Organizations are run by people. So, when organizations find themselves in the midst of a sticky situation, they often react as individuals do—emotionally and with more attention on the negative than the positive. But negative feedback, even a lot of negative feedback, can create a distorted perception around a crisis and create the false impression that the overwhelming sentiment is negative.
While several of 2018’s major corporate PR trends – executive crises, social media tailspins and an increased focus on diversity, to name a few – carried into 2019, there are five key trends companies need to prepare for to successfully navigate their communications challenges in the year ahead.
You know what to do if a break-in occurs at your bank, but today’s financial criminals work behind a computer. Cybersecurity continues to be a threat for financial institutions of all sizes, with some even calling it the top risk for banks in 2018.
In the last post we discussed how to prepare for an interview. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ready for the 10 o’clock news. So, um…uh, let’s…like…begin?
In our last post we discussed the importance of building relationships with news media and having a strategy for interacting with them. This post is about executing that strategy through interviews.
As you learned in our last post, having a spokesperson who represents your company is critical. He or she embodies your mission, gives a personality to your company and serves as the face of your organization.
It is critical to have an effective spokesperson represent your organization. He or she embodies your mission, gives a personality to your company and serves as the face of your organization.
Your organization will experience crisis. Mistakes will be made. Someone will have a bad experience. A member of your organization will say or do something dumb, or heaven forbid, criminal. And because everyone with a smartphone is a publisher, small fires are harder to contain.
Your organization will experience crisis. Mistakes will be made. Someone will have a bad experience. A member of your organization will say or do something dumb, or heaven forbid, criminal. And because everyone with a smartphone is a publisher, small fires are harder to contain.
