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Crisis Management 101: Shark Week Case Study, Pt. 1

Shift Communications

Thanks to Google Trends , we know interest in the term “shark attack” is set to increase drastically as searches for “shark week” do: According to The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File, 2016 saw 84 unprovoked shark attacks, which is on par with the average 82 incidents a year. is suffering a crisis.

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How to Mitigate the Transference of Stress During a Crisis

Melissa Agnes

.” This is important for leaders to realize prior to experiencing a crisis. Because successful crisis management often requires an appearance, in some capacity, by the organization’s leadership. So what does this mean for your crisis preparedness? Image credit: Photographee.eu / shutterstock.com.

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How a PR agency can contribute to your communications strategy, and how to select the right agency for your business

Onclusive

A PR agency is a communications consultancy that serves as an external resource, and ideally, an extension of your internal communications function. Why work with a PR agency, and is it right for your organization? That said, not every organization should hire a PR agency.

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Why You Should Hire a Crisis Communications Agency?

Prohibition

During a crisis, leadership, internal communications, and public relations teams may use employee communication platforms to disseminate updates and critical company information. Secondly, you can outsource the crisis management to a trusted agency like Prohibition PR. Reputation management.

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Digital PR spend increases significantly, but still not enough investment in training

Stuart Bruce

In-house PR and communications people say they need more education and insight around social influencer outreach/engagement (31%); social network strategy (27%); and digital crisis management (27%). The areas where PR agency people want more training are SEO (38%); paid search (30%) and paid social media activity (26%).

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Why it’s important to prepare for a PR crisis

Prohibition

Having an appropriate plan in place with all relevant bodies on board is essential and will stand you in good stead should you face a PR crisis. And remember, crisis’ are not only public-facing as they can start within your company – internal comms should be covered too! Drop us an email at: hello@prohibitionpr.co.uk.

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Credit Union Times: CU Crisis Planning Essential

Reputation Us

Trying to communicate a crisis without a plan is like trying to float a boat with holes. That’s why a crisis communications plan must be developed first before the inevitability of a data breach, a cyberattack or internal fraud sinks the credit union’s valuable reputation. I really wanted that out there.”.

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