true also. I heard a Crisis Plan Consultant speak at an industry conference a few years ago and hired him to come and help us write our plan. What a $%&* waste of time that ended up being. The only thing it really means is that if we have a crisis now, people are going to expect me to be able to react to it immediately with some magic book. It lent a feel-good factor of participation and buy-in from other levels of the company but that was short-lived…in other words, it is back to being my problem and I’m ten grand and a hefty expense account from the consultant wiser than I was before.

By: Ndubueze Okeke

Ndubueze Okeke — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:37:07 +0000

I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU. CEOS AND TOPLLINE MANAGERS FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE A CRISIS MAANGEMENT PLAN AND TO MARRY IT WITH A CRISIS MANAGEMENT MINDSET.

By: jchatterton

jchatterton — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:36:13 +0000

And that, Warren, is a great example of having a crisis mindset. Nice point.

By: Warren Gray

Warren Gray — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:15:44 +0000

I question the value of calling managers at 3 in the morning, to let them know the office is on fire. Presumably, you are going to leave the firefighting to the professionals – thus all that is going to happen is come morning, all of your managers will have had a sleepless night. Better to call them at 6am, and make whatever arrangements are necessary based on the latest information – or have a prearranged meeting place for such occurrances.