Coping with crises: The importance of speed and empathy

This event report looks at how brands need to be prepared to deal with the reputational issues that can arise very quickly on social media.

Coping with crises: The importance of speed and empathy

Lena RolandWarc

"Reputation is an element of business continuity" thus it is vitally important for brands to respond "fast but not foolishly" to a corporate crisis. That's the view held by Rod Clayton, executive vice president and co-lead, global issues and crisis, at PR firm Weber Shandwick.

Better still, brands "should be prepared ahead of time" and be ready to respond to consumers with an empathetic tone, he advised Connected World, an MRS conference held in London in July 2015.

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