Name: Customer service in a crisis by Obsidian Public Relations
Duration: 24 min 21 s
Description: Crisis management may be the toughest part of a PR practitioners role. So, how do we support customer service on top of our other crisis roles? In episode three, Whitney walks through the best practices for working through a crisis situation. She also breaks down how to navigate customer service and outreach during a crisis.

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If you work in public relations, you know what it feels like to pray a crisis away. After all, no one wants to navigate the intense tightrope that is responding to questions about something bad that’s happened at no fault of your own. But that’s our job as communicators, and we have to respond no matter how many times the topic is brought up. Lauren Hannaford and Whitney Nolan, directors of client services at Obsidian Public Relations, provide *sage* advice to help cleanse your company of the crisis that continues to haunt you.

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Crisis management may be the toughest part of a PR practitioners role. So, how do we support customer service on top of our other crisis roles? In episode three, Whitney walks through the best practices for working through a crisis situation. She also breaks down how to navigate customer service and outreach during a crisis.

Customer service in a crisis

Obsidian Public Relations

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