Webinar: Crisis Readying your Organization for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact
As the coronavirus continues to escalate, it is presenting potential impacts to every organization that continue to widen in breadth and scope. Meanwhile, there are many important aspects of crisis readiness with regards to this growing epidemic that are consistently being overlooked—an observation that comes from on-the-ground experience working with a vast range of organizations.
In this 75-minute webinar, Melissa Agnes will discuss some of the key aspects of how to approach your organization’s coronavirus crisis readiness, helping you ensure that you are taking a full 360-degree viewpoint and not overlooking critical aspects.
This webinar will discuss:
- A look at how to strategically anticipate, mitigate and ready your organization for the different categories of risk on its operations, reputation and stakeholders.
- Common mistakes and how to avoid them.
- The impact of emotion, and strategies around positioning your organization as a leader to strengthen trust, credibility and relationships throughout the management of this escalating situation.
- Q&A session, providing you with the opportunity to address and have your questions answered concerning the specific challenges you are facing. Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity by bringing your questions!
Who should attend this webinar?
If you play any form of role in your organization’s crisis readiness, this is a webinar that you can’t afford to miss.
When will this webinar take place?
The live version of this webinar took place on March 11th at 1pm eastern. You can now click the button below to register for the on-demand version, which grants you access to the recording and all the bonus material. Register here!
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The coronavirus is a global situation that calls for us all to come together and support one another. For this reason, we are not charging for this webinar. However, what we are asking for as a form of “payment” is that you share this link and information about this webinar with your network, so we can increase the reach of this important information to all of those who will benefit from it.
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About the host, Melissa Agnes
Founder and CEO of the Crisis Ready Institute, Melissa Agnes is a recognized leading authority on crisis preparedness, reputation management, and brand protection. Agnes is the creator of the Crisis ReadyTM Model and author of Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World. She is a coveted speaker, commentator, and advisor to some of today's leading organizations faced with the greatest risks.
As a strategic advisor and keynote speaker, Melissa Agnes has worked with NATO, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, financial firms, technology companies, healthcare organizations, cities and municipalities, law enforcement agencies, global non-profits, and many others, helping them understand risk and build invincible brands that can withstand even the most devastating of events.
A university guest lecturer, Agnes teaches crisis management in university courses around the world, including at NYU, Columbia and McGill. Her book and Crisis ReadyTM Model are globally recognized as having elevated industry best practice and are currently taught in dozens of higher education courses around the world, including at Harvard University and by Homeland Security.
Agnes currently sits on the panel tasked with developing the International Standard for Crisis Management— Guidelines for developing a strategic capability, ISO 22361. She also sits on the Police Professional Standards, Ethics and Image Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); and on the Global Advisory Council for The Institute for Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), an entity established to help world leaders understand, evaluate and strategically prepare for rising global risks.
In 2015, Agnes gave a TEDx talk in Los Angeles where she discussed the secret to successful crisis management in the 21st century. She is also the editor of the Crisis Ready Blog, the host of the Invincible Brand Podcast, a contributor to Forbes, and a go-to source for the press, with recent coverage including the Wall Street Journal, VIBE Magazine, USA Today, and many others.
