Practice Groups

Crisis Communications & Issues Management Public Relations Group

The Crisis Communications and Issues Management Public Relations Practice Group offer clients immediate access to crisis communications public relations experts in major media markets throughout the world through its Global Rapid Response Team. Senior public relations professionals are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ready to pull together from any point on the map at a moment's notice to help clients manage during a crisis or public controversy.

Member firms are represented with the Group by agency principals, who are personally involved in supporting client needs. These principals have built solid relationships with the media, government officials, and business leaders in the communities they serve—providing clients with the unique ability to communicate locally among key stakeholders in response to an emerging crisis or issue. Group members support clients according to agreed-upon standards and shared best practices. For clients contending with environmental issues, labor disputes, litigation, bankruptcy, corporate governance, NGO activity, civic conflicts or natural disasters, the Group provides a seamless, quality-assured network of support that can be engaged within minutes. Areas of specialty include chemical and pharmaceutical, energy and transportation, food and agriculture, healthcare, waste management, government, and consumer products.

To work with the Global Rapid Response Team please contact the group chair Tim Oliver.

Chair : Tim Oliver, Morgan & Myers
Phone : 262.650.7260

Contact the Crisis Communications & Issues Management Practice Group Chair or Partners

Crisis Communications & Issues Management Practice Group Partners:

Arvizu, Comunicacion Corporativa -- Mexico City AZ. WORLDCOM JAPAN -- Tokyo BlissPR -- Chicago Brickell & Partners -- Virginia Beach C Square Group -- San Juan Cerrell Associates, Inc. -- Los Angeles Deveney Communication - New Orleans Donoghue & Associates, Inc. -- Calgary Enterprise Canada - Toronto, Niagara Region Fortune PR -- Jakarta Glaubicz Garwolinska Consultants Grupo Albión – Madrid Holt Public Affairs L.L.C. -- New Jersey Infomedia Consulting - Buenos Aires InstiCOM bvba --Brussels IvRM Communications - The Netherlands JBP Public Relations Limited - Bristol & London John Adams Associates Inc. -- Washington Kaizo -- London Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations -- Nashville komm.passion GmbH - Düsseldorf L&W Communication AG -- Zurich L&W Communication GmbH -- Vienna LatinMedia Comunicaciones Limitada -- Santiago Linhart Public Relations - Denver Michael A. Burns & Associates -- Dallas Morgan&Myers - Milwaukee Nuffer, Smith, Tucker, Inc. -- San Diego Off Madison Ave - Phoenix Pace Group Communications Inc. -- Vancouver Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc. -- Minneapolis Phillips Group - Brisbane PLANIN -- São Paulo PrimeTime Kommunikation -- Copenhagen Public Communications Inc. - Chicago Richmond Public Relations -- Seattle Roberts Communications - Rochester Schneider Associates - Boston Simon Public Relations Group - Philadelphia Standing Partnership Strategic America -- Des Moines Sturges Word Communications - Kansas City TQPR (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd -- Kuala Lumpur TQPR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. -- Bangkok TQPR Vietnam -- Ho Chi Minh City Wrights PR -- Melbourne Wrights PR -- Sydney

Client Successes:

Countering Negative Crime Reporting in MetroWest, Orlando Neighborhood Axor - Le Nordais Introducing a brand in Québec Global Toy Recall Crisis Eidico SA - Communicating successfuly for real estate developments Endocrine Disrupter Issue Filling the Talent Pipeline - Fast!