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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crises By Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014 1 All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law. Summary presentation Smart + Strategic + Unique Summary presentation Crisis Communications: Effective Strategies to Prevent and Manage Digital Crises For more information or help with your crisis communications needs, contact Ann Andrews Morris [email protected] The 6th Annual Health Care Social Media Summit at the Mayo Clinic October 21, 2014 www.andmorecommunications.com Overview I. What’s at stake in a 21 st century crisis? II. Today’s social media landscape III. Breakout session #1: Developing your own social media crisis plan IV. Lessons learned from breakout session V. There’s a crisis, now what: How to use social media channels to save your brand and rebuild confidence VI. How to measure the effect your social media efforts are having on your brand during a crisis VII. Breakout session #2: Mock crisis scenario VIII. Lessons learned from breakout session IX. Q & A

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Practically every day a crisis hits organizations large and small. Some of these crises are unavoidable; some are created by the people and organizations themselves. And in today's world, a quote attributed to Mark Twain is truer than ever, "A lie can be halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on." A recent digital readiness survey shows that more than one-third of CEOs fail to consider their organizations' social media reputation when making business decisions, and even more concerning, more than 10 percent say they will take no action in response to a negative article or social media post. With health care's compliance and privacy issues, the risks are even higher. As the social media leader for your health care organization, preparing for a crisis—before it strikes—and knowing how to manage a crisis if one occurs is vital to your organization's survival.

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

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Summary presentation

Smart + Strategic + Unique

Summary presentation

Crisis Communications: Effective Strategies to Prevent and

Manage Digital Crises For more information or help with your crisis

communications needs, contact Ann Andrews Morris ,[email protected]

The 6th Annual Health Care Social Media Summitat the Mayo ClinicOctober 21, 2014

www.andmorecommunications.com

Overview

I. What’s at stake in a 21st century crisis?

II. Today’s social media landscape

III. Breakout session #1: Developing your own social media crisis p g yplan

IV. Lessons learned from breakout session

V. There’s a crisis, now what: How to use social media channels to save your brand and rebuild confidence

VI. How to measure the effect your social media efforts are having on your brand during a crisis

VII. Breakout session #2: Mock crisis scenario

VIII. Lessons learned from breakout session

IX. Q & A

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

What’s at stake?

• Public safety

• Safety of your• Safety of your

employees and key

stakeholders

• Funding streams

• In short, your

organization’s entire

brand and reputation

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What put brands at risk?

• Lying, deceiving or misleading

• Being in denial and / or failing to recognize and own up to the problem quickly

• Being too slow to respond

• Leaving too many time gaps without updates

• Failing to manage stakeholders’ perceptions as well as facts

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• Allowing other parties to become the source of information

• Allowing rumors and speculation to take over facts

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

The facts about social media

Platform Active monthly users

1.2 billion

More than 1 billion

255 million

200 million

187 million

6.7 million

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What are people sharing?

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The facts

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Are you prepared?

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

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Are you prepared?

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The facts

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part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

What’s creating online crises?

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What’s missing?

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part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Doing the right thing at Emory

1. Put a face on the story

2. Refuse to be rushed when developing and distributing your message

3. Identify who will have access to the microphone

4. Make sure the sincerity is evident

5. Create hashtags

6. Remember that traditional news reporters are now working in real time

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7. Be committed to your story, work, peers, and employer

8. Avoid the spur of the moment, it’s all about training and preparation

Trying to do the right thing

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Getting it right

• They deleted the Tweet and posted an apology, that was appropriately funny.pp p y y

• Followers understood how the mistake happened, sympathized, urged others to donate to Red Cross

• Smart and successful response is now being used as good example in conference rooms

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used as good example in conference rooms across the world!

Boston Police

The situation • Confusion and panic after bombing at Boston

Marathon.

• Conflicting reports from “sources” being reported

The reaction• BPD public affairs identified Twitter as their main communication tool to

reach the public and media

• They identified key spokespeople, determined the messaging, and provided frequent updates

S d i i f i d f l i h BPD i

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• Served as community information and safety tool – with BPD sometimes having to ask people not to Tweet locations of police activity

• Twitter followers went from 55,000 to 300,000

• The feed became the go to source for information during those tenuous hours and days

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Building your plan

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Building your plan

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Building your plan

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Sample action plan

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

What is NOT a crisis

• Rumors and complaints

• But, if you don’t want these situations to turn into crises: – Address and quash rumors in an appropriate manner

– Address and resolve complaints as much as possible.

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There’s a crisis, now what?

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Top-line advice

Your chances of managing the situation effectively will be far higher if you already have a strong and active online presencepresence

Transparency and authenticity are the guiding principles of online communications

Social media presents the excellent opportunity to communicate directly and instantaneously with your key stakeholders

Strategically integrate traditional and social media channels

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Do NOT have a knee-jerk reaction to any online flaming or criticism: prepare in advance, listen, reflect and quickly decide if and how to respond

Know when to walk away

Measuring your efforts

Build a list of everything that’s measureable

• Engagement, influence, impact, advocacy

T itt• Twitter:

Volume of outbound updates per day

Number of inbound Tweets per day

• Facebook:

Number of likes per day

Number of likes per update

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Number of likes per update

Number of comments per day

Number of shares

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

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part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Measuring your efforts

• Blog:

Number of daily visitors

Number of unique visitors

Number of comments

Tenor of comments (negative, positive, neutral)

• The web:

Net positive mentions across all channels/sites

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Net negative mentions

General complaints about the brand

Measuring your efforts

• Set up monitoring tools and analytics well in advance of any potential crisis

• Establish a baseline when a particular program or campaign begins

• Create and keep track of activity timelines -- your ongoing online outreach efforts -- and measure the impact they’re having against online behavior and

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impact they re having against online behavior and opinions

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

Measuring your efforts

• Use those analytics to inform your knowledge of your stakeholders

• Listen to what they’re saying

• Build the relationships now

• Engage appropriately

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• Stay current on measurement tools

Measuring your efforts

• Stay on top of the monitoring and evaluation, it’s critical to literally have your finger on the pulse of the social media world

U l ti t d t i• Use analytics to determine:

What’s working?

What’s not working?

How can we improve?

What did we miss?

What’s next?

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What s next?

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Crisis Communications: Effective strategies to prevent and manage digital crisesBy Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications

The Mayo Clinic – October 21, 2014

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All material in this presentation is, unless otherwise stated, the property of the AndMore Communications, LLC. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect these materials. Reproduction or retransmission of the materials, in whole or in

part, in any manner, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder, is a violation of copyright law.

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