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Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Crisis Was Not Just Preventable—It Is A Giant Missed Opportunity

Melissa Agnes

It’s easy to click “accept” without actually reading the lengthy privacy policies and terms of use that require our acceptance before joining these platforms, and it is even easier to not take notice of the changes made to these policies throughout the years. You can order your copy of Crisis Ready , here.

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Analyzing First Responders In Crisis PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Facebook’s response to the recent data privacy controversy was immediate – so immediate that it happened the day before the scandal broke. While the speed was admirable, the content of the message and its tone were less successful, given the complicated nature of the data privacy issues involved. Five crisis PR first responses.

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7 Signs Your Company Is Ready To Step Up Its PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Before a PR firm was hired, unfortunately, an assistant to the president gave an interview full of inaccuracies which haunted the company for years. This can include everything from reaching out to reporters to fix errors in a story to arranging an interview with a CEO or other company spokesperson to set the record straight.

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8 PR Tools for B2B Thought Leadership

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Consider editorial policies and trending topics, and be strategic when targeting technology media outlets. Tech and business media are uniquely receptive to interviews and commentary from executives who are subject-matter experts. A scandal like a privacy breach? But be sure to adhere to best byline practices. Expert commentary.

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People Are Not Props – Christie Goodman

Ethical Voices

Just an example, during COVID, within a week of school closures, we were providing information and policy updates and doing that by having webinars with students and parents so that educators could hear what they were experiencing and make changes. Listen to the full interview, with bonus content, here. It was virtual.

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The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators – Kena Lewis

Ethical Voices

Then whoever you’re speaking with, they may want to reinforce what you’ve said by interviewing other people and that’s fine because the information that you give is accurate, timely and fair. When we cannot provide your information to journalists because it is a privacy violation. You’re in healthcare.

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SHIFTxSW – See Y’all Next Year

Shift Communications

In case you missed it, the below SHIFTxSW blog series was created to help guide you through your time here in Austin: SHIFTxSW part 1: Interview with Hugh Forrest. Passcode: Lessons on Security and Privacy from SXSW. SHIFTxSW part 2: Preparing to attend as a PR Professional . SHIFTxSW part 3: Sights from those battle lines.

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