COMMUNICATING THROUGH CHAOS

Educational Training & Consulting

Ashley Hulsey

Startup Founder

Communications Director/

Public Information Officer

Doug Evans

Startup Founder

Atlanta News Media

Reporter

Managing Crisis Communication & Building Community

Trust through Media Relations

OUR VISION

To assist in the understanding of managing crisis communication and explaining how to use media partnerships to build community trust.

Add a Doug helped start the drone program at FOX (one of the largest in the country) and is the Chief Pilot. He also advocated for and implemented the mobile journalism initiative at FOX 7 years ago.

Doug has won seven Emmy Awards and numerous industry awards for news writing during his career.

Doug has been in the media business for 35 years, serving in dual roles as a reporter and meteorologist, and has spent 22 of those years at Fox 5 Atlanta.

As a seasoned reporter, he has served in capacities such as a special projects reporter, weekend anchor for 10 years, tech reporter, back up meteorologist, and back up anchor.

Ashley has currently served the last 9 years of her law enforcement career at the Carroll County Sheriff's Office serving in capacities such as a Deputy, School Resource Officer, Investigator, and most recently Public Information Officer for the last three years where she has conducted 100s of interviews and numerous press conferences with local, Atlanta, and National market media outlets and is a certified P.O.S.T. instructor.

Raised in Carrollton, GA, Ashley attended the University of West Georgia and studied Real Estate & Marketing before deciding years later to attend North Central Law Enforcement Academy where she became a certified Peace Officer 12 years ago.

Ashley was appointed in 2020 as the Communications Director for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners, responsible for all extrernal public and media communications for all county departments, 12 social media pages, and still serves as the PIO for the Sheriff's Office.

Why is this expert training different and what do we offer?

Our innovative and interactive training provides a unique perception from the news media/reporter point of view and from the law enforcement/government point of view. Pairing the two together will provide the student with a better understanding of both sides and create a positive environment for better relationships between their government entity/agency and the media.

Reference materials and networking opportunities with other PIOs and Communications professionals

How to be proactive and tell YOUR story first and keep a consistent message

How to write a proper press release

Learning the communication structure

of your agency

Social Media management

On camera interviews with real life scenarios and copies

What equipment you need to create your own news story and how to use your cellphone to interact with the public

Receive P.O.S.T. Credit Hours

Hosting agencies receives 2 complimentary spots for every ten paying students (max class size 25 students)

Students will have an option to be added to a social media group used for networking and toolkits to help support their role

Students will be provided with reference materials that will assist them in the everyday role of PIO and our door is open for additional questions after training, PIO is learning process and we understand!

AH Communication Consultants

770-286-3403

ahcommunicationconsultant@gmail.com

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