PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. In an ongoing crisis, operating on adrenaline for a prolonged period of time can be – and is often – physically and mentally harmful.

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Cision

JUNE 19, 2015

That’s how long I waited in a conference room for my future boss to arrive for my second interview. “I After all, anyone who was so inconsiderate during the interview process was likely to be a real nightmare on the job – a theory that my new boss confirmed in a matter of weeks. Sometimes mistakes lead to crisis. Forty minutes.

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This is a one-or-two page document that highlights something new or different your company is doing. Crisis Communications. Crisis communications involve your plan to deal with negative news if it happens and how to avoid bad PR in the future. The most common way to reach journalists is through a press release. PR vs. Marketing.

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Newsfile

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Furthermore, when customers trust brands, they are 59% more likely to buy the brand’s products.

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Reputation Specialist Michael Toebe

JUNE 21, 2021

Here’s a disclaimer for you: I always enjoyed Tavis Smiley interviewing people. Sometimes within a crisis of reputation, we believe that if we can just focus on doing more high-quality work we can traverse the difficult landscape of our troubles and come out on the other side, so to speak, safely. (Tavis Smiley). He did excellent work.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

But oh, lordy – we as communications and marketing professionals can receive a master class in what NOT to do during a crisis from Lochte’s self-immolation at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Your brand and company may never employ a 12-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer such as Ryan Lochte as its celebrity spokesperson.

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Flatiron Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I was surprised by just how little public attention was given to office supplies chain Staples after President Obama “shamed” its management during a recent interview with Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith. There are simply too many other “media” to neutralize even the most shocking, well-documented news report.

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This is a living document, so don’t forget to update prodigiously. I’m talking about a two-pager (google sheet, tracker, project management software, whatever) that itemizes activities in weeks, months, quarters. The goal is that no one from agency or client side ever has to wonder, “what’s going on this week/month/quarter.”

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The Stalwart Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

An interview with Lily Li, Principal of Metaverse Law. . Dave Oates: Hey, thanks for joining us for another edition of the Public Relations Security video cast where we talk to experts in all facets of crisis events and crisis management. Lily, thanks so much for being here, I appreciate it. Dave Oates: Yeah.

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ISEBOX

JULY 29, 2015

The public’s perception of your company will boost sales if they like you, so it’s the job of a media relations specialist to develop a documented strategy for enhancing reputation. Crisis Response. Before a crisis occurs, you should have a specialized media relations team and strategy in place. Reputation Loss.

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PRSay

JULY 23, 2019

Laura Ling is a prolific journalist, with a body of work that includes reporting on slave labor in the Amazon, women’s rights in the Middle East and the energy crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. In an interview with PRsay, Ling offered her thoughts on news readership, storytelling platforms and appreciating the little things in life.

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Reputation Us

JANUARY 7, 2019

Some simple tools to identify your vulnerabilities are surveys, focus groups and interviews that include smart, poignant questions that can help you further understand areas that may need corrections. Reputations are often damaged during and after a crisis hits a credit union.

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Karen Freberg

MARCH 14, 2019

Documenting the journey on social media. Then, I started documenting and sharing my journey talking about each day and what were the major themes on each of my social media platforms. My sabbatical of course is longer than just a month, but the time I was able to spend down in both countries taught me a lot.

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Social Media Course Meeting Interviews 51

Sword and the Script

MAY 12, 2020

Additional considerations: Post HTML versions of your press releases – not just PDFs; Create a separate RSS feed for your newsroom that carries just news; Offer reporters a way to sign up for distribution lists that send just for news; and An online newsroom also gives you a platform to rapidly standup a crisis communications response.

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Company Survey Pitching Report 98

Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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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Mark My Words

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

The venerable PR man had walked into the oldest media trap of a kangaroo court interview. He is best placed to document the organisation’s failings- which have the potential to read as a compelling work of intrigue and deception. We desperately need to know how this happened to Bell Pottinger.

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Karen Freberg

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Professional development opportunities can include working directly on a fellowship with an organization, conducting interviews for research project, and learning from professionals. I’ll be documenting and sharing my lessons, experiences, and takeaways here and on my social media channels using #FrebergSabbatical.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. Gender diversity in PR is an issue as old as the industry itself Gender issues in the PR industry are well documented. If you work in issues and crisis it can be especially acute.

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MaccaPR

MAY 12, 2016

Fact: Your resume is one of the least important documents in your career. Always Help Your Co-worker or Client in Crisis. Become legendary for your integrity. It’ll set you apart from 80 percent of the people you meet in business. Guard Your Reputation. Your LinkedIn profile? A bit more important. But your reputation and character?

