• National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice

    Completely updated to reflect the changes in the December 2008 release of the National Incident Management System. Developed and implemented by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) outlines a comprehensive national approach to emergency management. It enables federal, state, and local government entities along with private sector organizations to respond to emergency incidents together in order reduce the loss of life and property and environmental harm. National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice, Second Edition tra... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0763781878
    • ASIN: 0763781878
    • ISBN: 0763781878
    • Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Learning

  • Crisis Communications: A Primer for Teams: Second Edition

    During a crisis, it’s critical that senior managers — your chief executive, public relations, human resources, information technology, business continuity and facilities managers — pull together as a team: •Outlines specific roles of key players prior to and during a crisis •Describes planning and operational factors relevant to crisis communications•Recommends important discussions for management team meetings •Details how to keep your team available and functioning throughout a disaster •Gives quick smartphone access to 150 subtopics via a nested indexFive parts, 15 chapters,... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B0161M6K2M
    • ASIN: B0161M6K2M
    • Manufacturer: Al Czarnecki

  • Landesman's Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide

    Preceded by Public health management of disasters / Linda Young Landesman. 3rd ed. c2012.

    • ASIN: 0875532799
    • ASIN: 0875532799
    • ISBN: 9780875532790
    • Manufacturer: Amer Public Health Assn

  • Risk Issues and Crisis Management (PR in Practice)

    ""Clearly written and sympathetic without taking sides, this book could really make a difference for your company if the unexpected happens."" -- Marketing Business

    • ASIN: 0749443820
    • ASIN: 0749443820
    • ISBN: 0749443820
    • Brand: Brand: Kogan Page Business Books
    • Manufacturer: Kogan Page Business Books

  • Trump, Twitter, and Uber: What Executives Should Think About At Night

    What do you think about at night? Marguerite Murer Tortoello has worked with Presidents, CEOs, and executives for years and this question has been a favorite from reporters. Marguerite had the opportunity to prep many leaders and sit in on countless interviews when this question came up. While working in financial services over the past few years, some executives answered reporters by noting the challenging economy, disruption, and cyber security were top on their late night lists. Marguerite believes Trump, Twitter, and Uber should also be on the minds of executives in the middle of the night... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01EFC91XK
    • ASIN: B01EFC91XK

  • Emergencies in Mental Health Practice: Evaluation and Management

    Focusing on acute clinical situations in which there is an imminent risk of serious harm or death to self or others, this practical resource helps clinicians evaluate and manage a wide range of mental health emergencies. Authors examine how to distinguish crises that are emergencies from those that are not, and provide basic instruction in crisis theory and emergency interviewing. The volume then provides guidelines for intervening with suicidal patients, potentially violent patients, and vulnerable victims of violence, as well as patients facing life-and-death medical decisions, with careful ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1572305517
    • ASIN: 1572305517
    • ISBN: 1572305517
    • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

  • Risk Issues and Crisis Management in Public Relations: A Casebook of Best Practice (PR in Practice)

    The reputation of an organization influences whether or not we buy from, work for, supply to and invest in that organization. This fourth edition of Risk Issues and Crisis Management in Public Relations defines reputation, explores how to value it, and provides practical guidelines for effectively managing it. This latest edition features new sections on the effects of recent world events, Corporate Social Responsibility, climate change and sustainability, legal revisions and the use of the Internet in a crisis. Featuring new case studies on Oxfam & Starbucks, Sony, Dell, BP, and Wal-mart, ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0749451076
    • ASIN: 0749451076
    • ISBN: 0749451076
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Kogan Page

  • The Handbook for School Safety and Security: Best Practices and Procedures

    School security is one of the most pressing public concerns today. Yet in most schools, there is little security expertise or detailed knowledge about how to implement and manage a security program. The Handbook for School Safety and Security rectifies this problem by providing the salient information school administrators and security professionals need to address the most important security issues schools face. Made up of contributions from leading experts in school security, The Handbook for School Safety and Security provides a wealth of practical information for securing any K-12 school.... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0128005688
    • ASIN: 0128005688
    • ISBN: 0128005688
    • Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann

  • Business Continuity Planning: Protecting Your Organization's Life (Best Practices)

    Once considered a luxury, a business continuity plan has become a necessity. Many companies are required to have one by law. Others have implemented them to protect themselves from liability, and some have adopted them after a disaster or after a near miss. Whatever your reason, the right continuity plan is essential to your organization. Business Continuity Planning: Protecting Your Organization's Life explains how to evaluate your current plan for completeness, create an effective plan if you don't have one, and ensure it remains up-to-date.From fires, floods, and power outages to hackers an... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0849309077
    • ASIN: 0849309077
    • ISBN: 0849309077
    • Brand: Brand: Auerbach Publications
    • Manufacturer: Auerbach Publications

