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Crisis, Social Media& Zombies
Dr. W. Timothy Coombs
NEMO Visiting Professor
Lund University, Helsingbog Campus
Crisis preparedness?
Social Media Aspects
Zombie value
• CDC web visits from 3,000 in a week to 30,000
• Twitter followers from 12,000 to over 1.2
million
Past Failure
Lessons
=
≠
Objectives
Message
Design
Accountability
Precrisis
Postcrisis

Crisis
Key Points
Prevention & Mitigation
Preparation
Conclusion
Social Media Crises
• Concerns that arises in or is amplified by social media
and can harm the organization
Parallels
Zombies
• Spread by virus
• Eat brains

Social Media Crises
• Spread like virus
• Eat reputations
Movie Quotation
• “This is the part in the movie where the guy
says ‘Zombies? What zombies?’ just before
they eat his brains. I don’t want to be that
guy”
First Concern with Zombies
• Where are they?
Scanning
• New Channels (information sources)
– Blogs
– Micro-blogs
– Social networks
– Content creation

• New Tools (analysis)
• New Risks
• New Challenges for Preventative Action
Social Media as Risk
• Actions of others
• Your mistakes
Paracrisis
• Crisis threat that is “managed” in public view,
looks like a crisis
– Respond or not
– How you respond
Intended Effects
• Reduce
– Reputational damage
– Anger & Anxiety

• Preserve purchase intention
• Minimize media coverage
– Amount & Duration

• Promote acceptance of crisis message
• Protect public safety (minority)
Why the concern?
• Negative comments can damage reputation
• Reputation is a valuable asset
• Threat
– Further negative messages (legacy and social
media)
– Financial loss
Sources of social media crises
Organizational
Misuse
Dissatisfied

Challengers

Customers

Social
Media
Crisis
Bigger Picture
Social Media
Crisis

Stakeholder

Organizational

Actions

Actions

Challenges

Customer

Misuse of

Complaints

Social Media
When is term “crisis” warranted?
Do not overreact
There are incidents
Organizational misuse
• Inappropriate use (competence)
– Apologize and correct

Crisis Connection
• Purposeful misuse (moral)
Dissatisfied Customers
• Customer relations, not a crisis
– Resolve the concern (opportunity & transparency)

Crisis Connection
• Warning of a product harm
Challenges
• Stakeholder claims organization is acting in
irresponsible manner
– Threat to CSR claims
– Threat to reputations

• Crisis Connection
– Sustained and spreading
Second Concern with Zombies
• How to kill them
SM Type

Response

Objectives

Customer Service

Recognize problem
Apologize
Corrective action

End coverage
Retain customers
Acceptance of message

Misuse SM

Recognize problem
Apologize
Corrective action

Repair reputation
End coverage
Acceptance of message

Challenge

Make changes
Refute changes

Repair reputation
Acceptance of message
End coverage (not all the time)
Review
• Monitor social media
• Consider value in responding
– Act on customer complaints
– Do not respond to trolls

• Correct factual errors
• Review social media efforts
Preparation
• Crisis management plan (CMP) linked to social
media policies
• Crisis team includes social media manager
• Templates for social media
• Establish presence
• Spokesperson video
Conclusion
• Social media
– Challenges
– Resources
Like Zombies
• New view
– Magic to Virus
– Operational to Reputational

• Do not manage like a zombie
– Lack strategy
– Ignore social media

• Key to both is quick, offensive attack
Final advice for both
• Have weapons and know how to use them

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Notas del editor

  1. May of 2011 CDC posted a blog entitled “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.”How to prepare for a zombie attackDisaster plansDisaster kits
  2. Private problems are now publicNegative information weighed more that positive information