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A Crisis Management Success Story: AppFirst

Melissa Agnes

A: First and foremost, I believe every CEO is responsible for driving value to his/her customers, partners, employees and investors. Q: What advice would you give to other executives, in regards to their crisis prevention or crisis management? Q: Most CEOs wouldn’t have chosen to react the way you did.

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So, You Wanna Be a Crisis Management Professional. Here’s What You Should Know.

Melissa Agnes

Each week, I get approached by a handful of university students and young professionals seeking my advice on how they can kick-start their careers in crisis management. So, you wanna be a crisis management professional? Being a crisis management professional is a big responsibility. Learn, learn, learn.

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What is Crisis PR? A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Communication During Critical Times

5W PR

Understanding Crisis PR Crisis public relations focuses on protecting and defending an organization’s reputation during situations that pose significant threats. The Institute for Crisis Management defines a business crisis as “a significant business disruption that stimulates extensive news media coverage.”

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How Brands Are Making Social Responsibility Core To Their PR Strategy

5W PR

Today’s consumers demand authentic commitment to diversity, inclusion, and social impact from the brands they support. Effective crisis response protocols should center stakeholder needs and reflect organizational values, emphasizing transparent communication, concrete action steps, and ongoing dialogue with affected communities.

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The Importance of Social Media in Crisis Management

Prohibition

Social media is an increasingly important element in a successful crisis management approach. With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. What is Crisis Management?

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How to Turn Your Brand Crisis into PR Success with Ease

Cision

GitLab, a startup with $25 million in funding, got into a major PR embarrassment when one of its employees accidentally deleted client data from the primary database server. Fortunately, the GitLab team had already rolled out a crisis management plan. To make matters worse, all attempts to restore the complete data failed.

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We’ve been hacked! Call the Press!

Flack's Revenge

But they should come clean, and ‘fess up to problems when they occur, according to the basic tenets of crisis management. The far better approach to crisis management is to rip off that Band-Aid – admit your mistake, explain, apologize, and rectify. It is here that good old PR and crisis management can help.