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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. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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Reputation and Crisis Management: “Trust Me On The Sunscreen”

Reputation Us

When it comes to safeguarding your company’s reputation or preparing for an unexpected crisis, think of it like putting on sunscreen. On the other hand, some crisis situations—like having an intense sunburn—can be mitigated all together by taking some simple precautions with a risk management plan. Our Advice: Protect Your Reputation.

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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. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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In these Risky Times, Do You Know How Vulnerable your Brand is?

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

Understand the human side of risk To succeed at risk communications—and to be able to measure your success—requires understanding human behavior and how humans make choices. They want to know what everyone else knows, especially if the topic is a community-based risk, like a chemical plant or a pipeline.

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Ukraine-Russia conflict: Putin takes revenge on West

Mark My Words

Further measures may stop foreign ships docking. The economy ministry said: “These measures are a logical response to those imposed on Russia”, adding that curbs on countries that have “committed unfriendly actions” were “aimed at ensuring uninterrupted functioning of key sectors of the economy”. Inflation hit a 30-year high of 5.5

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Give corporate communicators a break- failure starts and ends with leadership

Mark My Words

Cometh the PR crisis, cometh the troll. In a crisis you are always measured by your initial response. Likewise, hapless White House press secretary Sean Spicer once again inflicted needless damage on his administration by saying the Nazis never used chemical weapons. Of course.). Clarification: not on their own people.