Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Are you prepared for a PR crisis? Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to a PR crisis at any time. What is a PR Crisis? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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Presspage

MAY 6, 2017

Most communicators expect to have to deal with a crisis situation at some point in their career. Yet predicting how a crisis will rear its ugly head is incredibly difficult. And we had to both act out and write down what we would do in our role. And we had to both act out and write down what we would do in our role.

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2022

Find more articles on crisis communications in the May 2022 issue of Strategies & Tactics. As an incoming local Chapter president, I had a lengthy list of tasks to prepare for the new year — update the Chapter website, confirm the January program, write my newsletter column and plan the next board meeting. Not on my list?

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What are the Basics of Crisis Communication Planning? Crisis communication planning involves preparing for unexpected events that could harm an organization’s reputation. Effective crisis communication ensures transparency, empathy, and timely responses. What is Thought Leadership ? What is SEO PR?

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PRSay

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This year’s most-viewed posts reflected current events, such as the ongoing challenges of senior executives expressing opinions on controversial or sensitive issues, and crucial areas of professional development, including always-popular topics like writing and storytelling. • The Top-8 Writing Tips for 2022 (January).

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

You write and publish whatever content you want on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can share relevant company information with them like product launches, events in their communities, and important updates. You don’t have to convince a journalist to write your story. Crisis Communications. Earned Media.

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PRSay

JULY 14, 2023

PRSA members can access exclusive video content with Bryan Garner and Sandra Ericson, APR, offering further insights on crisis communications at this link. And that’s why we make a concerted effort to communicate throughout the year, every year, about the importance of preparing for hurricane season.”

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 4, 2016

Being able to filter, manage and be heard through the incessant noise, is one of the challenges that law enforcement needs to be prepared to face and overcome in today’s crisis management. And while this reality presents a major challenge, not being able to do this means continuing to lose control of the narrative of the crisis.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2017

Marketing may be underestimating the impact of thought leadership on sales, according to a comprehensive study published in June 2017 by Edelman and LinkedIn. While marketers typically associate thought leadership with the awareness stage of the buyer’s journey, the survey shows the influence lasts through sales closure and perhaps beyond.

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PRSay

AUGUST 11, 2021

In addition, relationships with reporters developed through media relations work will eventually become vital to any PR effort, especially in times of crisis communication. Read by influencers and decision-makers, these guest columns require our best efforts and most polished writing. Op-Eds remain the gold standard.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The chair of the Global Alliance introduces the Madrid Momentum ( Learning to Lead ) and details four Ps that constitute the cornerstones of PR leadership. Distance from an event lends a certain perspective, as we all know from our various war stories on crisis communication. The four Ps of public relations leadership.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2018

The iconic publication sends a 15 year-old reporter to travel with the band on tour in order to write an in-depth piece. Instead, the journalist writes a warts-and-all article about the band – which the lead singer promptly disputes, making the reporter look bad. Crimson Tide (1995) — Crisis Planning.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Here are the key elements of a well-rounded communications budget to consider: Team headcount and salaries Agency retainers, including media relations & crisis communications Owned media and contributed content development Technology tools, such as media monitoring, media database and internal communication platforms for employee engagement.

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PRSay

AUGUST 3, 2022

Still, we cannot focus on improving these areas at the expense of writing better presentations or perfecting our three-pointers. Ken Scudder has provided media training, presentation training, crisis communications training and consulting, as well as writing and editing, to business leaders, celebrities and politicians for more than 20 years.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Reputation was a key message billionaire Warren Buffet conveyed in “biennial” memo to his leadership team – the 80 or so business people that run the subsidiaries of Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway company. Financier, PR man, crisis manager – and pitch man – this guy can do it all. And probably in 15 minute or less.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 12, 2018

These epic World Cup fails show us what NOT to do when it comes to best PR practices and how to use crisis communication strategies to quickly recover. The key to crisis management is to have a plan ahead of time, respond immediately, take responsibility, and ensure everyone in the organization knows his or her role.

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wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

For example, case studies and practical experience such as news release writing and connecting with senior executives are opportunities highly valued by MBA students. The committee recently hosted a webinar for program faculty to discuss trends in strategic communications and best practices in teaching the course.

