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Understanding the Defense Tech Industry and the Role of Public Relations

5W PR

Government agencies with competing priorities, military branches with specific technological needs, private contractors vying for contracts, and a cautious public with varied opinions on the industry. Crisis PR Unexpected events are unavoidable, especially in defense tech, where even small mistakes can have serious consequences.

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#CrisisRoundup of Awesome Links: Week of September 29, 2014

Melissa Agnes

In case your week has been as busy as mine, below you’ll find my #CrisisRoundup of worthwhile reads, as well as what was published to The Crisis Intelligence Blog and Podcast this week. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. The Power of Finding New Ways To Communicate The Same Important Message.

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#CrisisRoundup of Awesome Links: Week of September 29, 2014

Melissa Agnes

In case your week has been as busy as mine, below you’ll find my #CrisisRoundup of worthwhile reads, as well as what was published to The Crisis Intelligence Blog and Podcast this week. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. The Power of Finding New Ways To Communicate The Same Important Message.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

It’s expanded to include public affairs and government relations as the norm.”. Adherence to privacy regulations.”. Crisis interrupted. More and more crisis communication events that interrupt the general flow of work in our area.”. Those who said communications work has “changed slightly,” wrote: 84.

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Future of PR and social media for International Air Transport Association crisis communications conference

Stuart Bruce

Stuart Bruce speaking at the IATA Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age conference. (c) This morning I gave a keynote at the global ‘Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age’ conference in Istanbul. We’ll look at ethics and governance. In democracies governments answer to the people.

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Assessing Ottawa Public Health’s ongoing response to the endoscopies infection scare

PR Conversations

This volume of patient records, combined with restrictions on patient confidentiality set by Ontario privacy laws, made the task of informing those affected extremely difficult. The legislative environment that balances patient privacy rights against the rights of the public to know. Focus assessment.

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Web Ad Blocking – is it Ethical?

PRSay

Publishers do have a right to be paid yet consumers have a right to protect themselves from irritating and sometime abusive ads, as well as invasion of their privacy, loss of time (distraction) and money (bandwidth.). It would be the best approach before the Government (FTC) gets involved and impose a solution that may satisfy no one.

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