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Record 1 2014-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
PHR

Dispel a myth, dispel a rumor, dispel a stereotype.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
PHR

Dissiper un mythe, dissiper une rumeur, dissiper un stéréotype.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication (Public Relations)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

What are the four steps of a crisis communication process? 1) Risk Assessment : involves identification of threats, seeks to eliminate or minimize those threats... 2) Developing the plan :... develop a crisis management team,... gather and analyze info without interruption and distraction,... monitor media reports and rumor control, identify the media information centre—the only place journalists go to get official information... 3) Response : the stage in which the crisis plan is executed... 4) Recovery : Were our actions consistent with our values? What aspects of the crisis did we anticipate? What aspects did we fail to anticipate?... What actions should we take next?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

[Le] gestionnaire de crise [a] pour mission de limiter les polémiques, protéger la réputation d’une organisation en crise. Si l’un des facteurs suivants apparaît, l’entreprise se doit de mettre en œuvre un processus de communication de crise : atteinte à des personnes (victimes) ou à l’environnement, dérèglement du mode de fonctionnement de l’entreprise, intérêt croissant des médias […]

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
OBS

Rumor, gossip.

OBS

Back in the days of iron men and wooden ships, scuttlebutt meant the ship’s water cask... later the work was used to refer to a drinking fountain. And everybody knows what happens when people gather for a drink - they talk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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