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When managing the response and recovery of a collapsed building it is perhaps a bit easier to think of the overall process in functional areas.
Many organizations have restarted operations and soon more will join them. What can these organizations expect in the upcoming months regarding COVID-19, crisis management planning and incident response?

Family, friends, employees and clients ask me what is next and how to manage so many unknowns? This is what I tell them, and what I am planning for the rest of 2020 and going into 2021. I start any discussion with three key points: 1. You can’t force a

How we transition from the “Safer at Home” policies to the restarting businesses, schools, and for many life in general. Good crisis management and response focuses on both responding to the crisis (managing the consequences) and on planning the recovery (transitioning to the new normal).

I made a short step-by-step walkthrough of the construction and operation of a temporary holding area. In addition, a companion guide with the key points made in the video as well as visual references has been made available and can be found below. I understand that you may have more

Due to the amount of telephone calls Kenyon has received regarding the establishment of temporary mortuaries, I found it prudent to provide key planning factors and expectations with regards to COVID-19.

This webinar is a continuation of the coronavirus webinar held on 13 February 2020. We gave people the opportunity to ask the questions that were not previously answered and any new ones that had arisen since the first webinar. If you have not seen the previous webinar, we recommend viewing

Novel-Coronavirus is the most recent example of a medical event to impact the global system, and whilst different from other similar events, is not unprecedented if we learn from previous cases. The amount of available information on the Novel-Coronavirus can seem overwhelming, so using recent examples, Kenyon Chairman Robert A.

On September 8, 1994, US Air Flight 427, a Boeing 737, plunged uncontrollably 6000 feet crashing into a wooded area outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania killing all 132 people aboard the aircraft. Beyond the large loss of life and immediate consequences of that loss to the families, two other major events

Today, I saw that the Australian Government is making plans to build a memorial in Perth for MH370. I am sure it is a very well-intended action. However, I am dumb struck by it and wonder if these families will ever catch break.The best that the governments and companies involved

This past November I had the opportunity to participate in the International Travel Crisis Management Summit (ITCMS) at Haberdasher’s Hall in London. They’ve produced a nice video with some key takeaways from the conference – take a look.

Today many companies plan for and manage crisis communications as a public relations action and the family assistance activities as purely psychological support, often not connecting the two. In our experience, both activities are closely related and tie into each other. To begin with, identify the audience – e.g., families,

There are 12 principle areas to manage when responding to a crisis. The eighth principle area focuses on “Community and Government Affairs.” When I talk about this, I tell people the story of working in Angola in 2005. I was there with a team to try and recover what we

My thoughts and prayers are with the families and the community affected by the loss of ACT Airlines flight TK6491. I’ve shared some thoughts on the family assistance ramifications of the accident and on the larger concept of consequence management in a short video below. Please watch, and share your

I’ve taken a few minutes to share my thoughts on the recent suspension of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Just like the families, I am dismayed at this decision. Please watch this quick video and share your thoughts in the comments. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ASskjZDAY]

My recent post on the potential disparity of payments to families from recent incidents has generated several questions about how payments are made and could the Special Assistance Team (SAT) members be the ones to start the discussion. Questions about payments to crew families have also been raised. From field

  AirAsia families offered half the compensation given to MH370 relatives | via @Telegraph Higher initial payments aren’t the answer. The answer is consistent incident management, treating families equally, and treating them well from the start. The answer is the insurers, solicitors, brokers, and airlines working together with the airline

Another question I am often asked is, “Do you feel ICAO’s regulatory framework has kept pace with today’s consumer expectations and communications technology?” My answer to this is that good crisis management programs address all aspects of consequence management, communication being one of those. As it stands now, ICAO has

I am often asked, “Bob, there is a lot of discussion regarding the impact of social media in a crisis situation. Can you please throw some light on the impact vis-a-vis that of the traditional media?” Also, “Do you think that in the long term the viewer/reader better remembers/recalls the

Here is how we do it. During the IATA Crisis Communications in the Age of Social Media Conference in Istanbul, Kenyon hosted an interactive exercise in which the attendees were divided into eight groups. The eight groups represented the following: 1. First Airline – in this case “Braniff” 2. Second