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When Designing Controls Around Your Crisis Communications, Don’t Do This!

Melissa Agnes

One of the challenges of communicating effectively in times of viral issue and crisis management is ensuring that your brand’s communications are consistent across every stakeholder group, region and department. Crisis communication is complex, dynamic and critically important to get right.

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How Well Do You Know the New Rules of Crisis Management?

PRSay

Viral videos. 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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What Does Being Crisis Ready Have To Do With Brand Invincibility?

Melissa Agnes

The reason I’m so passionate about my work is that being crisis ready provides so much value to an organization and the people it works with and for—value that far exceeds the sole acts of crisis management and crisis preparedness. Crisis management is what happens once a negative event occurs.

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When The CEO Should Be The PR Spokesperson

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

To show leadership during a serious crisis situation. A truly critical event, like one that involves loss of life, major litigation, or a viral story like the United Airlines incident of 2017 usually requires an ongoing commitment by the company chief. It’s not always about crisis management.

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ICON 2021 Recap: Drew Herdener on the Evolution of Amazon’s Comms Team

PRSay

A facts-first approach to crisis management. Thomas Brooks also asked how Herdener and Amazon’s communications team manages a crisis or potentially challenging news cycles. Leadership at Amazon is very truth-seeking, always looking to get to the root of what’s going on,” he said. “As

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The 5 Phases of Becoming Crisis Ready

Melissa Agnes

For example, if you have a crisis management plan in place, where does that plan sit on the crisis ready spectrum? Has your organization identified its most likely high-risk, high-impact issue and crisis scenarios? Do you conduct regular crisis management exercises? Your communication with stakeholders.

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Crisis Ready Q&A: How Does Crisis Readiness Translate From Government To Big Business To Solopreneurs?

Melissa Agnes

Here’s a sampling of what these questions were: “Is crisis management different from industry to industry?” ” “What is the best way to manage controversial issues that spark heated emotion within a subset group of stakeholders?”