Crisis Management

It’s a matter of scale, of course, but surely there are plenty of communicators and PR pros who can relate to having to deal with a severe crisis (with a lot of moving parts) that could result in severe erosion of the brand or organization.

It’s a delicate balance for PR pros and communicators: What is your obligation to consumers when your online products and services have been compromised in some way?

While the crisis and reputation management boat has almost definitely sailed for Sterling and the Clippers PR team, there are still some valuable lessons to learn from how this story has played out.

While new technology allows teams to communicate with external parties quicker and more efficiently, these modes of connection have also come bearing new challenges.

Dispensing advice is a centuries-old activity and it never gets old. When the PR News team decided to produce a Best PR Advice Book, it looked to the smartest people in the room to write… Continued

“Stay inside and wait” will likely go down as one of the worst—and most deadly—messages ever communicated in a crisis.

In the minutes and hours that followed the bombing, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) embarked upon an unexpected crisis communications campaign using social media.

CoreBrand ranking shows the high-tech sector (naturally) gaining more familiarity in 2013, as did the credit card industry. Familiarity, of course, can often be a double-edged sword.

On April 15 Google is giving consumers a chance to buy Google Glass for one day only. The tech giant is betting that people not only will shell out $1500 for Google Glass, but build buzz about the wearable technology. However, the product rollout could be marred by what may be a brewing crisis for Google.

The Heartbleed bug reminds us of 3 key points to keep in mind when communicating publicly about a data security failure.