Crisis Management

PR’s collaboration with outside agencies and groups is key to any successful campaign, and that extends to working with law enforcement when necessary. Here are tips from Levick Strategic Communications on how to best interact with the police.

Crisis/reputation management experts weigh in on what PR has learned from the major crises of 2010, and what lessons PR pros can take from those crises and apply this year.

Free speech or security threat? Americans are conflicted about how much freedom organizations like WikiLeaks should have in publishing confidential documents.

Should social media posts, tweets, videos and the like be saved by an organization? Or is it enough to depend on the platforms themselves when the need to find such content arises?

Katie Paine analyzes the fallout around the latest WikiLeaks release, and grades the stealthy whistle-blowing site’s communications vs. the efforts of the U.S. government.

Have all your crisis ducks in a row? Here’s a checklist of questions from John R. Brooks of the Communication Services of the Evangelical Lutheran Church that may save you some trouble.

While dealing with a communications crisis may unpleasant, advance planning, skillful execution and honest evaluation could provide the ultimate PR learning experience.

Think of a crisis as a trip—with proper information, planning and execution, the damage to one’s reputation is minimized. A well-executed plan will keep you on track and minimize the possibility of dangers along the way.

While it’s important to make sure that quotes are correct and facts are straight in a story, there are times to call attention to mistakes and times to back off.

In case of a crisis, calming fears and disseminating factual information internally is critical. Your organization’s Intranet can be the one-stop shop for gaining employee trust.