5W PR

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Crisis management in the defense technology sector requires meticulous planning, precise execution, and constant readiness. When a crisis hits, organizations must respond swiftly and effectively to protect their reputation, maintain stakeholder trust, and minimize potential damage.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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PRSay

JULY 6, 2020

As parts of the country continue to emerge from the coronavirus shutdown, business owners are rethinking their workspaces to help their employees feel safe and productive. Twitter and Square, for example, have both announced that their employees can continue to work remotely. But not everyone has those options. Wear cloth face covers.

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5W PR

JANUARY 24, 2025

PR professionals now manage an intricate mix of content creation, community management, and crisis response across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Measuring Success Through Social Media Analytics PR measurement has moved far beyond simple metrics like impressions and reach.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

As the situation continues to unfold, here are six crisis communications lessons from past pandemics to keep in mind: 1. Given the uncertainty about the coronavirus and what still lies ahead, ongoing crisis planning should concentrate on worst-case scenarios. Enlist employees. Plan for the worst. Mind your language.

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Onclusive

MARCH 31, 2021

A communications crisis can be one of the most difficult situations in your career. Crisis preparedness, internal education and having the right tools can aid you before a crisis hits. Crisis situations require research so that you can address the circumstance thoughtfully, and multi-channel rapid response.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Internal communicators must be savvy enough to turn dry content like company policies into info employees actually want to read. Crisis Communications.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

What starts as a single tweet can snowball into a full-blown crisis within hours, putting organizations at risk of significant reputational damage. Building Strong Reputational Foundations The most effective defense against reputational threats begins long before any crisis emerges.

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Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

Forward-thinking brands are already embracing the strategic advantages that social listening tools can offer when it comes to managing brand reputation, crisis detection, and optimising comms strategy. Yes, that’s right, it’s not just for marketing teams! Identify de-influencers or detractors Yes, that’s right.

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5W PR

JANUARY 26, 2025

Organizations should focus on setting measurable goals, establishing accountability, and creating transparent reporting mechanisms. Measuring Social Responsibility ROI Many companies struggle to quantify the business impact of their social responsibility efforts. This coordinated approach builds credibility and amplifies reach.

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5W PR

JANUARY 22, 2025

Social media amplifies both positive and negative messages, making swift, strategic crisis management more critical than ever. Building Your Crisis Response Foundation A strong crisis management strategy starts long before any issues arise. Start by acknowledging the issue and sharing what you know.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Taking dry content like company policies and turning it into information that employees actually want to read requires a savvy communicator. Crisis Communications.

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Prowly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Brand advocacy happens when customers, employees, and other stakeholders actively support and promote a brand through recommendations, word of mouth, positive reviews, or by sharing content about the brand. Cost to the brand A customer or employee advocacy initiative is almost always free because they genuinely love the brand.

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Prowly

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Enhanced PR crisis management When crises strike, you control the narrative and you know which key messages to share, where, and how. Examples include: internal memos, team updates, newsletters and announcements, employee engagement initiatives, email communication, etc. Stakeholders: Internal employees and shareholders.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Training Your First Line of Defense Employees represent both the greatest vulnerability and strongest asset in fighting misinformation. A single ill-informed social media post from staff can spark a crisis, while well-trained employees act as brand truth ambassadors.

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PRSay

MAY 15, 2024

For more articles on crisis management, please check out the May 2024 issue of Strategies & Tactics. The “Stealing Thunder Theory” of crisis communications has been a critical tool for PR counselors for decades. What does this mean for crisis communications? It makes sense.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 29, 2020

I’m muddling through the COVID-19 crisis, just like you, but I am starting to think about what might come next. Is it possible to have a good crisis? It followed support from the Treasury for large employees a week ago. The BBC and NHS have both stepped up to the crisis. Many have been found to be wanting.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

A crisis situation presents abundant challenges for public relations and business leaders, not the least of which are the critical first communications. Five crisis PR first responses. There was no mention of the customers’ race, or of why a Starbucks employee had called the police. Facebook dodges blame.

