Effective Crisis Communication: Moving from Crisis to Opportunity provides the reader
practical advice on how to effectively manage and overcome a crisis. Authors Robert R.
Ulmer, Timothy L. Sellnow, and Matthew W. Seeger provide guidelines for taking the many
challenges that crises present and turning those challenges into opportunities for
overcoming a crisis.
Table of Contents
PART I: THE LESSONS
Chapter 1. Defining Crisis Communication Chapter 2. Lessons on Managing Crisis
Uncertainty Chapter 3. Lessons on Effective Crisis Communication Chapter 4. Lessons on
Effective Crisis Leadership
PART II: APPLYING THE LESSONS
Chapter 5. Examples of Success and Failure In Industrial Accidents Chapter 6. Examples
of Success and Failure During Outbreaks of Food-Borne Illness Chapter 7. Examples of
Success and Failure in Response to Terrorism Chapter 8. Examples of Success and Failure
During Natural Disasters
PART III: THE OPPORTUNITIES
Chapter 9. Learning Through Failure Chapter 10. Risk Communication Chapter 11.
Responding to the Ethical Demands of Crisis Chapter 12. Crisis as Inspiring Renewal to a
New Normal Index About the Authors
216 pages, Paperback