Konnect Agency

APRIL 20, 2021

Being slow to react to a crisis can be viewed just as unfavorably as not responding at all or providing a rushed response that lacks detail. Thus, having a prepared crisis communication plan is critical for every company. So what is crisis communication? Defining The Threats. Getting Ready.

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5W PR

AUGUST 12, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has presented a global crisis unlike any other that has been experienced in the past, affecting every industry on the globe. 4 internal communications strategies for healthcare PR. #1. Or, perhaps a healthcare firm has decided to switch to remote work for several employees.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 10, 2020

One extension of the pandemic crisis that every business, university, school and nonprofit grappled with was a rapid pivot to what Jeff Teper , the head of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive calls “remote everything.” His viral moment isn’t a thing anymore; it’s the stuff every working day is made of. Remember the BBC dad?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Major organizations can be shaken by a careless tweet or a viral customer complaint. So you want to be a PR executive?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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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. Brand advocates include customers, employees, and influencers.

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Presspage

MAY 11, 2017

When a crisis hits, it is important for an organization to have a protocol in place. The protocol should not only focus on how to handle and cope with a crisis, but should also contain a clear communication flow. The question remains – will using social media in crisis communication deliver you an advantage?

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 3, 2014

Identifying the trigger points that indicate that an issue needs to be escalated to the crisis team. An issue is an issue and a crisis is a crisis. Today’s reality is that no matter where an issue – but especially a crisis – originates, it will develop an online presence. It doesn’t.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

A sudden crisis can be an externally driven event that is entirely unpredictable, like the death of a chief executive or an accident by a business partner. Or a crisis can strike closer to home; it can be a rogue employee action or supplier lapse in a single region that affects an entire brand, like the Chipotle E.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. As much as we want to think it, the crisis certainly isn’t over and it’s not OK to think we are anywhere near safe or normal.

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Reputation Us

MARCH 16, 2022

However, he didn’t realize someone filmed him and posted it online, which quickly became viral. Validating facts—whether it be with your market research, your customer feedback on social media, your employees and/or your quality control—is ultimately what will help your company build a solid reputation. Wake up America! Your customers?

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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Echo chambers in social media contribute to the viral spread of misinformation by acting as initial bandwagons for complex contagions.” Echo chambers and viral misinformation: Modeling fake news as complex contagion. Source: The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication 9 Altheide, D. Source: PLoS ONE 3 Törnberg, P.

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The Stalwart Blog

APRIL 26, 2020

What do you do when you’re embroiled in a crisis that maybe wasn’t of your making? He is a crisis PR expert, a friend of mine for many years. When you get involved in these things, how far are people into the crisis by the time you show up? What do you do when you get negative press? His name is Dave Oates.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Here are some highlights from three professional development sessions at the PRSA 2017 International Conference in Boston on Oct. The speed and accessibility of social media means that brands are always teetering on the edge of a crisis. Companies should have strong pre-crisis and crisis plans in place.

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PRSay

JANUARY 6, 2021

During the pandemic, economic crisis, racial tensions and partisan arguments that have marked 2020, we have started communicating differently. We need to educate ourselves and ask for feedback internally and externally. Studies have shown anger to be the most viral emotion, but anger destroys and divides.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fewer than 24 hours later, the Twitter brouhaha would expand into a sprawling crisis for the NBA’s relationship with China and its reputation at home. For PR practitioners, crisis managers, and the organizations they counsel, the NBA episode offers some valuable tips. Tip 1: Live your values. In an Oct. Tip 5: Keep the team on-message.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Twitter critics jeered when it followed with the “news” that it was rebranding as International House of Burgers, of course. This year a regional ad campaign created as a customer apology after the UK unit of KFC ran out of chicken made international news. IHOP wasn’t the only winning brand in the food service category.

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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. The reporter posted the mother’s story on Twitter, which went viral with over 3,000 retweets. But he did, oh how he did.

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2016

The International Association of Business Communicators World Conference took place this week in New Orleans with a keynote presentation from thought leader Seth Mattison, founder of research firm FutureSight Labs which has been studying generational differences between the societal rules that influence how professionals act in the workplace.

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The sheer timing was remarkable, with the 4-foot-high statue arriving the night before International Women’s Day – not to mention the exquisite symbolic co-opting of the "Charging Bull," which Fortune called “a testosterone-charged symbol of Wall Street bravado.”. So, is that enough ROI for an experiential campaign to satisfy your CMO?

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

What about the customers who have a negative experience with your brand but choose not to create a video or campaign that then goes viral – yet, in their silence, choose to never again interact or purchase from your organization? The consequences of your employees’ actions. This was a marking moment. Yes, she actually said that!).

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