  • Beyond Neutrality: Confronting the Crisis in Conflict Resolution

    In this thought-provoking, passionately written book, Bernard Mayer—an internationally acclaimed leader in the field—dares practitioners to ask the hard questions about alternative dispute resolution. What’s wrong with conflict resolution? Why aren’t more individuals and organizations using conflict resolution when they have a problem? Why doesn’t the public know more about it? What are the limits of conflict resolution? When does conflict resolution work and when does it not?  Offering a committed practitioner’s critique of the profession of mediation, arbitration, and alternativ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0787968064
    • ASIN: 0787968064
    • ISBN: 0787968064
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

  • Crisis Intervention and Trauma: New Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice (Issues in the Practice of Psychology)

    This book provides a practical guide to crisis intervention. It emphasizes the role of violence, patient suicide, long-term sequelae of trauma, clinical assessment and risk management, professional boundaries and burn-out, and the neurophysiology of trauma, as well as the needs of underserved patient populations including minority group members, older adults, gays and lesbians, and children. It features critical reviews of controversial topics, including EMDR, critical incident stress debriefing, recovered memories, dissociative identity disorder, and alternative medicine.

    • ASIN: 0306473410
    • ASIN: 0306473410
    • ISBN: 0306473410
    • Manufacturer: Kluwer/Plenum

  • Public Relations: Concepts, Practice and Critique

    This textbook aims to introduce students to key concepts in public relations, using a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, as well as teaching students how to think critically about public relations. It is designed to help readers understand the paradigms which have shaped the discipline and the practice. The book is intended to be accessible, engaging, quirky, and fun. The book helps students engage with difficult questions about public relations. Readers are encouraged to reflect upon their own relationship with the occupation through exercises, critical reflections, questions for discus... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1412930480
    • ASIN: 1412930480
    • ISBN: 1412930480
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: SAGE Publications Ltd

  • Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide

    Comprehensive text explores disasters from a public health perspective, examining systems and populations. For health professionals responsible for preparing for and responding to disasters, emergency managers, government officials, and other decision-makers. Includes an epilogue on the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Softcover.

    • ASIN: 0875530257
    • ASIN: 0875530257
    • ISBN: 0875530257
    • Brand: Brand: American Public Health Association
    • Manufacturer: American Public Health Association

  • Communication in Times of Trouble

    Presents the best practices of crisis communication and emergency risk communication This book covers crisis communication strategies and focuses on practical applications for effective management. It includes an extensive discussion of best practices in pre-crisis, crisis and post crisis stages. The book pays special attention to the needs of meeting the needs of diverse audiences and communicating in a responsive and responsible way. The principles are appropriate for many kinds of events including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, epidemics, and pandemics as well as industrial a... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1119229251
    • ASIN: 1119229251
    • ISBN: 1119229251
    • Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

  • The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why

    Discover how human beings react to danger–and what makes the difference between life and deathToday, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? In her quest to answer these questions, award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley traces human responses to some of recent history’s epic disasters, from the explosion of the Mont Blanc munitions sh... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0307352900
    • ASIN: 0307352900
    • ISBN: 0307352900
    • Brand: Three Rivers Press CA
    • Manufacturer: Harmony

  • The Agony of Decision : Mental Readiness and Leadership in a Crisis

    The Agony of Decision was named one of the Best Crisis Management Books of All Time by Book Authority, the world's leading site for nonfiction recommendations. Book Authority had previously named the it one of

    • UPC: 511736899

  • Behavior Management Guide for the Classroom : Assessments, Best Practices and Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar and Disruptive Behaviors

    Behavior Management Guide for the Classroom: Assessments, Best Practices and Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar and Disruptive

    • UPC: 723322669

  • The Science of Stress Management : A Guide to Best Practices for Better Well-Being

    Stress is killing us; everyday people seek out more and more methods for managing the various manifestations of stress. But what really works? What does science show us about the root causes and processes of

    • UPC: 56140732

  • Using Social Media in Librariepb

    The eight best practices presented here will help your library both actually do social media in a way that matters and do it well. The successful strategies presented here range from the Vancouver Public Library's

    • UPC: 22266429

  • The Social Media Handbook : Policies and Best Practices to Effectively Manage Your Organization's Social Media Presence, Posts, and Potential Risks

    The Social Media Handbook is a comprehensive risk and compliance management toolkit that walks employers step-by-step through the process of developing and implementing effective social media policy and compliance management programs that are designed to

    • UPC: 17334932

  • Social Media Crisis Management Best Practices

    PR Social Media Crisis Management Strategies: Top 7 Online Crisis Management Tactics

    SOCIAL MEDIA AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT - Timothy Coombs