6. 6
The social web makes
issues more frequent
and potentially
damaging for
reputation
7. Features of the social web issue/crisis
Presumption of guilt
Expectation for empathy
Information Asymmetry
Lack of context
Scope, scale and reach are broad
and deep
Immediate
Intense
22. How you respond will affect. . .
Reputation
Marketing strategy
Customer confidence
Trust
23. Successful social risk mitigation requires:
1. Listening
2. Knowing social ‘rules’
3. Understanding the social context
4. Being willing to make quick decisions
5. Being comfortable with chaos
6. Having patience to wait out the worst
7. Defining clear rules of engagement
8. Helping executives understand social
25. Timeliness
“Dance first. Think later. It’s the
natural order.”
Samuel Beckett
Responsiveness (Listen and Inform)
“Words are all we have.”
Samuel Beckett
Remove Offense
“Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!—
One; two: Why, then ‘tis time to
do’t”
Macbeth, Shakespeare
26. Sincerity, Honesty, Apology
“The fool doth think he is wise,
but the wise man knows himself
to be a fool.”
As You Like It, Shakespeare
“Never ruin an apology with an
excuse.”
Benjamin Franklin
Address Misinformation
“In the landscape of extinction,
precision is next to godliness.”
Samuel Beckett
27. Commit to a fix
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No
matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail
better.”
Samuel Beckett
Be human
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in
our stars but in ourselves.”
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
28. Talk and show
“Love looks not with the eyes
but with the mind.”
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Shakespeare
31. Understand Twitter Instagram
Facebook Snapchat
Establish policies and protocols
before you need them
Learn social dynamics
Have your own platforms
32. June 9, 2015
Boyd Neil
SVP and Senior Digital Strategist
www.boydneil.com
@boydneil
416.413.4626
boyd.neil@hkstrategies.ca
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Notas del editor
Disagree with Ed . . . I think it is set up that way
Do agree with him about keeping up with the platforms . . . Messaging apps
Pandora’s box has been opened . . . Could not stop if you wanted
I am a relatively open book
So let’s begin with establishing common ground
An issue is anything that a user posts with negative sentiment that requires a response from the company.
By this definition what we call a social media crisis isn’t so much . . . Many of the singular events on social media are just that — one time only events in which the damage to reputation MAY BE — and I stress MAY BE — minimal and time limited.
The problem is assessing which ones are singular, time limited and minimal and which ones can undercut years of brand building.
For this reason alone, most of the negative events on the social web that happen to organizations can be treated — from a communications perspective — as issues
A crisis is . . .
Many of the crisis events on the social web are a result of missing issue management policies and protocols, hesitancy or real time mismanagement
Any approach to managing negative sentiment should have as its goal to . . . .
Let’s start by stating categorically that the social web …
Difficult to shine a light on dark or semi-dark social interaction
Sometimes the way the social world seems to us . . . There is a kind of emotional contagion that happens when companies make egregious missteps on social.
But the fact is some of the things that happen can leave you scratching your head.
Paul Alves scheduled an Ask Me Anything on Reddit
Accused the city of wasting $10 million on the Dufferin station renovation
Someone challenged his vagueness and compared his comment to “Ford-calibre bluster’
Went ballistic and threatened to sue . . . Redditors pounced . . . He apologized
Said they” remove posted content — including those those related to GMO and other political campaigns — that includes political commentary, deceptive and misleading claims, or are simply repeated postings and spam.” Marybeth Burns, VP corporate communications
Were calls for consumer boycotts . . . Didn’t amount to much
Always good to have recourse to your community guidelines.
A hashtag to focus discussion on a personal experience with domestic abuse . . . An egregious example of a brand using a trending topic without understanding the context
After dealing with many questions after the 2013 Blackfish documentary . . .accused it of poor management practices in looking after the fish . . . And attempt to be more transparent
The most interesting question never answered . . . ‘Where does the poop go’?
Similar things happened when the NYPD had an ‘ask me’ hahstag.
In a deleted tweet, Clorox asked ‘Where’s the bleach? in relation to the new symbols, some of which have darker skin tones
Eliasbeth von Thurn und Taxis style editor at large for Vogue from Paris Fashion Week . . .she apologized
Timeliness example . . . If there are ten negative user posts in 30 minutes, then act quickly
Remove your offensive comment if that is being called out, but don’t close your wall . . . Can be viewed as censorship . . . And people will just switch platform
Apologies that don’t work . .
Blame the victim: “I deeply regret that people misunderstood our intentions”
Saddened by the impact apology without any recognition of one’s own role
Deflecting responsibility apology . . . “We are very sorry we were misled by . . . “
Skirting personal responsibility . . . “We are sorry your personal information was hacked from our systems: Offshore hacking is a huge problem in the financial services industry
Fix your internal processes + fix the problem
Act human . . .
Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream
She could also have said heart
When managing a really serious issue on social, use all your platforms so that you each the minds and hearts of as many people as you can
Buffer – social sharing platform that suffered a data breach