Ron Eaves relayed that the Food Bank is looking for an Executive Director, and asked the Members for their suggestions and input.
Brad Barnes boldly exclaimed that the 52 to 40 Rose Bowl score was GREAT as USC beat Penn State!
John Schuler proudly declared that their first grandson was just born. Congratulations!
The Program
Garro Ellis introduced Larry Pickett of Larry Pickett Public Relations. Larry provides crisis management for companies big and small working with management to handle all aspects of media plus senior management workshops in critical thinking, problem solving, public speaking, ethics and strategic management.
As a facilitator, Larry designs and executes planning, decision making and problem solving meetings. His clients have included Hall Ambulance, Aera Energy, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union and Golden Empire Transit.
Larry has a Bachelor’s Degree in broadcast journalism and a Master’s Degree in Behavioral Science.
Larry Pickett “Took the Floor” and presented to the Club an excellent program entitled:
A Crisis, It Will Happen…Sometime
What is a crisis? Unhappy Customers, Security Breach, Negative Product or Service Issues, Layoffs, Litigation, Environmental Concerns, Activists, Disasters, and Terrorism…just to mention a few. If these situations are not handled well it will have an adverse effect on customers, employees, marketing, reputation and a company’s bottom-line. So what do we need to do to mitigate the effects of a crisis before it happens?
Larry laid out a Four Step Crisis Management Process to forecast what was needed before it happened:
- Anticipation
- Development of a Crisis Plan
- Implementation Plan
- Evaluation of the Plan and its execution
No crisis occurs according to plan, however being prepared is the KEY to maintain Business Continuity.
Wrap Up
President Morton thanked all of the Members for their attendance and participation in today’s meeting. President
Morton announced that Tuesday, February 7
th at 7:00PM was going to be Rotary Night at the Condors (fliers were on the table) and please get your tickets quickly. Information is also on the club’s website:
http://portal.clubrunner.ca/2815. He ended the meeting with a “Shout Out” to the Downtown Rotary’s special visitor face in the crowd Rick Kreiser!
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