Cowboy Crisis Management

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It takes a village to solve a crisis Like it or not, crisis management is a team activity. An individual may direct and coordinate the team’s efforts, but it takes input from every department to do things right. In a recent CPA Insider article, Lee Terry drew a colorful metaphor …

Citibank Stars in Fairy Tale

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Stay honest, or your reputation will suffer No matter how badly you want more business, it never pays to deceive your customers. One reason is that it’s ethically wrong, another is that you never know if the person you’re attempting to fool has a larger audience than your average citizen, …

Crisis Management for Small Business

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Everyone faces crises, take this advice to make it through It’s easy for small business owners to become lax in their crisis management. The constant appearance of multinational corporations’ troubles on the front page may lull them into a sense of complacency, assuming that their single shop or small chain …

The Crisis Management Impact of a Single Tweet

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One false report can spiral out of control in a flash As use of social media by legitimate news outlets rises, so too do the opportunities for irresponsible reporting to plunge individuals and organizations into crisis management mode. If you thought reporters that skipped that pesky “fact checking” part of …

Navy Gets its Feet Wet with Social Media Crisis Management

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Social media provides valuable platform for military crisis management On May 1, 2010, Naval Support Activities Mid-South experienced floodwaters that displaced over 300 families, single sailors and geographic bachelors, destroyed office buildings, stranded cars and shut off electricity and telephone services. After the first day’s flooding, David Crenshaw, NSA Mid-South’s …

Google Plays Ostrich with G+ Woes

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Don’t bury your head in the sand when it comes to crisis management If you’re working in social media or crisis management, it’s probably safe to assume that you’re set up on Google Plus. Unfortunately for Google, it’s also pretty safe to assume that you’re ONLY there to have another …

The Impact of Social Media in Today’s Crises

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Today’s guest post comes to us from our colleague Melissa Agnes, who has made a name for herself guiding organizations through social media crisis management. Give it a read, and learn what you need to know about… The Impact of Social Media in Today’s Crises Social media has taken traditional …

Get Engaged and Boost Your Crisis Management

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Spend extra time with major players in social media In a crisis management situation you’ll be taking fire from many directions, and sometimes just monitoring and responding to inquiries on social media can take more time than you’ve got. When you’re at risk of getting overwhelmed, finding ways to engage …

Legal, Meet Social Media

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It pays to have everyone on the same page when it comes to crisis management Crisis management professionals and legal teams have historically had a relationship full of clashes, with one wanting to communicate profusely and the other seeing new legal threats emerge with every spoken word. Now that social …

The Modern Smash N Grab

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Crisis management for a thoroughly modern crime The corporate hack attacks perpetrated by the Anonymous collective are certainly not the first of their kind.  However, the fact that the group gained access to unprecedented levels of information, penetrated top-tier government and corporate systems, and boldly claimed responsibility caught the attention …

Kenyan Chief’s Twitter Crisis Management

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Fighting crime with social media His Twitter account is so popular that, he says, even the thieves in his village follow him. One night his phone rang at 4am warning him that thieves were invading a school teacher’s house. He tweeted the message – and within minutes, villagers had gathered …

The Ryan Braun Saga: Part Two

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The following is a guest article from frequent contributor and director of crisis communications for Triad Strategies, Rick Kelly. If you missed Part One of this story, head here first. The Ryan Braun Saga: Part Two We who practice crisis communications for a living are intimately and sometimes painfully familiar …

Crisis Management at Claire’s

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Don’t go corporate in a crisis The blog post came Wednesday. Tatty Devine, a handmade jewelry company in England, posted photos of its own designs next to designs sold at international affordable jewelry retailer Claire’s. The response was explosive. More than 200 people commented before Tatty Devine closed the comments, …

Get the Right Story Out

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Does Inaccurate Information Require Crisis Management? If information is not accurate does a company still need to address it? The answer is a resounding “yes”. The days of ignoring something and hoping it goes away are long gone. Today, if an issue is ignored it is considered true until proven …

What To Do When People Hate You

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Use negative attention to create positive content When Ragan.com went looking for comment from companies on 24/7 Wall Street’s most-hated companies in America list, seven of ten either declined to comment or literally didn’t respond. Writer Matt Wilson asked several crisis management professionals why this might be, and BCM president …