Regardless of which department in your organization has ultimate ownership of crisis response, your HR organization– in its role of leading your human capital strategy — has a critical role to play. Whether it’s something as routine as dealing with a snowstorm or other meteorological phenomenon or addressing threats to your employees’ safety and well-being, HR has responsibility for training and communication and often executing elements of the plan.

In this program Sarah Powell, director of emergency management at Temple University, and Ravi Maira, vice president of industry and solution marketing at Everbridge, will unpack the complexity of running a creating, communicating and when needed re-engineering your organization’s crisis response. They will relay best practices that HR professionals should follow to gain buy-in from necessary stakeholders, including at the executive level.

You will learn:

• How to build and execute a successful crisis management strategy
• Communicating the policy and creating effective drills
• Gain executive buy-in for your crisis management strategy
• How to determine whether your current plan is in need of a refresh

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