Reputation Us

MARCH 17, 2025

What is Enterprise Risk Management for Reputation? Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for reputation is a structured framework that allows organizations to identify, analyze, and respond to their possible risks. Have you ever thought of how prone your business is to risk and how efficient it is to respond to a crisis?

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is a great blog post that gives you an overview of what you can do, right now, to prevent a crisis. But, are they a crisis? But neglected, they can turn into a full blown reputation crash and even a pretty big hit to the bottom line. How to avoid a public relations crisis. Not necessarily.

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5W PR

MARCH 17, 2025

This staggering figure doesn’t account for the long-term reputation damage that follows a public cybersecurity incident. However, rushing incorrect information can multiply reputation damage. Regular testing of detection capabilities through red team exercises validates your early warning system’s effectiveness.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Crisis communication is one of the most important aspects of your crisis management. In fact, whom you communicate with in a crisis, along with when and how you communicate with them, can mean the difference between successful crisis management and crisis management failure. Step 1: Identify your stakeholders.

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PRSay

JUNE 23, 2021

Preparing for these increasingly sophisticated threats and containing the damage when attacks occur requires a level of experience and expertise beyond that of a company’s day-to-day crisis team. Build a dedicated cyber-crisis team. Exercise regularly. Here are six things to think about: 1. Make key decisions ahead of time.

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5W PR

MARCH 18, 2025

Managing a public relations crisis in health technology requires careful planning, swift action, and clear communication to protect both patient safety and organizational reputation. Document all protocols in a crisis communication playbook that’s regularly reviewed and updated.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 13, 2018

If you follow my work, then you know that helping organizations become crisis ready is not just what I do professionally, but it is one of my biggest passions. The typical act of crisis preparedness looks something like this: An organization tasks a department or small team of people to create a crisis management plan.

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5W PR

MARCH 5, 2025

Recent incidents at major AdTech firms show that no organization is immune – but those with solid crisis communication plans weather storms more effectively than those caught unprepared. Building Your Crisis Response Foundation The strongest crisis responses begin long before incidents occur.

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5W PR

JANUARY 22, 2025

What starts as a single negative comment or review can spread across social networks within minutes, potentially damaging a brand’s reputation before teams even know there’s a problem. Social media amplifies both positive and negative messages, making swift, strategic crisis management more critical than ever.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Can any organization be a crisis communication pro? Being crisis-ready, crisis-intelligent, isn’t a mysterious quality that only a few people or organizations possess. So what would it take for your organization, your team, to be considered a crisis communication pro? Absolutely, why not? Prevent the preventable.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

In fact, as we saw with the Sony crisis in December, these risks and threats are only bound to grow – as are today’s crisis management challenges. So why not lead into 2015 on a crisis-intelligent note? 3 absolute must-do’s to help make your 2015 crisis-free. But let’s not be fooled.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Don’t think your crisis plan has blind spots? Let me throw three common crisis scenarios at you and you can reflect on whether or not your team is prepared for each of them – and don’t assume you know the answer, actually go and find out! If it were hacked, could it present some serious threats to your reputation?

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 11, 2021

5 solo PR pros advise on crisis communications. This month, we asked our panel of solo PR pros to share how they deal with a client crisis. The very first thing I tell a client when dealing with a crisis is DO. When advising a client navigating a crisis, there needs to be transparency and trust in the working relationship.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

In fact, as we saw with the Sony crisis in December, these risks and threats are only bound to grow – as are today’s crisis management challenges. So why not lead into 2015 on a crisis-intelligent note? 3 absolute must-do’s to help make your 2015 crisis-free. But let’s not be fooled.

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Onclusive

APRIL 8, 2020

There has never been a better opportunity to claim your seat at the table by serving your company as a communications leader during this time of crisis, and providing unique insights that only you have access to. But in order to get the credit you deserve and the resources you need as a PR professional, you have to make one key shift.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I remember thinking how wonderful it would be if there was a book that provided not only additional resources on how we can create assignments, exercises, or exercises, but really showed you what you need to know to teach social media. That was a challenge for me as a professor. What should you expect to see in this book?

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Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

Strategy: Any strategy should be rooted in clear goals, so make sure both PR and marketing go through the objective-setting exercise first. Since marketers now share social media with communicators, having a joint reputation management strategy will help you stay ahead of a crisis and maintain a consistent brand image.

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Presspage

MAY 6, 2017

Most communicators expect to have to deal with a crisis situation at some point in their career. Yet predicting how a crisis will rear its ugly head is incredibly difficult. Following the crisis, CSUSM put every member of the crisis team, including the four key members of the PR department through crisis management training workshops.

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Reputation Us

JULY 26, 2019

Enhance your reputation by putting the crisis plan to the test ahead of time to ensure your organization is prepared and resilient. Tabletop crisis scenario exercise. Prepare your crisis task force by practicing how/if/when/to whom to communicate during a crisis. Crisis simulation. Contact us!

