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
Our Training Packages
Choose from our affordable and customizable training and consulting packages.
Foundational
Training
Virtual Option
Training/Consulting
Conference Training
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!
We have much appreciation and gratitude to all those who have been supportive of Doug and I, especially our agencies and networks who know and understand the importance of building strong communications between the public and the media by providing a consistent message.
- Ashley Hulsey