Last week b5media had a crisis of sorts when its servers crashed… well, I don’t know if that’s accurate, but almost no one could get to our blogs for most of a day. That sparked some thinking in the Business Channel to blog about handling a crisis. Take a look… there are some great ideas here:
Nonprofits and Crisis Management – The 501(c) Files
When Bad Things Happen – taxgirl
Open Mic Monday: Crisis Management – Just Make Money Online
Quick Tip: Get Ahead of the Issue – Common Sense PR
Making the most of a bad situation… – Start Up Spark
7 Things You Can …read more

With talk of terrorism, bird flu, and extreme weather caused by climate change, more and more organizations are developing plans to handle crises. Usually those plans require writing and, in fact, it’s probably possible these days to develop a minor specialty in the area of crisis management.
But even if you don’t want to write about crisis management, you do need to give some consideration to your own business and how you will handle a crisis when it occurs. For the freelancer, a crisis can be anything from an unexpected illness that keeps us from working to weather damage to …read more