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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. According to reports, an automated flight-control system had sent the airplanes into nosedives.

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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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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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Establish yourself as an industry expert

PR for Anyone

You can use a proven and tested formula that will help with your publicity even during the Coronavirus crisis. Think about the value you can provide with your expertise- Christina Daves (00:58-01:13) Now, let's go back to the system that works. See what your newspaper is saying. The answer should be NO.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

Before my time the company had added a footnote to every PR message sent through its system: “powered by Vocus.” In simple terms, the idea is that the AI helps to summarize posts and articles captured in the Agility monitoring system. This move would have been brilliant in another context, but it was a disaster in this case.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In times of crisis, are you able to think on your feet? For the largest banks, the reputational damage from the financial crisis could take a generation to repair. Other parts of the industry were less impacted by the crisis, but always play a sensitive role at the hub of economic activity. What drew you to the PR industry?

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Back to School Media Pitches

PR for Anyone

The system works! So for the next thirty days, in terms of your local media, newspaper, radio, television, you have a great opportunity to pitch back-to-school stories. If you are in the medical profession, we can talk about, going back, I know masks are optional in most school systems now. PR FOR ANYONE. Transcript.

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