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Episode #38: Amanda Coleman, Amanda Coleman Communications Ltd.
Amanda is a crisis communication specialist and is the director and founder of crisis communication consultancy Amanda Coleman Communication Ltd. Based in the UK, she has more than 20 years of experience in emergency services communication and leading in a time of crisis.
She is the author of Crisis Communication Strategies published in May 2020 by Kogan Page. In 2017, Amanda led the law enforcement communication response to the Manchester Arena terrorist attack.
Amanda began her working life as a journalist. She is a Chartered PR practitioner as well as a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Public Relations and Communication Association. She is an advisor for the Resilience Advisors Network and a senior associate of the Centre for Crisis and Risk Communication.
Amanda’s book Crisis Communications Strategies https://amzn.to/3z0gWuI
Twitter: @amandacomms
Blog: Amandacomms's Blog | Communicating about crisis, reputation and more (wordpress.com)