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Reputation Us

MARCH 4, 2019

Listening (not talking) to staff, recruits, customers and public leads businesses to problem identification and problem solving—while enhancing reputation. ReputationUs advocates that listening is vital to be a successful organization—and your company’s reputation depends upon it. LISTENING REVEALS YOUR REPUTAION.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The exercise is a useful reflection on what’s transpired during the year, and perhaps, gives us an azimuth for the next one. FleishmanHillard Executive Creative Director Dan Margulis had a rather perceptive quote on the findings: “Creativity has always been the way out of crisis…Crisis forced us to act but also freed us to evolve.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 14, 2015

Standing on the reputable TEDx stage, people expect a certain caliber of message to be shared with them. This is also a book that I recommend to crisis leaders – as well as leaders of every kind. However, after experiencing this process, I highly recommend this exercise to every communication professional out there.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 23, 2019

So how does a company handle a corporate crisis in today’s world? Two years ago, Forbes published its “ 13 Golden Rules of PR Crisis Management.” We’re rethinking corporate crisis. We say “ Crisis Management is 99% preparation; 1% execution.” CRISIS SIMULATION.

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Facebook sceptics might think that the ‘Meta’ rebrand is merely an aesthetic exercise in an attempt to cover up a string of wrongdoings. But in the case of Facebook (and many other rebrands, which I’ll come onto), it can also be a reputation reshaping exercise, which brings me to the question, is a rebrand enough to save a reputation?

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NewsWhip

MARCH 13, 2024

We recommend a simple approach for this – based on the smart work we see by our clients, and based on advice from practitioners captured in a Journal of Communications article called “Watchful Waiting: Public Relations Strategies to minimize and manage a fake news crisis”. Let’s start with how you prepare.

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. What role does social media play in reputation and crisis management today? I like to put my reporter hat back on for a client crisis.

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PRSay

AUGUST 8, 2022

Squeezed by competing pressures, “CEOs and other senior leaders need to consider and carefully calculate how to talk about issues that were once seen as unrelated to business performance,” says Christine DiBartolo, FTI’s senior managing director for corporate reputation. Lots of clients do crisis-preparedness planning.

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Reputation Us

MARCH 4, 2019

Listening (not talking) to staff, recruits, customers and public leads businesses to problem identification and problem solving—while enhancing reputation. ReputationUs advocates that listening is vital to be a successful organization—and your company’s reputation depends upon it. LISTENING REVEALS YOUR REPUTAION.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Any company, big or small, can experience a crisis. According to research, about 75 percent of companies will experience a crisis at some point due to the increasing complexity of modern business and the growth of social media in our fast-paced world. This is where crisis management comes in. What is Crisis Management?

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Reputation Us

JUNE 1, 2023

In May 2023, Blue Ocean Global Technology interviewed ReputationUs’s President Casey Boggs about his thoughts on reputation management for their global blog … Blue Ocean Strategies Blue Ocean: Reputation management has become an important component for most businesses. Brand is what you say about your company.

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5W PR

JUNE 20, 2024

Crisis with Confidence In the defense tech industry, a single misstep can have significant repercussions. PR agencies excel in crisis management, ensuring that clients are prepared for any scenario. Proactive strategies include comprehensive risk assessments, media training, and crisis simulation exercises.

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Reputation Antistress by Sergii Bidenko

JUNE 26, 2023

In addition to explaining the situation, the letter outlined a large-scale assistance program for all dismissed with a clear action plan to mitigate the negative effects of the crisis. What can your company learn from these examples, and how can you implement a responsible layoff strategy without significant reputational damage?

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Shift Communications

JUNE 4, 2015

Or rather, don’t hire a PR firm based solely on a great reputation. They may have even been through an online crisis or two. PR is an exercise in altering someone’s behavior or perception for your own or another’s benefit. How do they track for coverage, competitor moves and potential crisis situations? Seriously, ask.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2024

Authenticity is crucial because misinformation or inauthentic communication can quickly damage a brand’s reputation. Inauthenticity can be quickly exposed and can lead to reputational damage. While leveraging influencer partnerships brings numerous advantages, brands must exercise responsibility throughout the process.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 7, 2020

Agencies that have had a measure of luck, combined with good management have weathered the crisis and are in a good position to scale and grow. Exercise, hospitality, high street retail, travel, tourism, and sport have all been dealt a brutal blow. There is already a renewed focus on environment, society, and governance.

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PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. In an ongoing crisis, operating on adrenaline for a prolonged period of time can be – and is often – physically and mentally harmful.

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PR in High Definition

JANUARY 23, 2020

The business case for improving and protecting a reputation cuts across an entire organisation. HR takes an interest as it’s important to be seen as a good employer, whilst it is IT’s job to safeguard the organisation’s assets, including, in some part, its reputation. What is their view on the reputation of the organisation?

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