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2020

As a discipline, crisis management is categorized into three phases: pre-crisis (which involves prevention and preparation); crisis response; and post-crisis (evaluation and preparation). Some crises pass quickly, and also have short post-crisis phases that are measured in days or weeks.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 29, 2020

Businesses must communicate proactively to employees, customers, and stakeholders about practical matters like business changes, measures to protect health, and the eventual return to business. The crisis threatens the survival of many smaller businesses, so everyone is rooting for recovery. Empathy is also a two-way street.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As you may have heard, Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World , is my new book – and I’m so excited that it’s finally available for you to preorder on Amazon ! When I set out to write Crisis Ready , the last thing I wanted was to write yet another (boring) book on crisis management.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

There are several forces in play: Areas of the economy that shut down are reopening and organisations are firmly in recovery-mode The pandemic has created a new set of roles is areas such as employee engagement and sustainability Entry level roles are reopening as organisation begin to figure out the balance between home and office working.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Few corporate CEOs will deny that a company’s reputation colors every aspect of business, including marketing, talent recruitment, employee relations, shareholder relations, and the customer experience. It’s often confused with crisis management, but while the two overlap, they are distinct. In fact, the 2017 U.S.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 3, 2021

The May edition of WaddsCon covered a range of topics from the COVID-19 impact on client/agency relations to the impact on print, and from measurement frameworks to professionalism in public relations. Asif Choudry, director, We Are Resource talked about how his printing-led business had seen a boom in packages sent by employers to employees.

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5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

However, when mistakes are made, all of those benefits can act against the brand, amplifying a momentary lapse and creating a monumental PR crisis. Let’s take a look at how brands should use the tools available on social media to mitigate a PR crisis and move forward to re-establish the brand’s reputation.

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Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

What are the similarities and differences with other kinds of crisis management? A cyber-attack is a special kind of crisis. As such, these incidents add wrinkles to the traditional crisis management playbook. That means moving quickly to gather the facts and implement a crisis management plan. The Crisis Plan.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 29, 2019

The most strategic PR programs work to build the relationships and convey the attributes that lead to measurable business performance and growth. The best plans also start with a thorough brand communications audit that includes insights into customer, channel partner, and employee perceptions of the business or its products.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

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.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 17, 2020

Those who went quiet and were going through the crisis communications playbook when it came to content on social channels. good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization. Very transparent.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Today in America, we face a crisis of incivility in society and in our public discourse. Employees who experience or witness incivilities are more likely to be uncivil toward others, the study found. In the workplace, CEOs say, a culture of incivility threatens employee morale and productivity, corporate reputation and revenue.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 14, 2021

Ask for actionable insights, solutions and measurable results—encourage communications to share unexpected insights, propose an action plan, and then measure and report on the outcome of the action. That’s why measuring the performance and real business impact of your communications activity is so important.

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Solo PR Pro

MARCH 3, 2020

The full impact of this outbreak from both a human and economic perspective can not yet be measured — and won’t be for some time to come. All good PR pros know you can be both reassuring and completely honest in a crisis- and in fact, the latter plays an important role in the former.” – Kellye Crane, Crane Communications.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

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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Prowly

JANUARY 31, 2025

Measure campaign effectiveness? Measuring behaviors like shares, comments, or newsletter openings can tell you how actively people interact with your brand content and communications. 3 steps Step 1: Define goals and KPIs Before diving into your brand analysis process, establish clear objectives. Enhance brand equity?

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Presspage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While one negative comment from a disgruntled ex-employee might not warrant concern, paying attention to recurring patterns or feedback can reveal opportunities for improvement before they escalate into bigger problems. Issue management vs crisis management: whats the difference? Issues and crises go hand in hand.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

While many consider communications to be part of marketing, PR has fallen behind in being able to measure and prove its value to key stakeholders. That’s where PR comes in with negative publicity and crisis management, as well as proactively demonstrating your company’s goodwill efforts.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

While many consider communications to be part of marketing, PR has fallen behind in being able to measure and prove its value to key stakeholders. That’s where PR comes in with negative publicity and crisis management, as well as proactively demonstrating your company’s goodwill efforts. Integrating PR and marketing.

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