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When public expectations are unrealistic

The Stalwart Blog

I have been following the vaccine trial development that a lot of pharmaceutical companies are undertaking right now. In other words, consumers will think that the pharmaceutical companies are being ineffective in their development. There’s a lot of things to watch on the news of late. That’s not necessarily the case.

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The two brands leading the way with brand journalism during COVID might surprise you

Communications Conversations

According to SF, the series aims “to provide thought leadership, tips, and resources from Salesforce and our community of Trailblazers to help business leaders manage through crisis; and to provide a forum for community and conversation with peers.” Now, the video episodes are a little long. Most run around 50 minutes.

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PR Touts The Season’s Top Turkeys

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

How did Mylan CEO Heather Bresch not learn from Turing Pharmaceutical’s Martin Shkreli’s experience? But it makes us wonder what their PR strategists had been doing before the crisis hit and if they knew about the malfeasance. Management compounded the bad news by seeming to blame employees. So, is all forgiven?

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PR Advice For CEOs Under Fire

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

True Accountability Helps Defuse A Crisis. Warren accused the CEO of pushing the blame “to your low-level employees who don’t have the money for a fancy P.R. Thousands of Wells Fargo employees lost their jobs, but Stumpf and his senior executives have not been penalized for the fraud. firm to defend themselves.”

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

I thought the new media offered tremendous potential for environmental scanning, issues management, rumor control, and crisis communication. employees, investors, etc.)? I gave this assignment several years before commercial services began doing the same thing.

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15 Lessons Learned From 17 Years of Crisis Post-Mortems

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

And, conversely, if you are open and honest, then you can survive a crisis more easily. In one of my earliest columns, I applauded Nabisco for getting in front of a budding crisis by sending a “Cookie Inspector” into a classroom to publicly count chips. Remember Under Armour’s crisis at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics?

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Maxim Behar for BG ON AIR on the topic "COVID infodemia"

Maxim Behar

As for mental health - no, there are very serious indications that mental health is in crisis and it is certain that a special policy will be needed to protect it. Suddenly we find out that without a nation state holding the reins in crisis, we begin to die. it could probably happen in Hong Kong, Singapore, but not here.