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Brand crisis research: vaccine mandates, Striketober, & misinformation

NewsWhip

We discussed our latest brand crisis research around misinformation, worker strikes, and vaccine mandates and the key features of public and media interest during the October episode of the NewsWhip Pulse. Nicholson explains that in 2016 “outright false stories were going viral” and now it has become harder to identify.

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

But oh, lordy – we as communications and marketing professionals can receive a master class in what NOT to do during a crisis from Lochte’s self-immolation at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. August 19, 2016. Everything you do is on camera or leaves some other digital trail,” warns Austin.

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A PR View Of CEO Apologies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Scandal: 2016. ” Most significantly, he blames lower-level employees, saying they “misinterpreted” the company’s sales incentive policy. If 1% (over 5000) employees are fired for defrauding their customers, how can management not take responsibility for this behavior? CEO Oscar Munoz, United Airlines .

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Pitching Radio in the Age of Instagram: A Q&A with WCCO's Roshini Rajkumar

MaccaPR

When Prince died in April 2016, I was impressed by how you gathered his friends to honor him. Prince died on a Thursday in 2016, and that Sunday, we did a one-hour tribute show with guests like Jearlyn Steele, who sang with him. Munoz did not respond in a humane or human way to the crisis when the physician was dragged off that plane.

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Global Business Leaders Congratulate Maxim Behar for the PR Week Award as Best PR Professional in Europe for 2022

Maxim Behar

Singer and Eurovision Finalist 2016. And what always impresses me most is how much your employees love you. Sales and Traffic Representative, Turkish Airlines. Dear Maxim, on behalf of Turkish Airlines, we would like to congratulate you on winning the Best PR professional in Europe. Crisis Communications Author.

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Make Issues Management an Integral Part of your Corporate Culture

Melissa Agnes

As we handed the Air Canada employee our boarding passes, the dream moment happened… she tore them up, gave us a dazzling smile and kindly said “great news, you’ve been upgraded to first class!” It was certainly not a crisis, but it was an issue – especially to me, considering my computer was now soaked with champagne.

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Miami International Airport lands major industry comms award with newsroom

Presspage

The PR and communications team not only worked overtime to timely inform travellers, affected families, employees, partners and a multitude of other audiences of the disruption and consequences, they also successfully combated fake news concerning their airfield being flooded. The Peggy G. Hereford award , the conference's top accolade.