Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

While your team gets to the route of the problem, the clock continues to tick and the news of the crisis continues to spread. Put the crisis to bed as quickly as possible, while suffering the least amount of negative repercussions to the organization’s reputation and bottom line. The reality is that a crisis is a nightmare.

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PRSay

APRIL 6, 2018

Corporate malfeasance. From a crisis management point of view, 2017 had it all! Why new rules are needed for crisis management. As creators of the award-winning digital crisis management platform, “In Case of Crisis,” we talk regularly to crisis management practitioners.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 25, 2018

There’s not a major corporation today that doesn’t have a small army of PR and reputation experts helping it navigate a tricky media and government relations landscape. This is the most important part of protecting a corporation from reputation damage that starts inside. Make your values clear.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 14, 2014

I’m always interested in seeing what’s being studied in universities these days, as well as the academic’s approach to the theoretical side of crisis communication, and so this day of observation and interaction was very fascinating for me. In terms of the crisis communication research.

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Onclusive

MAY 13, 2021

While a corporate crisis can be one of the most difficult situations for PR pros to navigate, every company and every communications team must be prepared to handle one at any moment. A crisis situation can disrupt operations, damage reputations, destroy shareholder value, and trigger other threats.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 13, 2014

It worries me when crisis communication professionals are still advising their clients to avoid social media in a crisis. Braud says: “Stop trying to fight the crisis on social media.” ” It’s not about fighting the crisis on social. It is difficult to Facebook post your way out of a crisis.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Crisis communication is one of the most important aspects of your crisis management. In fact, whom you communicate with in a crisis, along with when and how you communicate with them, can mean the difference between successful crisis management and crisis management failure. Let me explain.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Social media is an increasingly important element in a successful crisis management approach. With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. What is Crisis Management?

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

It’s clear that Wells Fargo has proven to NOT be crisis-ready for multiple reasons. As a result, they’re faced with one of the most difficult crises to manage: a crisis of corporate culture. In this week’s #crisisready video I highlight the bank’s two biggest crisis management fails.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 9, 2016

I recently published a blog post discussing when it is OK to implement an offensive crisis management strategy. ” While this little saying is well known and has its purposes, I’d like to examine its implication and particular relevance in your organization’s crisis management. What about you? What about you?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last couple of years, I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated with my industry, the crisis management profession. To put my frustration simply, the status quo of crisis preparedness and crisis management no longer suffices and, as a result, does a disservice to professionals, organizations and society.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 6, 2018

Becoming crisis ready is a process. Fortunately, there’s a method to this process that can take any organization, of any size, type, and industry, from their current level of crisis readiness, straight through to building an invincible brand—which, as you know, is the ultimate benefit of being crisis ready.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 2, 2016

I often get asked the following question: What should we include in our organization’s crisis management plan? 5 important elements to include in your crisis plan. 5 important elements to include in your crisis plan. Not all incidents and issues escalate to crisis level. 1- Activation guidelines.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When two of Boeing’s new 737 MAX passenger jets crashed within five months of each other in late 2018 and early 2019, killing a total of 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the company faced the worst crisis in its 100-year history. You have to bring that information up to senior management.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Don’t think your crisis plan has blind spots? Let me throw three common crisis scenarios at you and you can reflect on whether or not your team is prepared for each of them – and don’t assume you know the answer, actually go and find out! Crisis Preparedness' Don’t think this applies to you? Operations.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 26, 2016

What is the goal of crisis management? The goal of crisis management is to salvage your organization’s reputation and bottom line when presented with a bad or threatening situation – or so says the majority of people. Whole Foods Market’s offensive crisis management strategy.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Creating an effective crisis management plan can be a hard task for any communication team. Facing these challenges, many communication teams prefer to bury their heads in the sand and wait for a crisis to happen before making an appropriate plan. When a crisis hits, timely response to key stakeholders is far more important.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Welcome to episode #018 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Jean-Michel Ghoussoub. We always hear things like: You need to be transparent in the way you communicate with your stakeholders, both internal and external – both in and out of a crisis. Check out our Crisis Intelligence Blog.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 8, 2014

Below you’ll find our roundup of some really great articles that we’ve come across this week, as well as a roundup of what was published to The Crisis Intelligence Blog and Podcast this week. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. Making The Case for Excluding Jargon From Crisis Communication. Listen here!

