Flashpoint Debrief Guide

Debriefing after a campus climate flashpoint is essential to equipping response teams for future success. By holding a debrief, or a meeting in which a crisis response team discusses, interprets, and learns from a flashpoint, institutions can improve team effectiveness and better prepare themselves for future flashpoints. Debriefs, also known as “hotwashes,” were first developed for use in the military and are now used across a range of industries, including higher education.

• 51%

  Of organizations had already established an after action review process prior to the COVID-19 pandemic –PWC

• 25%

  Increase in team and individual performance when an organization uses debriefs