Get Ahead of a Crisis: Leveraging Social Media to Defuse Damaging Situations
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Get Ahead of a Crisis: Leveraging Social Media to
Diffuse Damaging Situations
Sandra Fathi
President, Affect
Email: sfathi@affect.com
tweet: @sandrafathi
web: affect.com
blog: techaffect.com
PRSA Digital Impact Conference June 28, 2013
New York, NY
@PRSADIconf
#PRSADIconf
PRESENTER BIO
SANDRA FATHI
• Founder and president of Affect, a public relations and social media firm specializing in technology, healthcare and professional services
• Career Highlights:
o Technology Journalist
o Marketer – VCON, Nokia, Radvision
o Agency Experience – Edelman
• Organizations:
o Board Member/Past President PRSA-NY Chapter
o Past President PRSA Technology Section
o WOMMA
• Clients: Caron Treatment Centers, Con Edison, IDT911, INTTRA, Navis, Radware, Regus etc.
sfathi@affect.com @sandrafathi
June 28, 2013 PRSA Digital Impact Conference © Affect
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
CORE CONCEPTS
4 Phases of Crisis Communications
• Readiness
• Response
• Reassurance
• Recovery
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RECOGNIZING CRISES
Internal
• Employees
• Facilities
• Vendors/Suppliers
• Distributors/Resellers
• Product
External
• Acts of Nature
• Market
• Legal Restrictions/Law
• Customers
• Advocacy Groups
Anticipating & Understanding Threats to a Business
People, Products, Facilities, Environment
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
CRISIS SCENARIOS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
1. Senior manager accused of inappropriate conduct including lewd
photos with employee – Now on Instagram
2. Employee arrested for hit and run accident – Now Appearing in Google
Search
3. Employee caught abusing drugs – Now Posted on his Facebook Profile
4. Customer credit card details leaked – Now On Twier
5. Employee posts rant on company and exposes confidential
information – Now on YouTube
6. Company accused of making children’s toys with poisonous lead paint
– Now on a Mommy Blog
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
READINESS
Anticipating a Crisis
1. Crisis Mapping (SWOT Analysis)
2. Policies and Procedures (Prevention)
3. Crisis Monitoring
4. Crisis Communications Plan
5. Crisis Action Plan
6. Crisis Standard Communications Template
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RESPONSE TIMES
How long before the $@!& hits the fan?
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1. Develop materials:
• Messages/FAQ
• Prepared statements
• Press release template
• Customer leers
2. Train employees
• Awareness
• Anticipation
• Organizational Preparation
3. Prepare channels:
• Hotline
• Dark site
• Social Media
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RESPONSE
What’s in the Toolkit?
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RESPONSE
Preparing a Response
1. Don’t delay
2. Acknowledge situation
3. Acknowledge impact and ‘victims’
4. Commit to investigate
5. Commit to sharing information and
cooperation with relevant parties
6. Share corrective action plan if
available
7. Respond in the format in which the
crisis was received**
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
REASSURANCE
Who to Reassure? How to Reassure?
1. Develop full response plan
2. Put plan into action: Immediate
remedy
3. Communicate results of plan and
impact
4. Reaffirm commitment to correction
5. Demonstrate results of program
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RECOVERY
Preparing a Long-term Recovery Plan
1. Review need for operational,
regulatory, environmental and
employee changes
2. Develop long-term plan including
policies and prevention tactics
3. Reassess crisis plan
4. Regain customer/public trust
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: TACO BELL
“We have strict food handling procedures and zero tolerance for any violations. We believe this is a prank and the food was not served to customers. We are conducting an investigation and will be taking swi action against those involved.”
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Employees Gone Wild!
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: TACO BELL
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: TACO BELL
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: TACO BELL
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: NUTELLA
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From Brand Fan to Hater in 60 Seconds
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: NUTELLA
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: NUTELLA
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: PAULA DEEN
"Food Network will not renew Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of this month.”
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Executive Blunders: Open Mouth, Insert Foot
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: PAULA DEEN
VS.
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LOVE HATE
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: PAULA DEEN
“Aer spending all day soul searching and trying to figure out how to deal with what I did, I recorded a video trying to do the right thing. In the end, I felt that I needed to just be myself, say I am sorry and beg for forgiveness. What I said was wrong and hurtful. I know that and will do everything that I can do make it right. I am not about hate, and I will devote myself to showing my family, friends and fans how to live a life helping others, liing us all up, and spreading love.”
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: Con Edison & MTA
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: Con Edison & MTA
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Hurricane Sandy Social Media Facts: Con Edison
• 6,500 Twier Followers to 23,000 within 2 Weeks
• 25 videos posted on pre-Sandy preparation
• 100,000+ views and multiple broadcast airings of videos
• 2500 Press Release RTs
• 140,000 Flickr restoration image views
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: Con Edison & MTA
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: Con Edison & MTA
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Hurricane Sandy Social Media Facts: MTA
• Empower street crews
• Empower consumers
• Update MTA.info, YouTube, Flickr, Twier, FaceBook
• Utilize Urban Digital Panels
• Email/Text Alerts
MTA’s 4 Categories of Media Shared:
• Before: Preparation
• During: Storm Hits
• Aermath 1: Damage
• Aermath 2: Restoration
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
EXAMPLE: Con Edison & MTA
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CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
CORE CONCEPTS REVIEW
4 Phases of Crisis Communications
• Readiness
• Response
• Reassurance
• Recovery
Readiness
Response
Reassurance
Recovery
June 28, 2013 PRSA Digital Impact Conference © Affect
Get Ahead of a Crisis: Leveraging Social Media to
Diffuse Damaging Situations
Sandra Fathi
President, Affect
Email: sfathi@affect.com
tweet: @sandrafathi
web: affect.com
blog: techaffect.com
Available on Slideshare.net/sfathi
@PRSADIconf
#PRSADIconf
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