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Prepare the Soil: examine your priorities and risk landscape |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| Currently, what are our top priorities, areas of focus or biggest priorities?\u003Cbr>What are some of the most volatile or concerning external circumstances affecting our mission and success |\n\n\n| 2. Seed Ideas: Brainstorm Crisis Impacts |\n| --- |\n| What possible disruptions to people, facilities, or programs (impacts) would make it impossible or highly difficult to achieve one or more of our top priorities?\u003Cbr>Describe 3 crisis impacts: don’t list broad issues such as “reputation” or “financial loss.” A crisis impact might be “we no longer have a venue to hold our major fundraising event” or “the people who know how to run our top revenue-generating program are unavailable” or “we cannot deliver a program because we no longer have access to the information we need.” |\n| 1.\u003Cbr>2.\u003Cbr>3. |\n\n\n| 3. Gather Resources: Identify existing resilience tools and capabilities |\n| --- |\n| Brainstorm and list existing tools, resources and capabilities that will help your organization weather one or more of the crisis impacts listed in the prior section. |\n|  |\n\nCrisis Plan Template  \nUse this two-page template to sketch out a crisis plan.  \n\n| Crisis Team |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Keep in mind that your crisis team should be small, and not involve everyone on the management team. Unless you experience a crisis that requires you to shut down all programs and services, you need leaders to continue managing those continuing programs while the crisis team manages the crisis.\u003Cbr>Generally:\u003Cbr>Crisis-Specific: |  |\n|  |  |\n| Crisis Messaging\u003Cbr>Draft short messages that can be altered or added to which reflect what you know and what you’re able to say when a crisis erupts. Start out with messaging you can write before the crisis is at hand; add the specifics of emerging situations in real time. |  |\n| Draft Member Messaging\u003Cbr>ABC Association has been dedicated to advancing professional development in our field for 75 years. We have never wavered in our commitment to deliver high-quality educational programs year-round. Last week we learned that [describe crisis situation briefly] . We have taken the following actions: [list action steps implemented] . We request your patience as we work through this difficult issue. Your membership and that of your peers has made our mission possible. We are committed to restoring all services as soon as we are confident we can do so safely.\u003Cbr>Draft Board Alert\u003Cbr>Draft Media Message | Draft Sponsor Messaging\u003Cbr>Draft Staff Alert\u003Cbr>Draft Vendor Alert |\n\n\n| Sequence of Actions\u003Cbr>Use this section of the worksheet to describe sequential steps you will take in managing through a crisis. First, choose a crisis impact (see the prior worksheet) .\u003Cbr>Crisis Impact   |\n| --- |\n| • Step 1\u003Cbr>e.g., Notify board of directors\u003Cbr>• Step 2\u003Cbr>• Step 3 |\n\n\n| Key Resources\u003Cbr>List organizations (including Points of Contact) that your association may need to call on support during a crisis. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Companies/Vendors | Points of Contact | Role/Resources |\n| XYZ Insurance | Jane Doe, Agent (703-555-1234) | Claims filling, claims support, defense counsel, forensic IT |\n| PDQ Public Relations | Sam Edwards, Account Manager (703-555-0008) | Public relations, member alerts |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |","cbCaivQgg4kOIAkT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivQgg4kOIAkT","pdf",203003,"English","# Crisis Planning Prompts and Topics\n## Prepare the Soil: examine priorities and risk landscape\n## Seed Ideas: brainstorm crisis impacts\n## Gather Resources: identify resilience tools and capabilities\n# Crisis Plan Template\n## Crisis Team\n## Crisis Messaging\n## Sequence of Actions\n## Key Resources","[{\"question\":\"What questions should a planning team consider before creating a crisis plan?\",\"answer\":\"The worksheet prompts teams to define top priorities, identify external circumstances that threaten mission success, brainstorm specific crisis impacts, and list existing tools, resources, and capabilities to address those impacts.\"},{\"question\":\"How should crisis impacts be described in the worksheet?\",\"answer\":\"Impacts should be concrete and specific, showing how people, facilities, or programs would be unable or severely hindered from achieving key priorities, avoiding broad labels like “reputation” or “financial loss.”\"},{\"question\":\"What sections are included in the crisis plan template?\",\"answer\":\"The template covers the crisis team setup, crisis messaging drafts (member, board, media, sponsor, staff, and vendor alerts), a step-by-step sequence of actions for a selected crisis impact, and a key resources list with organizations, points of contact, and roles.\"}]","Crisis Planning Prompts and Topics - Crisis Plan Template | PDF",1790095899]