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 29, 2016

The question was: “Is there a secret formula for ensuring our crisis team remains calm in a fast-paced, high profile crisis?” Not to mention that, as a study recently confirmed, stress is contagious , which makes it even more important to effectively manage in a crisis. ” Good question.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Few corporate CEOs will deny that a company’s reputation colors every aspect of business, including marketing, talent recruitment, employee relations, shareholder relations, and the customer experience. Reputation’s soaring value is good news for PR and corporate communications professionals. In fact, the 2017 U.S.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 29, 2015

I speak and often write about the use of mobile technology for crisis communication and crisis management. We know that, in most cases, your organization’s website should be the official home base for your crisis communications. White paper: Dark Websites as a Crisis Communications Strategy. Tweet this!)

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2021

Organizations are only as strong as how they respond in moments of crisis. This myopic mindset can shut out constructive feedback and imperil organizations — making it imperative to identify shortfalls in a crisis response plan before its flawed protocols become embedded in every level of the organization.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Tom Mueller, who interviewed over 200 corporate whistleblowers for his book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud , proclaims this “the age of the whistleblower.”. What’s more, a strong corporate culture, rightly prized by high-growth organizations, can inhibit healthy disclosure of wrongdoing.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 10, 2014

From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. How To Meet the Demand for Real-Time Communication in a Crisis. The Crisis After The Crisis. This week’s episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. The Crisis Intelligence Podcast is available on iTunes and Stitcher. Crisis Management Resources'

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How to minimize the risk of a data breach crisis. If so, I’m getting ready to publish my next ebook, which is a collaboration with Judith Delaney , and discusses everything you need to know about mobile technology: How to keep your organization safe from hacks and how to leverage mobile as a powerful crisis communications tool.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 3, 2014

Welcome to episode #009 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Mike McKenna. Should every organization, even those with less catastrophic risk, include an evacuation and re-entry plan within their crisis management plan? What you need to know when it comes to emergency evacuation and re-entry planning.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Can any organization be a crisis communication pro? Being crisis-ready, crisis-intelligent, isn’t a mysterious quality that only a few people or organizations possess. So what would it take for your organization, your team, to be considered a crisis communication pro? Absolutely, why not? Prevent the preventable.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Understanding what happens next is crucial for maximizing the impact of your news and managing the aftermath effectively. Crisis Management (if necessary) Sometimes, a press release can generate unexpected negative feedback or controversy. In such cases, having a crisis management plan in place is crucial.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PR and marketing are perceived very differently, especially in a corporate environment. PR, on the other hand, with its ties to reputation and crisis management, is thought to play a more defensive role, designed to protect the corporate brand. A sudden market shift or crisis. But it’s not a contest.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 22, 2016

Important crisis management lessons to learn (and implement). Crisis management lesson for the professional: Think before each action. Having these lines drawn now will go a long way in both your crisis management and crisis prevention. Has it been added to your crisis preparedness to-do list?

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The YouTube Shooting Crisis: How Mountain View Police Department quickly regained control of the narrative that was going viral against their agency. This episode explores: How a Crisis Ready organizational mindset prepared MVPD for this moment before it happened. You can also listen to this episode on iTunes , Spotify , and Stitcher.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In a time of crisis, they may see more information about your organization than during ordinary times; they may believe the real-time accounts of others over you; share the most dramatic of stories (in many cases leaving out facts); and decide in a split moment if they support and trust you. However, not every crisis is predictable.

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Melissa Agnes

JULY 4, 2016

For starters, it takes approaching crisis management and crisis preparedness with the right mindset. A Winning Mindset and Approach to Crisis – Infographic by Melissa Agnes. The post Infographic: A Winning Mindset and Approach to Crisis appeared first on Melissa Agnes - Crisis Management Keynote Speaker.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 11, 2015

Welcome to episode #045 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Curtis Midkiff. The American Red Cross is known for their amazing, life saving emergency management and humanitarian work. What has always fascinated me are their extreme capabilities in the use of social media for real-time emergency management.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

The communications team may not be held accountable for contributing to corporate and financial goals, so oftentimes, the department is either held to a lesser standard or operates in a vacuum rather than being seen as a strategic partner. Communications is a major driver of corporate reputation—your biggest brand asset.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

Nearly six months after Hurricane Harvey slammed Houston late last August, we Houstonians can look back and derive important lessons about preparing for a major natural disaster and managing its aftermath. In corporate settings, outside crisis management experts can use their mental and physical distance from a crisis to see it clearly.

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