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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5W PR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

company leaders report misinformation directly impacting their corporate reputation, with financial consequences following close behind. For brands, the stakes couldn’t be higher consumer trust , once lost to viral falsehoods, proves difficult to rebuild. Recent data shows that 63% of U.S.

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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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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 26, 2019

It’s good news that corporate leaders are starting to appreciate the power of social media, but progress has been slow. To show leadership during a serious crisis situation. It’s not always about crisis management. To manage a corporate transition. Here are some of the most common. .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

A crisis situation presents abundant challenges for public relations and business leaders, not the least of which are the critical first communications. Five crisis PR first responses. All five of these recent corporate “first responders” behaved in a fashion aligned with the brand involved. Facebook dodges blame.

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Cision

JUNE 3, 2015

Is prevention of a crisis possible? It’s unlikely that you can do anything to avoid the instant virality of anything remotely salacious or damning to a company, its executives or its brand. Integrate your crisis plan. Don’t crumble under crisis. Often times, we find ourselves more often the bullseye than the arrow.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Major organizations can be shaken by a careless tweet or a viral customer complaint. Focusing Inward. Focusing Inward.

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PRSay

APRIL 6, 2018

Viral videos. 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. United Airlines.

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Cision

JULY 5, 2016

All too often we are convinced we need a website, or in this day and age, a social media strategy that will go “viral” – but this approach is often doomed from the start. Having a social media initiative go viral is not a good goal – what is the intended net result?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” So we may be in “crisis” far more often than we are in crisis.

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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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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Here’s a question for PR and marketing pros: Which was the most significant corporate communications cri sis recently ? and Pepsi’s “ Black Lives Matter’’ TV ad bungle with Kendall Jenner – it would be easy to miss one of the smaller yet most portentous PR crisis of this year: The CrossFit Gym Member-Shaming Instagram Fail.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fewer than 24 hours later, the Twitter brouhaha would expand into a sprawling crisis for the NBA’s relationship with China and its reputation at home. In the new era of corporate responsibility, large organizations increasingly turn on a dime when faced with criticism on social media. Tip 1: Live your values. and U.K.

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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! Don’t think this applies to you? Manufacturing / Production. Operations.

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Prowly

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Typically, this is to build brand awareness, improve brand reputation, manage a crisis, or promote products, services and ideas. They monitored what happened with the 2013 Superbowl and, when electricity suddenly went out, one tweet made them go viral. Oreo's famous "Dunk it in the Dark" campaign did just that.

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Reputation Us

APRIL 12, 2017

Whenever a corporate crisis or public gaffe occurs, I often get questions from colleagues, friends and family on what my PR perspective is. The speed and “viralness” of this week’s news puts the importance of prompt communication at the forefront. CRISIS IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. SPOKESPERSON.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Social media’s impact on crisis doesn’t just exist for organizational crises or emergencies such as natural disasters. These three things make for a great keynote presentation because they’re the heart of crisis communications in this 21st century. What makes something go viral?

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PRSay

APRIL 18, 2024

Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19), sounds like it should be about a corporate communications team. And we are influential to our teams, across our organizations and in our communities — demonstrating daily how smart, strategic communications can advance your brand, even in times of crisis.

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The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A negative news story can get published online and go viral in minutes, spinning out of control and triggering a PR crisis before an organization even has time to contemplate its response. There are many instances of corporations falling short with their communications. Concepts and ideas are the way we think. Fake content.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 21, 2018

They have all been in the news for being involved in a crisis in the past couple of years. The lists go on and on when it comes to crisis communications case studies. As I have shared with students and young professionals, if you go into crisis communications, you will always have a case to discuss and work to do.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Recently, PR teams have been pressed into crisis duty in a series of corporate missteps that have something in common: marketing or advertising departments that shows a type of “cultural appropriation” – borrowing a sensitive ethnic or cultural theme for commercial purposes. Jack in the Box’s #MeToo Misstep.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 28, 2018

The HQ2 search generated a frenzy of positive media coverage as well as 238 proposals from individual North American cities, and it helped cement Amazon’s status as a desired corporate neighbor and employer. New CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was quickly beset with a fresh crisis, though, when news came out that Uber covered up a 2016 hack.

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Mindful Marketing

MARCH 21, 2020

” Finally, a few firms have ascended to the highest level of corporate health and community consciousness by going above and beyond what might be expected even for “Mindful Marketing,” for instance: U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to students who need to move due to coronavirus.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media. The speed and accessibility of social media means that brands are always teetering on the edge of a crisis. Corporate leaders need to guide their workers on how they should (and should not) represent their brand their online. A new era of crisis communication is upon us.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 10, 2020

One extension of the pandemic crisis that every business, university, school and nonprofit grappled with was a rapid pivot to what Jeff Teper , the head of Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive calls “remote everything.” His viral moment isn’t a thing anymore; it’s the stuff every working day is made of. Remember the BBC dad?

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The Stalwart Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

While I can’t pass myself off as a betting man (anyone who knows me will tell you I lack any kind of poker face), I believe these will rank among the top three: Sexual Harassment Scandals Will Deluge Corporate America. Organizations without a crisis plan in place will find it difficult to overcome such a matter when it happens.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

It was increasingly filled with queries from corporate bloggers with commercial interests rather than journalists with stories to complete on a deadline. sent out a tweet that went viral so quickly – the CMO came to my desk to see if I was okay. “He The quality of queries changed too as the web evolved.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the midst of a crisis, reputations that have been so hard to build can be easily destroyed and the effects can be hard to undo. It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough. How to prepare and fix a PR crisis. This is where effective PR crisis management comes in.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

When a crisis hits the news, we are reminded of a valuable lesson: that companies and businesses often have to act fast in order to prevent further damage from taking place. Crisis communications is an important aspect to tackle as a business owner. This guide is written to assist in every aspect of crisis communication.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

Having a crisis communication plan in place ahead of time reduces confusion, ensures an effective communication flow, and improves messaging timeliness during or after a crisis. The basics of good crisis communications are the same for every company. The basics of good crisis communications are the same for every company.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Are you prepared for a PR crisis? Whether it’s a product recall, staff injury becoming public news or something else entirely, a PR crisis can happen to any business. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can fall victim to a PR crisis at any time. What is a PR Crisis? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 13, 2013

It’s one of the afternoon’s breakout sessions, and on social media in a crisis. Here’s how it’s billed: Social media in a crisis. Three globally-known experts examine the fundamentals of social media crisis management. Can you prepare for a possible viral social media disaster?

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. As much as we want to think it, the crisis certainly isn’t over and it’s not OK to think we are anywhere near safe or normal.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 3, 2015

The refugee crisis in Europe has once again seen the widespread distribution of misinformation by social media. The photo above purports to show refugees in Germany attacking the police and brandishing an ISIS flag. Perfect evidence for right-wing objectors to Europe’s humanitarian response. Except it doesn’t.

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NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We see an example of this every Thanksgiving with a story about a grandmother accidentally inviting a stranger to dinner , which goes viral each year because they’ve kept their tradition alive. All in all, not a great month for Nike’s reputation.

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