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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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How Not To Get Cancelled: A PR View

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

And internet justice can be even more consequential for ordinary people whose offenses fall short of slapping someone on live television. I’ll flesh out strategies in my next post, but the steps toward cancel club redemption are similar to any reputation crisis playbook – but on steroids.

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The Sexy Allure Of Crisis Management Is Presenting Risk To Organizations

Melissa Agnes

Thanks to high-profile crises, viral issues, and fun television series like Scandal , crisis management is being seen more and more as a “sexy” and thrilling profession or service offering. Crisis management advisors and consultants are not supposed to be the risk. What makes me say this? Olivia Pope’s life is glamorous.

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2017 Crisis Management That (Mostly) Worked

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Armchair PR experts get lots of mileage from critiquing crisis management by major brands and businesses this time of year. But what about the crisis situations that are handled well? SoFi may have gotten lucky with the timing of its crisis, or its troubles could have been overshadowed by those at better-known companies like Uber.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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A Crisis Playbook for the Academy Awards

PRSay

In other words: saving the Oscars is a spur-of-the-moment operation for PwC and the Academy, and the event badly needs a crisis playbook. Aside from presenter errors, a lot can go wrong on live television. Here’s how they should start: Plan for the worst. The audio can go out. The stage can be rushed by a stranger.

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PR Myth #6 – PR is Only for Crisis

PR for Anyone

Many people think of PR as something that is only when you are in crisis… that the PR spin machine has to start when things are spiraling negatively. There are so many ways to position you as an industry expert that you might never have to deal with crisis PR and can just be the go-to person in your industry. I refer that out.

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