Kade Dworkin's presentation provided at the Public Relations Society of America PR Day 2012 in Houston, Texas on October 31st. Main points of this talk about about how companies can assess and prepare for potential crisis issues as well as how to handle them once they happen.
5. CURRENT CRISIS MANAGEMENT
THINKS SOCIAL MEDIA IS
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE
LAUNCHING ATTACKS
AGAINST THEIR CLIENTS.
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6. HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CRISIS DIFFERS
• There are no bystanders
• No traditional media cycles
• Sound bites are now limited to even less time or
content
• May know about a crisis before the media or even you
do
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7. WHY I LOVE CRISIS EVENTS
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8. PREVIOUS CLIENTS & EMPLOYERS
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9. DOCS EVERY COMPANY SHOULD HAVE
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
SOCIAL MEDIA EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PLAN
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10. WHY PREPARE FOR CRISIS
•Defining the outer boundaries
•Legal Staffs have experience in worst
case scenario dreaming
•Prevents all key decisions from being
made in the moment
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11. WHAT IS A CRISIS
When something goes wrong
inside a company that has the
potential to affect business
operations.
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12. STAGES OF A CRISIS
•Fact Finding
•Unfolding Drama
•Blame
•Fallout/Reaction
•Return to (new) normal
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13. 8 KEY NEWS HOOKS
•Impact •Novelty
•Timeliness •Prominence
•Currency •Human Interest
•Proximity •Conflict
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14. POLITICAL MODEL FOR CRISES
Assume there are organized
groups of people working
against your interests.
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15. TYPES OF CRISES
•Executive Issues
•Non-Executive Employee Issues
•Governmental Issues
•Service Failure
•Product Failure
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16. TYPES OF CRISES
•Marketing Missteps
•Compromised Facility
•Compromised Data
•Company Decisions
•Other
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17. CRISIS COMMUNICATION
3 STORY TYPES:
•COMPANY
•LEGAL
•PERSONAL
*Helpful to release content on a
regular schedule.
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18. CHOOSING WHICH TO PREPARE FOR
•Check company history for past crisis
events
•Check direct competitors for their
crises
•If possible, rule out potentials that are
unlikely in your industry
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19. PREPARING FOR A CRISIS
Checklists are easily
verifiable, predictable
and repeatable by
using unambiguous
tasks
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20. SM CRISIS RESPONSE PLAN
•Spark events
•Tactical decision team + Legal member
for final approvals
•Spokespeople
•Checklist of action to be immediately
taken
•Prepared content (if appropriate)
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21. SENTIMENT OF RESPONSES
•Apologize / Fault Admittance
•Sympathetic / Empathetic
•Factual Disclosure
•Tenacity
•Direct Confrontation
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22. SELECTING SPOKESPEOPLE
•Trustworthiness in the community
•Perceived expertise
•Perceived ability to have real
change implemented
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23. KEYS IN A CRISIS
People want to see that you
are working toward resolving
the problem and restoring
things to how they previously
were.
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24. KEYS IN A CRISIS
Disclosing facts is key in the
early stages of a crisis.
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25. KEYS IN A CRISIS
Consistent communication at
regular intervals on social is
ideal.
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26. KEYS IN A CRISIS
“Preaching to the choir” is
necessary and desired in a
social media crisis.
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27. WORKING FROM BEHIND
•Acknowledge
•Set a schedule
•Follow through
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28. CAP’N CRUNCH RUMOR
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crunch-to-be-discontinued
35. RESOLVED?
230 @ replies
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36. CRISIS AT KUSA IN DENVER
FEBRUARY 8TH, 2012
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37. MAX BITES KYLE DYER ON AIR
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38. INITIAL REACTION
113 Likes
498 Comments 7:02 AM
38 Shares
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39. INITIAL REACTION
COMMENTS CONTAINED:
• Concerns for Kyle
• Concerns for Max, the dog, and Michael, Max’s owner
• Questions on what was going to happen next
• Blame for Kyle, Max and Michael
• Prejudice against Pitbulls
• Demands that KUSA pay Denver’s automatic dog bite
fine
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40. COMPANY STORY
1:11PM
Short letter
written by VP
354 Likes
233 Comments
26 Shares
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41. LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
2:12PM
194 Likes
254 Comments
19 Shares
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42. PERSONAL STORY
Additional posts on an hourly basis
regarding the facts of the situation
5:11PM
Personal note from Kyle’s
co-anchor of 15 years
984 Likes
499 Comments
36 Shares
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43. RESOLUTION
FEB 9, 2012
12:31PM
257 Likes
197 Comments
25 Shares
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44. AFTERMATH
FEBRUARY 10-12TH, KUSA did
not receive a single additional
post or comment about the
crisis on their page.
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45. AFTERMATH
“We appreciate your efforts today to help us manage our difficult story.
Managing a reputation is not easy but having your expertise at Gannett
Local certainly made the process better. Your insights, thoughts and
suggestions were most helpful and I wanted you to know just how much
we appreciated your time and teamwork in helping us. Thank you.
Best regards,
Mark A. Cornetta
President & General Manager
KUSA-TV/KTVD-TV”
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46. CONTACT INFO + URL
http://redalertsocialmedia.com/prsa
Download the deck, watch the video + sign up to
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Kade Dworkin
kade@redalertsocialmedia.com
877-427-2599 x 701
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