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IBAP meeting to discuss crisis management in Phuket

IBAP meeting to discuss crisis management in Phuket

PHUKET: August meeting of IBAP welcomes Richard Hancock, a professional crisis management specialist based in Singapore.

Monday 6 August 2012 03:45 PM


Richard will discuss the parameters of this subject in relation to Phuket and take questions, focusing on answering the questions he is most asked:

  • How do we reduce or risk exposure?
  • Who is there to help us?
  • Who is going to manage/oversee the Crisis Management program?
  • Who is going to develop/write the plans?
  • Who should be in on the Crisis Management Team?
  • How do we keep people informed?
  • How do we communicate our decisions in a crisis/emergency?
  • How much is it going to cost to develop the appropriate crisis mitigation infrastructure?

And the questions he asks most:

  • Do you understand and fully appreciate the range of threats to your organization/department?
  • Have you looked at how vulnerable you are to any identified threats, specifically - what event (natural disaster), omission (lack of compliance) or act (terrorism, crime) would bring you organization/department to its knees?
  • Have you identified all your critical assets – Property, People, information and Reputation?
  • How do you deal with risk, do you:
    • Transfer it (insurance)?
    • Accept it?
    • Defend against it?
    • Remove it (relocate)?
  • Do you have a Crisis Management Team identified?
  • Do you have Emergency Response, Crisis Management and/or Business resumption Plans in place?
  • Do you have a Crisis Communication Plan?
  • Do you exercise and test your plans?
  • Do you review and revise plans annually?
 

Date: Friday August 10, 2012

Time: 6:15pm

Where: A2 ACCESS Resort & Villas

Buy your ticket online here http://www.thephuketnews.com/ibap-program-crisis-management-31755.php

For more information on IBAP, visit: http://ibap-phuket.org/