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Crisis Management Lessons From Boeing’s 737 Max Disasters

PRSay

When two of Boeing’s new 737 MAX passenger jets crashed within five months of each other in late 2018 and early 2019, killing a total of 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the company faced the worst crisis in its 100-year history. You have to bring that information up to senior management. We were playing catchup.

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Maxim Behar for “24 Chasa": "PR crisis management became routine"

Maxim Behar

The PR expert Maxim Behar shared his opinion for 24 Chasa newspaper about the rapidly changing communications and the application of modern media tools in business. Are they only dealing with crisis PR in this sick time? Crisis PR has become commonplace. 24.11.2020. What are the global trends in communications?

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Not only do they have very distinct meanings, but they need a different management response. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention.

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KFC Crisis Response Is A PR Win

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s not the worst reputation crisis that can happen to a food chain (just ask Chipotle ), but for a chicken restaurant to run out of chicken not only opens to door to competitors, but it makes its management look incompetent. in its response to the mini-crisis. And who wants to eat at a place run by. Well done, KFC.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

Are you prepared for a PR crisis? Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to a PR crisis at any time. What is a PR Crisis? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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How Can We Manage Today’s Media Misinformation Crisis?

PRSay

b) Newspapers getting the facts of a story wrong. e) Newspaper’s choice of a news story, even if the facts are correct. b) Newspapers getting the facts of a story wrong. e) Newspaper’s choice of a news story, even if the facts are correct. This speaks to one of the new rules of crisis management in the digital age.

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Crisis Management Begins Online

David PR Group

One of her college-aged children was tangentially involved with a crisis at her university, and my friend and some of the other parents were wondering if it would be beneficial to engage a public relations expert. We are in a whole new world of public relations crisis management because the Internet is now king.