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Every company should have a crisis handbook

PR in High Definition

Company scandals and crises hit the headlines on an almost weekly, if not daily, basis. Cloudflare has been in hot water recently, for instance, for the way the company handled mass layoffs. The same mindset, really, should apply to companies. If a crisis hits, no time need be wasted making introductions to the company.

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What Your PR Agency Won’t Tell You (But Maybe Should)

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

We preach it to our clients and put it in our company handbooks. The limits of PR’s influence While PR agency teams work to help shape and manage a client’s reputation, they’re not always open about the limits of our work. In PR, as in most businesses, transparency is a good thing. It’s not sexy.

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#19: Building a framework for reputation management

NewsWhip

Building a framework for reputation management: Christopher Rivera @ Samsung. Christopher Rivera, Director of Reputation & Risk, Samsung Electronics America. Chris Rivera has led as the Director of Reputation & Risk at Samsung Electronics America for more than three years. The reputation and risk landscape| Jump to text.

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The Snowball Effect: How Your Company Culture Affects Your Customer Service and Informs Your Communications Strategy

Barokas

How do you define company culture? It goes beyond perks like free snacks or quarterly company outings. Company culture rests on the values every employee brings with them to the office each day. It’s also the foundation for customer service, which in turn shapes the company’s brand and communications strategies.

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Guarding your organisation’s reputation is your responsibility – but how do you play a key role in shaping it?

PR in High Definition

The business case for improving and protecting a reputation cuts across an entire organisation. HR takes an interest as it’s important to be seen as a good employer, whilst it is IT’s job to safeguard the organisation’s assets, including, in some part, its reputation. What is their view on the reputation of the organisation?

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The ESG Playbook for Achieving Profit and Purpose

Stern + Associates

Award-winning Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim’s extensive research shows that when organizations embrace a strategic approach to managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – and measure their progress – they can significantly boost their bottom line, reputation and ability to compete.

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

A focus on understanding how and why your content moves is not just a strategic priority, it’s an economic priority: A study by The New York Times showed that 85 percent of the people who shared content said they better understood the product and the company. I find that most companies don’t know these basic facts.

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