Expertise

Amanda Coleman is a professional PR expert and has spoken about crisis communication at conferences across the world, as well as delivering guest lectures to PR students at universities including the London School of Economics. The main topics she covers are:

• crisis response,
• crisis management,
• crisis preparedness,
• risk communication and issues
• reputation management

Biography

Amanda Coleman is a crisis communication specialist with more than 20 years experience of directly leading and managing disasters and emergencies. She was the police communication lead for the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in 2017. Amanda has written two books on crisis and issues management, provide training globally and assist clients facing crises - Crisis Communication Strategies published in May 2020 and Everyday Communication Strategies published in November 2022. She writes articles regularly including for Crisis Response Journal and regularly speak at conferences worldwide. Amanda graduated in Philosophy at the University of Bolton.