Imagine when faced with a crisis, your team has to start from a zero-based approach. Is it not better to have a blueprint designed to guide you before, during, and after a crisis? A Written Crisis Management and Communication Response plan is essential in today’s always-on, 24/7 world. News and information flow in “real-time” and […]
Registrations Are Now Open For My Crisis Management Train-the – Trainer Course

Registrations are now open for my Crisis Management Train-the – Trainer course that I will be conducting 21 – 22 February in Johannesburg.
This high-level training will be conducted as a once-off opportunity to add crisis management and training capacity to your consulting or training practice offerings.
If you are a Business Continuity specialist, Trainer in OHASA and Security Management or a skilled PR practitioner you will not want to miss this training.
This is what it entails:
- 2 Days intensive Training in Crisis Management and Crisis Communication and required Train the Trainer techniques.
- Be able to handle the Perceptual and Reality Aspects Of A Crisis
- Be able to advise Management on how to act, respond and communicate in any type of crisis.
- Be able to Design, Develop and Write a Crisis Management plan for a client
POA. It includes a copy of my Crisis Capability Toolkit(https://www.deonbinneman.com/toolkits-and-products/crisis-capability-toolkit/) and all training materials to enable a delegate to prepare and train client crisis teams.
– Course outline: https://www.deonbinneman.com/crisis-managemen/
– PLEASE NOTE : There is places for 20 delegates only. First Come, First Served.
CONTACT deonbin (AT) icon.co.za to reserve your space.
More and more issues are emerging that are affecting reputation. These include sexual misconduct in the workplace, state capture, diversity, inclusion, corruption, fake news, power politics, cyber risk and school safety. The phrase ‘STATE CAPTURE’ was awarded ‘word of the year’ by eNCA who claims the phrase was used more than 20,231 times in over […]
This article in MarketWatch “Kathy Griffin totally offended everyone, but here’s one thing she did right – The comedienne drew widespread condemnation for her ‘decapitated’ Trump photo” offers some real lessons about behavior, actions and apologies. Comedienne Kathy Griffin apologised about a stunt in which she posed with a fake bloody mask designed to look […]
Mauritius Here I Come
I will facilitate a Strategic Public Relations in the 21st Century workshop in Mauritius 20- 21 February. This will be the 16th country that I am doing consulting work in.
Being well informed and able to anticipate issues and incidents are two vital skills for any budding Reputation Manager. So is the ability to see linkages between seemingly unrelated incidents and issues. This process I call dot connecting. It has its origins in systems thinking. Since December 2016 I have received countless of emails with […]
I was quoted in the Risk Africa magazine – Web edition regarding the Ford Kuga recall
I was quoted in the Risk Africa magazine – web edition regarding the Ford Kuga recall.
http://www.riskafrica.com/ford-kuga-recalled/
KPMG has identified seven key strategic risks that companies and chief risk officers (CROs) face this year. KPMG partner Kelly Watson recently responded to questions from Bloomberg BNA’s Yin Wilczek in an article “Companies Face Evolving and Escalating Risk Areas in 2016, KPMG’s Kelly Watson Says” This is what Kelly had to say about Crisis […]
I just read a fascinating article about how “Humility is now the new green among CEOs”. The article points out that CEO visibility has become important again, but for different reasons, such as crises that demand CEO involvement and leadership. Weber Shandwick’s “CEO Reputation Premium: Gaining Advantage in the Engagement Era” survey released March 6 […]
Deon Binneman to speak at the AIG Casualty Recall Seminar in Cape Town
I will be the keynote speaker at the AIG Casualty Recall seminar to be held at Century City, Cape Town on the 29th August. The title of my presentation: “How to Plan for and Manage a Product Recall Crisis”. This is a follow-on of the successful seminars held in Johannesburg and Pretoria late last year.
Recalls are costly, time consuming and can damage reputation severely. Read this for more information.