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The Importance of Social Media in Crisis Management

Prohibition

Social media is an increasingly important element in a successful crisis management approach. With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan.

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Pride Tragedy Offers Lessons in Crisis Communications

PRSay

The pick-up truck barely missed Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who was perched on the back of a convertible, and number of local elected officials. News spread quickly on social media and residents marked themselves “safe” on Facebook. A comprehensive crisis communications plan is a necessity.

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Comparing top 2021 media monitoring vendors

Onclusive

Just having media monitoring in place is no longer sufficient for PR and communications success. Capturing every relevant piece of earned, owned and social media coverage around your brand, industry and important keywords can make all the difference if you want to break away from the competition or avert a full-blown crisis.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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Business Crisis Management: Why Press Releases Are Important

PR Fuel

Almost 70-percent of businesses recently surveyed experienced a crisis in the past five years. Negative information about your business can travel quickly, and crisis management is critical. How you handle a business crisis reveals your character and skill at handling a catastrophe. Establish Relationships With The Media.

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Newborn Abducted from Hospital and Social Media Saves the Day

Melissa Agnes

An amber alert was issued at 7pm and the picture of the abductor, taken from the hospital’s security footage, was plastered all of local media and social media. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a great example of the power of social media in emergency and crisis situations. Are they trained?

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The Challenges for Health Care Communicators as a New Normal Emerges From the COVID-19 Crisis

PRSay

As hospitals and health care services gradually reopen in the coming weeks and months, communications and PR professionals will be helping patients, caregivers and staff adjust to the new normal after COVID-19. For communicators, the challenge is to help people feel comfortable about returning to their doctors and hospital services.