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PRSay

MARCH 25, 2019

For your most sensitive communications, consider face-to-face meetings, or phone calls, instead of putting it in writing. There will be times, for legal and other reasons, that you will have to put sensitive materials in writing. To read more about employee communications, check out our March issue of Strategies & Tactics.

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Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s a book Melissa never intended to write. She wanted to write something that pulled back the curtain to the industry and offered “real talk.”. She hopes the book serves as encouragement for them to try a new profession, reach for leadership opportunities, and invites them to think or do differently. Centered on DEI.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times. To be sure, we have to be as persuasive as possible, but we should write with the assumption that we don’t always know who is going to be reading. How do your words make you look as a person?

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Critical Mention

JUNE 13, 2018

When a company faces a crisis, its CEO must step up and restore his or her organization’s PR image in a crisis. Strong leadership and a carefully-crafted crisis communications strategy can help a company recover its image and earn back its audience’s trust. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

Ken Scudder has provided media training, presentation training, crisis communications training and consulting, as well as writing and editing, to business leaders, celebrities and politicians for more than 20 years. And remember… Lock your office door ! Contact him at mail@kenscudder.com or kenscudder.com.

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wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Tracking trends is critical to determining whether your marketing team can prove your value to senior leadership through earned media measurement. Last but certainly not least, crisis communications is another benefit of following trends. When she’s not writing, you can find her at music festivals, hiking or snowboarding.

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Reputation Us

APRIL 17, 2019

At LTPR, she wrote and edited a broad range of public relations and crisis communications materials for national financial, health care and shipping organizations. Her background working in these diverse business sectors found common ground in serving clients in the niches of professional firms and non-profit communities.

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Cision

JUNE 15, 2017

It’s an exhilarating time for both the PR industry and Hispanic communications, as both areas continue to add significant value and return on overall marketing initiatives. This is something PR practitioners know well through crisis communications but truly applies to all areas of public relations.

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Stuart Bruce

MAY 29, 2016

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis it created. It would be even funnier if it wasn’t so tragic. Does it really?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

High demand for experienced communicators “Corporate communications professionals will continue to advance into top organizational leadership roles as their unrivaled combination of business strategy and stakeholder insight continues to become more essential. .” ~ Jason Brown , PublicCity PR, Principal PublicCity PR 9.

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Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

For example, if a trusted blogger writes that this product is really great – do you believe that writer or the marketing-speak on a company’s website? Here are the top 5 benefits of a great media relations program: Credibility Third party endorsement is much more valuable than an organization’s own boasts.

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5W PR

APRIL 13, 2020

It’s a way to demonstrate to an audience that the brand or the executive emphasizes thought leadership and helps the brand establish itself as an industry expert and as a voice. There’s no need to be employed by a publication to be able to write a byline article or even a contributed piece for that publication. Publishing the Byline.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2021

On concerns keeping him up at night: [T]he crisis at the time was so much of an unknown. All of us were thinking we could bring the crisis home to our families, right? On emergencies and crisis planning: The Javits Center was a staging area for first responders after 9/11. That was the scariest part. It was a struggle.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 12, 2020

Better organize your announcements and media contacts, make the “news” easy to find and stick to business etiquette; pro PR tips About a year ago I started writing a monthly summary of PR technology news. Push back – tactfully – on your leadership to provide answers, analysis, context and perspective.

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Reputation Specialist Michael Toebe

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Two well-known professional coaches — Jon Gruden and Urban Meyer— became the newest examples of weak-effort apologies and poor crisis communications in the last week. Could he at least now acknowledge how his communication could be experienced and perceived by Black America, as having an ugly racial appearance?

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wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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Communications Community Crisis Film 40

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 10, 2017

Use an explainer video to explain a process, such as the steps in developing a crisis communication plan. Write a script, 200-250 words should be all that you need, so that you can practice before shooting. Conversely, you can write a post, or case study inspired by a live video session. Corporate overview.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. One of my first pieces that got real traffic was a crisis case study from my former employer, which coincidentally was about dealing with a negative blogger. Then it got picked up by a crisis communications specialist who asked to run it in his newsletter.

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