5W PR

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Delta Airlines Case: A Cautionary Tale The recent events surrounding Delta Airlines’ reaction to the CrowdStrike outages highlight the critical importance of effective reputation management and crisis preparedness. Public threats of lawsuits by corporations don’t achieve really any reputational benefits.

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PRSay

MAY 26, 2023

“Whenever we get into any crisis moment, the guiding principles for us are compassion and action,” said Linda Rutherford, chief administration and communications officer for Southwest Airlines. Given the complexities of the crisis, “we were as timely and accurate as we could be,” she said.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Within this episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, Bill Boyd and I discuss the current state of the Ebola crisis and how the CDC, hospitals and government are fairing in their crisis communication and overall management of this escalating epidemic. Running time: 1:01:02.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 15, 2017

Most business leaders would probably prefer to settle an apology than having it spin into a giant, embarrassing and international fiasco. They hired an actor to play the role of a fictitious airline CEO apologizing for a network glitch canceling 140 flights. Photo credit: Flickr, sebastien lebrigand, airline ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ) .

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 3, 2020

But one channel has given a handful of companies a huge leg up on others in the crisis communications game: personal CEO social media profiles (mostly, on LinkedIn). And, we’re seeing brands use their personal CEO profiles as part of their overall strategic communications plan. These are just a few examples.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2024

From my favorite airline (which is open and sincere in good times and bad) to my credit card company (who handled a data breach quickly and efficiently), down to my neighborhood auto repair shop (which is almost honest to a fault), these traits are a major driver in my day-to-day purchase decisions.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Internal messages repurposed for news media. There were very few communications items that we produced that did not have an internal component as well as an external,” Shea said. Visuals were the best way to explain those abstract concepts, Zientowski said.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Friday, January 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 lost a fuselage‘ plug door‘ mid-flight , causing the cabin to depressurize and loose items to blow out with the door. In another incident, an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo plane caught fire moments into its flight from Miami International Airport on January 18.

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Presspage

MAY 11, 2017

Among the many communication tools that can be used during a crisis, social media is one of the most important ones because it offers the opportunity for an immediate, concise, and far-reaching response. The question remains – will using social media in crisis communication deliver you an advantage?

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Presspage

MARCH 31, 2023

According to aviation rules, the airline is the point of contact for a refund when a flight is missed. It sounds contractionary, having fun during a crisis. Cliches still happen Realizing that whatever you do and how prepared you are, all crisis communication cliches still happen. You better be ready for this.

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Reputation Us

MAY 12, 2020

But when it comes to crisis communications and reputation management, I believe they can learn plenty from previous crises to navigate us through this pandemic. A: Each crisis is unique, but COVID-19 provides a lot of opportunity, because no one is at fault. Expose them.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This is why it is important to prepare for a PR crisis. Recently Yorkshire Cricket Club underestimated the power of social media and conducted a master class on how not to respond to a PR crisis. The key to any crisis communication is to be proactive, transparent and accountable. How to create a crisis management plan?

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Each post brings you marketing lessons drawn from brands like General Mills, Target, Procter & Gamble, Beats By Dre, Dove, Mentos, Apple, Samsung, Kmart, Verizon, Ben & Jerrys, Burger King, Charmin, Southwest Airlines and Under Armour.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 23, 2017

Sizing up or prioritizing responses in crisis communications. I railed against the product warts internally, messaged against them externally, and worked pretty hard at using the tool to demonstrate the value of monitoring to the profession of PR. Evaluating editorial calendar opportunities. The short answer is: it depends.

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Maxim Behar

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We know each other for almost 15 years now, have done numerous projects together within the International PR Organization ICCO, have met several times in Austria and in Bulgaria. You are one of the strongest persons that we have in the international PR business. Sales and Traffic Representative, Turkish Airlines. Dima Tutar.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

But in the real world, too often PR pros are restricted to writing press releases explaining why leaked plutonium is actually good for you or arguing why years of internal memos documenting how an automakers’ tires exploded or vehicles erupted into fireballs should not have led the company to recall or repair the lethal cars.

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Ethical Voices

MARCH 28, 2022

I was actually an intern with them during college and they hired me so I moved from Atlanta to Pittsburgh. I worked for American Airlines, for Hill and Knowlton, a real estate developer, law firm, national restaurant chain, and then I started my own firm. Champions. I started my career at Alcoa in Pittsburgh.

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Prohibition

MAY 15, 2020

This was followed with a rather disappointing remark from the airline s chief executive who admitted: ‘social distancing on flights just isn’t realistic.’ It also came to light that there had been multiple internal emails circulating where executives ‘mocked their regulator and joked about safety’.

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Prohibition

MAY 15, 2020

This was followed with a rather disappointing remark from the airline s chief executive who admitted: ‘social distancing on flights just isn’t realistic.’ It also came to light that there had been multiple internal emails circulating where executives ‘mocked their regulator and joked about safety’.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2017

The real cause of the United Airlines incident is an industry-wide problem, the all-too-common practice of overbooking. Bumping a paying passenger from a flight is an enormously disruptive action, regardless of which airline does it. The airline even appologized after it bumped a 10-year old from a flight. Image source: [link].

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Beyond PR

MAY 3, 2017

The real cause of the United Airlines incident is an industry-wide problem, the all-too-common practice of overbooking. Bumping a paying passenger from a flight is an enormously disruptive action, regardless of which airline does it. The airline even appologized after it bumped a 10-year old from a flight. Image source: [link].

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AI hunts bias in a new “media war room” by Israeli startup Propel Propel, an Israeli startup that’s building out an all-in-one PR platform, has packaged its software into an offering it’s calling the “Media War Room” that leverages AI for managing crisis communications. Other tools have offered coverage spikes for years.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

Major airports experience increased passenger volumes, and airlines may offer more flights and vacation packages to cater to the demand. As you can imagine, this increased demand is driving up airfares on most routes, with ticket prices for international flights increasing by more than 30%. They are up more than 300% over last year.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Stuart Bruce speaking at the IATA Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age conference. (c) This morning I gave a keynote at the global ‘Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age’ conference in Istanbul. c) Donald Steel. Edward Snowdon wants us to be afraid of big government prying into our lives.

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