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Yelp Gets a Bad Review: Embracing a Crisis to Shape Perception

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Tyler Knowlton

Via PR 2.0 by Brian Solis This post highlights the nuances associated with crisis communications and not the merit of either case. In the era of socialized media, brands and businesses are now vulnerable to a new era of influencers … Continue reading →

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CrisisWire: Your Aggregate Source for a Catastrophe

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via Mashable November 14, 2008 – 2:58 am PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins Right now, as per usual, California is burning. The current catastrophe is dubbed the “Tea Fires,” and like many crises in recent months, is being very … Continue reading →

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Reinventing Crisis Communications for the Social Web

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Tyler Knowlton

Via PR 2.0 Businesses, individuals, and organizations will, from time to time, make honest mistakes or in some unfortunate cases, intentionally support unethical decisions to dissuade or conceal something significant from its public. Whether it’s an oversight or a matter … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Katrina Help Media, Volunteer Efforts in Gustav Coverage

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Tyler

Via Mediashift by Mark Glaser, 11:43AM Map of evacuation centers and routes When Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast, the evacuation of the area went much more smoothly than during Hurricane Katrina three years ago. This time, the local, state … Continue reading →

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Hurricane In Louisiana? This Time, FEMA Is Prepared. This Time, FEMA Has MySpace Widgets.

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Tyler

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on September 1, 2008 FEMA isn’t screwing around this time. There’s a hurricane hitting the gulf coast, and they are not going to take the blame if things go wrong. They’ve evacuated 2 million … Continue reading →

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