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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yet corporate PR officers also fall victim to inflated or impractical expectations when their internal clients don’t understand what’s possible. No one wants to be negative, but a viewpoint grounded in experience and phrased constructively can go a long way in heading off trouble later. Offer honest feedback.

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Seven ideologies of public relations

Stephen Waddington

Understanding different public relations ideologies helps frame an organisation’s approach to practice and the management of its relationship with its stakeholders and the societal or public construct in which it operates. Likewise, the public and the societal construct in which an organisation operates are interchanged.

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Monday Roundup: PRSA 2015 International Conference

Waxing UnLyrical

I’m here for the 2015 PRSA International Conference where there’s absolutely no shortage of awesome speakers this year. What do you hope to learn at the PRSA 2015 International Conference? Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Monday Roundup: PRSA 2015 International Conference. Good morning from Atlanta!

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What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? Dave Honchul

Ethical Voices

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? In my enlisted career, I did just about everything a public affairs person could do including media relations, internal information, community relations, the works. That’s the perception.

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Crisis Management Advice from a Retiring Pro: Rick Amme

Melissa Agnes

Most solutions are internal. There are exceptions and publicly-traded companies sometimes must inform internal and external audiences simultaneously. Do NOT, however, withhold information in violation of legal, regulatory, ethical, and moral mandates. This “reassurance” is a great litmus test for your decisions.

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To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team

PRSay

Just skim the headlines and you’ll notice everything from fraud and deadly cyberattacks to ethics violations, faulty products and tone-deaf commercials bringing down the mightiest of organizations. In today’s unforgiving media environment, decades’ worth of arduous work to build a strong reputation can be destroyed in less than a week.

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Meeting Marc C. Whitt

Wadds Inc.

This does not mean we build a protective force shield around us, hide in a cavern, and wait for the storm to pass, or construct a drawbridge and moat to keep invading forces from attacking. They are proverbial rotten apples that attempt to spoil many of us in public relations practice who abide by the highest ethical standards.

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