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Social Media for Healthcare: What’s The Potential?

Melissa Agnes

The other day I had a conversation with someone who made a statement about the healthcare industry not needing to be on social media because no one cares about the nurses’ birthdays and little useless memes (I’m SOOO paraphrasing here!). What’s the point of social media for healthcare?

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Conference Recap: Reaching Rural Americans, Preventing Social Media Crises and Using the PESO Model

PRSay

8–10: Breaking Misconceptions About Communicating With Rural Americans. When PR professionals target people in poor, rural communities, relying on stereotypes and misconceptions often hinders their campaigns, said Deana Rachelle Haworth, M.A., 10, titled “ Rural Reach: Strategic Communication With Rural and Low Income Audiences.”

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Second, structural issues in the mainstream media as it continues to transform to digital should be a concern for all practitioners. She always improves my work.

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Top nine PR crises so far for 2019

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Some of these came to light by members of the public calling brands out on social media for their slip-ups and others were campaigns by PR and marketing teams that simply did not turn out as planned. H&M released a poorly thought-out ad of one of their products which ignited a press and social media sandstorm.

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10 Crisis Communication Tips Every Business Needs

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When a crisis hits the news, we are reminded of a valuable lesson: that companies and businesses often have to act fast in order to prevent further damage from taking place. Crisis communications is an important aspect to tackle as a business owner. This guide is written to assist in every aspect of crisis communication.

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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

Courses may be as broad as Principles of PR or PR Campaigns, or as focused as Working with Influencers, Crisis Communications or Nonprofit PR.” I started teaching at UCI in 2011, with a five-week, online course focused on using social media for business development. I teach it twice a year. Want to join Solo PR Pro?

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

When the inevitable social media backlash erupted, the CrossFit gym owner compounded the crisis by posting a profanity-laden response that called criticism by outraged women “b t,” “delusional and ignorant” and “feeble minded garbage.” CRISIS LESSON #2: ESTABLISH CLEAR SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDELINES AT EVERY LEVEL OF YOUR COMPANY.