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Securing an interview with a media outlet for an executive or other company spokesperson is a dream…except when it’s not. Interviews provide an opportunity to showcase your brand and spokespeople as thought leaders, increase loyalty to your brand, defuse crises and drive sales. Missed Brad’s webinar? Write bullets, not novels.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Although I have no experience in crisis communication, I have learned some important lessons in light of Tablo’s scandal. Do your best to debunk them with solid evidence i.e., figures and statistics, documents or expert witnesses. Companies must protect their reputation in light of rumors, especially those that are defamatory.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

An interesting thing happens when you do this well – you actually attract journalists and bloggers to your content, and they’ll often want to interview you or quote you in their stories (without you having to pitch them). You are the media in this example. This is nirvana for a media relations professional. So how can you do it?

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Being programmed that on March 1 st of some year the pensions should be raised, but they have not been raised, of course, 1 million conditions will be set inside - a war, another crisis, a pandemic. Listen the interview here. But under normal conditions, if a government does not fulfill its promises, then it must go.

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 2, 2024

At that time, the county was going through this crisis because there were three county commissioners being charged with honest services fraud. You mentioned it’s a hundred-page document. There were key points that were identified throughout the document that were consolidated into a one or two pager.

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PRSay

JUNE 11, 2021

They spend more time talking through real-life examples within communities to help people understand the true impact of the gun-violence crisis. In January 2020, we published a news release on FDA documents revealing inadequate monitoring of a key program to promote safe opioid use. What are some best practices for other communicators?

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Barokas

JUNE 21, 2018

Same goes for the even more recent split of reality star Kendra Wilkinson, who basically documented the entire breakup on her Instagram stories. While not all of us in PR represent celebrities or have to guide our clients through personal issues, the rule of getting ahead of the news cycle applies to just about any corporate crisis situation.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Press releases are multipurpose, multifunctional documents. Make it easy for journalists to reach out for further information or interviews, and always respond immediately to such requests. Then, follow up with journalists to gauge their interest, offer additional information, and/or arrange interviews.

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Ethical Voices

JUNE 27, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode is Bradley Akubuiro , a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive , where he focuses on corporate reputation, executive communications, and high visibility crisis management and media relations efforts. It just so happened that the person who had generated the document in question was my corporate tormentor.

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 8, 2024

I wanted to dig into the guidelines and in mid-December 2023, I interviewed two experts to help me do just that. What are some of the key takeaways you want PR pros to keep in mind from the Promise and Pitfalls documents? Listen to the full interview, here. It’s really timely that we would issue this guidance.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 6, 2022

Peloton was riding high just before Christmas after its speedy response to a fast-breaking PR crisis. The social audio platform didn’t suffer a PR crisis so much as a drop off the radar screen. The media blitz peaked with her primetime interview on 60 Minutes and testimony before Congress. The PR Losers. Better.com.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

I had my camera in my hand and documented the experience. Unhappiness in this area is due to three things: 1) An Identity Crisis 2) A lack of understanding Role vs You 3) An Intimidatedation by the Apperance Inferiority. Everyone has their own definition and is uniquely affected by the "center back" messages from the universe.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Another example is the benefit of ‘free learning’ I receive while doing the thought leader interviews for my weekly PR podcast. “When I first started blogging in 2008, it was to document my own journey through a changing media landscape, knowing PR needed a new approach. I don’t think I draw a line.”

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Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The issues we face in practice are well documented: measurement, media, paid, planning, and workflow. The highest skills gaps were reported as measurement (53%), budget management (44%), crisis management (37%), and digital communications/social media (35%). Document this workflow overview. Assemble a diverse project team.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Our public relations world promptly erupted with crisis advice, recommending what Subway - which had featured the now self-admitted molester in some 300 ads over 15 years - should have done after it learned that the face of its brand had committed acts which guarantee that its $5 foot-long will forever be associated with a pedophile.

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Maxim Behar

JULY 13, 2023

Bulgaria needs this reformist government to continue and not to get into a political crisis, but this cannot be done at the price of compromised regulators and pseudo-reform. You can watch the whole interview here. On the other hand, I am sure that this government will not fall because there are two very important factors.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In response to the breaking crisis, Avast shut down Jumpshot. Interviews and speaking opportunities “had the second-highest response rate of any other topics on OnePitch at nearly 16%.”. Prezly rolled out a feature to upload coverage , such as PDF documents, and link these to media profiles in your account.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Behar shares his opinion on current issues such as non-transparent and one-way communication of the people in power, and the need of growing our business despite the crisis in order to save soiety's culture and development. The third part is when they show interviews with people who say the exact opposite. Watch the interview here.

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