Why your crisis communications plan will fail under pressure

Why your crisis communications plan will fail under pressure

Most organisations have a crisis communications plan that sits in a folder. It covers scenarios, assigns roles, details responses. Then ...
When misinformation gets ahead of your crisis response

When misinformation gets ahead of your crisis response

The lie spreads faster than the truth. And most crisis response plans still don't account for it. Something goes wrong ...
Abby Mangold at The Media Society's Navigating Crisis Comms panel at The Conduit

Taking my own medicine: The Navigating Crisis Comms panel

Taking my own medicine... In April I took part in The Media Society's Navigating Crisis Comms panel. It was pleasure ...
Tom Mangold & Abby Mangold

What my father taught me about media interview preparation

My Dad, Tom Mangold, always said, "When I sit down in the chair opposite the interviewee, I need to know ...
PR Week - Burson Marsteller appoints Watchdog producer for crisis comms

Understanding crisis communication from a journalist’s perspective

Year: 2012. When I made the jump from BBC to crisis communications. 15 years producing undercover investigations for programmes like ...
6 things I wish I knew starting out in crisis communications

6 things I wish I knew starting out in crisis communications

If you're starting out in crisis communications - welcome! Here are 6 things I wish someone had told me when ...