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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. What is Crisis Management?

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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. Gives Necessary Information.

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3 Comm Tech Features to Control Your Crisis Comms Narrative

Presspage

While few try to make mistakes deliberately, every company needs to anticipate a crisis. In fact, according to survey findings by PWC , 69% of business leaders have witnessed an emergency over five years, with the average number being three. What is crisis comms and why is it important? That’s the bad news.

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To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team

PRSay

A red team can expose reputational vulnerabilities in a company and flaws in its crisis-response plan. From a crisis-communications standpoint, a red team stress-tests an organization’s strategy by expanding the circle of feedback the plan receives. Like the news media, the court of public opinion can be fickle and unforgiving.

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Weekly Roundup of Awesome Links: Week of August 25, 2014

Melissa Agnes

From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. Emory’s Excellent Crisis Communication on Facebook. Melissa Agnes to Conduct Crisis Management Workshop at the GCC Government Social Media Summit in Dubai. This week’s episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. Crisis Management Resources' Listen here!

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” Working through a PR crisis. Conclusion.

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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. Good crisis communications teams stay prepared for these kinds of events. Knowing how big and how fast a story is moving is critical to your response management. Lloyd is the President and Narrative Lead of Curious Public.

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