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TCIP #001 – Doing Crisis Communications Right with the Mountain View Police Department

Melissa Agnes

What this police department is doing to engage with their community on social media and how they’ve integrated social media as a core part of their crisis communications and emergency management plan is simply inspiring. It’s a conversation that impressed and inspired me. I hope it does the same for you. Running time: 56:40.

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Your Guide for Data Breach Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

For example: Do you have a database of your customers, clients, members or other stakeholders’ confidential information (be it their name, social security number / social insurance number, home address, phone number, banking information, etc.)? Does your organization communicate confidential information and trade secrets via email?

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4 Creative PR Ideas for Crisis Communications

Sword and the Script

It may seem counterintuitive, but the ingenuity of deftly navigating the most difficult of binds goes to show PR is often as much about problem solving as it is communication. Corporate crisis communications provides a demonstration because there are very clear constraints: Unknown unknowns – the effort to understand what is happening.

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How to Deal With the Right Audiences in a Crisis

Melissa Agnes

By Patrice Cloutier, Strategic communications professional and member of the Agnes + Day Crisis Intelligence Team. A key part of any crisis communications plan is identifying key segments of your audience and prioritizing your response efforts. Bank on that. Crisis Communications'

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2014: Year of the data breach

Reputation Us

The post 2014: Year of the data breach appeared first on LTPR.

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What is crisis communication? [and how you can always be prepared for the unexpected]

Presspage

To keep your company from falling into this PR trap, this blog post will teach you everything you need to know before you can get started with your crisis communication strategy. Let’s start with what crisis communication is. What is crisis communication? Why is crisis communication important?

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

They didn’t trust the bank. The banking community has some unique dynamics… Scar tissue. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 still haunts many of us; Frayed nerves. The preceding cryptocurrency meltdown toppled a bank or two and reminded us of the financial ghosts; and Uncertainty. They lost confidence.

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