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Setting the Record Straight About the Ethical Practice of Public Relations

PRSay

and tell them I worked in crisis communications. For example, in late December, The New York Times published a piece on the conflict between actress Blake Lively and actor-director Justin Baldoni over filming the adaptation of It Ends With Us.

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Are You Ready For a Live-Streamed Crisis?

Melissa Agnes

This means that, amongst other things, every organization should be teaching their employees and representatives to always assume that they are being filmed and to behave in a way that is consistent with the organizations values – and why it is important to do so now, more than ever.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

Clients now expect PR people to also be search experts, content experts, working knowledge of Google Analytics, knowledge of all sorts of tracking tools to measure effectiveness, while filming, producing, and editing video and managing multiple social media accounts.”. Crisis interrupted. Additional duties. Acting like a publisher.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

Arriving at the school district headquarters, the staff was stunned and silent, gathered around a radio, listening for updates and quietly considering crisis communication responses. Soon enough, the lights went down and the film came on. I could only think about when and where the next attack would be.

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The Cost of a PR Disaster

Shift Communications

Unhappy customers are typically very vocal, and cellphone cameras make it too easy to capture any potential gaffes on film. One of the main causes of bad press is a poor customer experience.

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Does cybersecurity have a comms problem?

PR in High Definition

Cybersecurity has been given the Hollywood treatment, with films and TV shows depicting impossibly attractive actors somehow cracking MI6’s firewall in minutes. Never neglect crisis communications Bridging internal gaps is crucial, but the driving force behind a lot of the session was the need for a crisis comms plan.

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PR Lessons to Learn from These Oscar Fails

Critical Mention

Time for the film industry’s most prestigious event, the Academy Awards, which will be presented March 4 in the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles. Many of us will be watching and rooting for our favorite films of 2017 to take home the prize. But what lessons can communications and PR pros learn from the event?

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