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

PRSay

Media fires that communicators could have doused before the 6 o’clock news, even a decade ago, can now erupt into global conflagrations, thanks to smartphones and social media. In response to a hypothetical breakdown in a company’s supply chain, a red team could simulate a scathing social media post that is meant to go viral.

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Smart PR Helps Spread Good News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In fact, happy news is a main driver for social media sharing. Emotions layered with happiness make up the majority of top drivers of viral content. We can then decide to simply share through social media or, when warranted, to make a bigger media splash. We recommend creating a storybank of your own.

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How To Identify your Crisis Plan’s Blind Spots

Melissa Agnes

As technology, social media and the online world continue to evolve, unfortunately, so do the risks that leave your organization vulnerable. If a viral crisis were to strike and hundreds (or more) of people were to navigate to your corporate website for more information, would your website crash due to an overload of traffic?

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The 5 Phases of Becoming Crisis Ready

Melissa Agnes

This process is based off of the Crisis Ready Model, which is a model I’ve developed throughout my years of helping organizations—from international corporations, to government agencies around the world, to businesses just like yours—become crisis ready. Do you conduct regular crisis management exercises?

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

Exercising constant vigilance… monitoring the environment… assessing industry trends… listening for stakeholder criticism or concerns” For every potential crisis that we identify in PR crisis plans, we want to have a way to identify and react as soon as possible. Conclusion. “The Year in Crisis PR.”

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How To Identify your Crisis Plan’s Blind Spots

Melissa Agnes

As technology, social media and the online world continue to evolve, unfortunately, so do the risks that leave your organization vulnerable. If a viral crisis were to strike and hundreds (or more) of people were to navigate to your corporate website for more information, would your website crash due to an overload of traffic?

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5 Steps to Becoming a Crisis Communication Pro

Melissa Agnes

Never knowing if something is going to go viral against you in a negative way… but wait! Building a corporate culture that instinctively sees opportunity from every risk, and empowering your frontline (and entire team) to act on the opportunities in real-time. The unpredictability of this new digital landscape.