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Public relations crises can strike any organization without warning, making crisis PR an essential skill for communications professionals and business leaders. Crisis PR involves managing communications during challenging situations that threaten an organization’s reputation, operations, or relationships with stakeholders.
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Either way, proper management of one’s online reputation / personal brand is absolutely a subject that must be incorporated into today’s curriculum. Teaching students proper online reputation management. This needs to include: Understanding the reach and impact of one’s online reputation. Point final.
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and I have to say that I’m pretty astonished at their lack of crisis communications since the oil spill occurred. Communication is key for successful crisis management. We’re in the 21st century and 21st century stakeholders demand regular communications throughout a crisis. Broken trust.
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