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Crisis Communication & Reputation Protection

A practical professional programme focused on crisis communication & reputation protection, designed to strengthen communication, media capability and stakeholder engagement.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Crisis Communication & Reputation Protection develops the capability to communicate rapidly, accurately and credibly during incidents that may threaten organisational trust and reputation.

The programme examines crisis preparedness, stakeholder priorities, holding statements, spokesperson roles, media response, digital communication, misinformation, escalation and reputation recovery.

Participants learn how disciplined crisis communication supports operational response and prevents information gaps from increasing reputational damage.

Objectives

  • Understand the principles of effective crisis communication.

  • Develop communication preparedness before a crisis occurs.

  • Prioritise stakeholders and messages under pressure.

  • Strengthen media, spokesperson and digital response.

  • Support reputation recovery after critical incidents.

Learning outcomes

  • Develop a basic crisis communication structure.

  • Identify priority stakeholders during a crisis.

  • Prepare timely holding statements and key messages.

  • Manage media and digital communication under pressure.

  • Develop post-crisis reputation-recovery actions.

Who it is for

  • Corporate-communications professionals.

  • Public-relations managers.

  • Crisis-management professionals.

  • Spokespersons and media-relations staff.

  • Senior managers involved in crisis response.

Programme modules

1. Crisis Communication Foundations
  • Crisis communication principles

  • Reputation risk

  • Speed and accuracy

  • Communication governance

2. Preparedness and Planning
  • Crisis communication plans

  • Roles and responsibilities

  • Contact lists

  • Pre-approved materials

3. Stakeholders and Messages
  • Priority audiences

  • Information needs

  • Holding statements

  • Message updates

4. Media and Spokesperson Response
  • Media enquiries

  • Briefings

  • Spokesperson preparation

  • Difficult questions

5. Digital Crisis Communication
  • Social media

  • Rapid updates

  • Rumours and misinformation

  • Monitoring reactions

6. Reputation Recovery
  • Post-crisis communication

  • Corrective action

  • Stakeholder confidence

  • Lessons learned

Methodology

The programme uses crisis scenarios, message-writing exercises, spokesperson simulations and reputation-recovery cases. Participants practise making communication decisions under time pressure.

Assessment

Assessment includes crisis-message and response exercises and a final applied scenario requiring participants to develop and manage a structured crisis communication response.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

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