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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. At that time, most community organizations – including schools – had no email database, only phone numbers and addresses. 2011 Update.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. At that time, most community organizations – including schools – had no email database, only phone numbers and addresses. 2011 Update.

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That Time Our Website Was Hacked

Waxing UnLyrical

Crisis communication is not their role. Generally our eyes and ears are focused on traditional media (print, radio, television). Here is the comment: Alex says: March 28, 2011 at 2:07 pm. Here is the next comment I left: YOURblog admin says: March 28, 2011 at 5:30 pm. How ready is your team for a crisis?

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How September 11 Impacted PR and Email Communications

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In 2012, I wrote an update on a previous post with thoughts on how the September 11 attacks immediately reshaped community, public relations and communications. Here's what I wrote back in 2011 on the tenth anniversary. Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. 2011 Update.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The web and the internet have enabled communities to form around an organisation, topic or issue. The web was the most significant shift in publishing since the invention of the printing press in the 15th Century.

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Reflecting on 9/11 Anniversary #NeverForget

wiredPRworks

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. At that time, most community organizations – including schools – had no email database, only phone numbers and addresses. 2011 Update.

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How to Start a University Blog

Waxing UnLyrical

I talked about everything from watching Twitter explode with Michael Jackson death rumors to how the Red Cross was using texting for crisis communications. Previous to this she was the managing editor of U of R Report, the University’s faculty and staff internal publication and a print journalist in Manitoba.