Communication strategies for the case of crisis: Participant record with the crisis summit 2007 at the University of M�nster

Crisis summit initiator franc rose-dear leads that crisis navigator - Institut for crisis research, a �spin off� of the University of Kiel. (openPR) - Kiel/M�nster - whether it concerns the guidance crisis of a party, Orkanb�en such as Kyrill or the failure of managers - in crisis periods high-level personnel and communication responsible person are often speechless. Correct handling crises, scandals and disasters more than 180 top management on the crisis summit discusses 2007 in the lock of the University of M�nster. �The large resonance on our congress to 15. March 2007 shows that ever more decision maker use the chance, from the experiences of others to learn�, says crisis summit initiator franc rose-dear of the crisis navigator - Institut for crisis research, �a spin off� of the University of Kiel.

As state institutions organized the crisis management during the soccer world championship, Beate Coellen of the Federal Office for population protection and disaster relief describes. Dr. Bernd Kuckuck of the district Ems country reports on the disaster management with the Transrapid misfortune. Case studies for operational preparation for power failures and food scandals come from the E.ON net GmbH and the QA quality and security GmbH.

Whether Investigativer journalism is rather a curse or a benediction for crisis communication, discusses the Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin Professor Dr. Ulrike R�ttger in an expert round with publishers and editors among other things from managers magazine, the time, monitor and Bildblog.de. The topic management with international missions of the German Federal Armed Forces presents commander Dirk large from the Federal Ministry of Defense. Reported on the communication strategy of McDonald's with critical topics Corporate Affairs Director Alexander scratch.

The recent damage by natural catastrophes and the continuously high threat by terrorism show that the topic crisis management remains further current. Which challenges must be mastered, Dr. Dirk Johannsen of the Munich reinsurance company AG and Dr. Kristina calibration refuge of Institut for security politics at the University of Kiel describe.

Further information in the Internet under www.krisengipfel.de

Press contact:

Franc rose-dear (Institut for crisis research, Kiel)
Telephone: +49 (0) 431 56 06 - 480
E-Mail: roselieb@ifk-kiel.de

Ulrike R�ttger (Institut for communication science, M�nster)
Telephone: +49 (0) 251 83 - 24,261
E-Mail: ulrike.roettger@uni-muenster.de

Over crisis navigator (www.krisennavigator.de)

As �spin off� of the Christian Albrechts university to Kiel that furnishes crisis navigator - Institut for crisis research for enterprises, public mechanisms and federations various services within the ranges crisis research, crisis consultation, crisis information and crisis training. Activity emphasis is crisis management, crisis diagnosis, crisis communication, Issues management, risk management, safety management, emergency management, disaster management, restructuring and strategy. Further information can be called up in the Internet under www.krisennavigator.de.

Over crisis summit (www.krisengipfel.de)

On invitation meet crisis navigator press speakers, communication responsible person and high-level personnel from enterprises, federations, authorities and the policy as well as Wissenschafter and journalists several times in the year to exchange of experience. The crisis summit 2007 at the Westf�li William university M�nster is the fifth of its kind. Pictorial reports over the past meetings can be called up in the Internet under www.krisenkongress.de. The results of the crisis summits, trade conferences and working groups of the institute are published in regular intervals also in anthologies and papers.