Items tagged with crisis communication

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Negative & Anonymous -- Why You Must Have A Good Social Media Policy

Apr 2, 2013

O, social media, why hast thou forsaken me?  I only ask because it seems you’ve turned on me. I like and use Facebook, I tweet, and I blog. I read comments on news articles and have been moved to make my own comments from time to time o...

Tagged: social media, twitter, facebook, online reputation, crisis communication, reputation management

Carnival’s Ongoing Trouble: Crisis Comms vs. Crisis Management

Mar 15, 2013

It’s another tough week for Carnival Cruise Lines. One ship with 5,000 passengers is broken down at St. Maarten, and now a second is having engine problems and skipping a port call before heading back to Tampa. Carnival definitely has a PR c...

Tagged: merritt allen, carnival cruise, crisis communication, crisis management, integrated strategic communication

Carnival Cruise's PR Nightmare Or Controlled Crisis Communication?

Feb 16, 2013

So by now, the poor passengers and crew of the Carnival cruise ship, Triumph, have one of the worst travel experiences in their rear view mirror. The Triumph lost power Feb. 10 after a fire in the engine room and had to be towed back toward Mobile...

Tagged: carnival cruises, triumph, crisis communication, pr, public relations

Crisis Communication Is Not Partisan Communication

Sep 14, 2012

When a crisis strikes – from a local bomb scare, to a natural disaster, to even, God forbid, a terrorist attack, the media, spokespeople, and elected leadership face common struggles: obtaining and analyzing emergent information from many s...

Tagged: crisis communication, partisanship, accuracy, us embassy

Don’t let explicit e-mails take YOU down

Jun 14, 2012

Transparency is a good thing for public organizations. Elected officials, the military, police and educators among others deserve heightened scrutiny in all that they do. They should be held to a higher standard. Often the public depends on the ne...

Tagged: crisis communication, credibility, media relations, mistrust, transparency