PRSay

JUNE 7, 2021

Organizations are only as strong as how they respond in moments of crisis. But when crises arise, in-house communications personnel often mistakenly believe that their ideas to counteract the damage are foolproof and cannot be second-guessed. Invite diverse feedback and open communication.

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Presspage

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In this article, we’ll teach you how to kickstart your crisis prep using our 7 practical writing tips and holding statement template. However, first, let’s cover the basics – what a holding statement is and why preparing one is beneficial during a crisis. Crisis affected companies usually take an average of 21 hours to respond.

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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

JULY 28, 2014

Join Melissa Agnes, international crisis speaker and president of Agnes + Day , for a free webinar discussing how to survive a crisis in this 21st century, on Thursday, August 7th at 12:00 Noon, EST! The expectations of your audiences: Your audiences’ expectations of your organization in a crisis are ever-evolving.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 11, 2015

Welcome to episode #032 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Daniel Noah. Often, within my speaking engagements, I use the National Weather Service as a great example of innovative communications in times of emergency. Learn more about Agnes + Day, The Crisis Intelligence Firm. Subscribe via email.

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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

JULY 3, 2018

Thanks to high-profile crises, viral issues, and fun television series like Scandal , crisis management is being seen more and more as a “sexy” and thrilling profession or service offering. Crisis management advisors and consultants are not supposed to be the risk. What makes me say this? Olivia Pope’s life is glamorous.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2017

One negative comment can attract thousands of tweets and reactions, turning that single comment into a full-blown PR crisis. When a PR crisis hits, confusion, anxiety, and chaos can shake up your organization. In fact, you can turn a brand crisis into a PR success if you act fast swiftly. Address The Issue Clearly And Quickly.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Welcome to episode #016 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Jonathan Hemus. Faced with this utmost and devastating challenge, how did the airline fare in their crisis management and what lessons can you take away to strengthen your own organization’s crisis plan? Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn.

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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.” Identifying a PR crisis. Note: not everything is a crisis.

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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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Cision

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Avoid turning a crisis into a disaster by developing a media crisis plan that involves those who sway opinions on social media everyday: influencers. Your crisis plan should focus on those who can help your responses and ongoing communication go viral. Struggling to build out your crisis communication plan?

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Melissa Agnes

JULY 17, 2014

Melissa’s #1 despised buzzword: Social media crisis. The fact of the matter is that a crisis is a crisis. The definition of a crisis: A negative situation / event that threatens to have long-term repercussions on the organization’s reputation and/or bottom line. So let’s call it like it is!

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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. The first statement in crisis response carries great importance, because it sets the tone for what will follow. Facebook dodges blame.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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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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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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Konnect Agency

APRIL 20, 2021

Being slow to react to a crisis can be viewed just as unfavorably as not responding at all or providing a rushed response that lacks detail. Thus, having a prepared crisis communication plan is critical for every company. So what is crisis communication? Getting Ready.

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Melissa Agnes

JULY 29, 2014

For example, a visual crisis (an explosion, a natural disaster, people being injured or falling ill, etc.) has big potential these days to go viral in a heartbeat. So what does the reality of “visual content being epic” mean for your crisis plan? Crisis and Issues Management Crisis Communications Food for Thought'

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The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The growth of new technologies and platforms in the communications landscape deliver as much uncertainty as they do opportunity. 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.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 1, 2016

Your corporate culture directly impacts your organization’s crisis management. Successful crisis management has a lot to do with an organization’s corporate culture and the mindset it instils in its team members. Embedding the right corporate culture for successful crisis management. The same goes for issues management.

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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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5W PR

JANUARY 29, 2024

In this high-stakes arena, public relations isn’t simply useful when it comes to crisis control. Forget the Silicon Valley playbook of viral trends and flashy apps. Crisis PR Unexpected events are unavoidable, especially in defense tech, where even small mistakes can have serious consequences.

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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. That is the communicator’s payoff for brand loyalty. Integrate your crisis plan. Don’t crumble under crisis.

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PRSay

APRIL 6, 2018

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. Wells Fargo. Cyber thefts.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 29, 2014

From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. Emory’s Excellent Crisis Communication on Facebook. Melissa Agnes to Conduct Crisis Management Workshop at the GCC Government Social Media Summit in Dubai. This week’s episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. Crisis Management Resources' Listen here!

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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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Prohibition

AUGUST 15, 2022

and the general public calling out brands and individuals online, it’s safe to say we’ve seen our fair share of crisis management in play already this year. Here’s our round-up of the top five disasters that have caught our eye: Molly-Mae Hague – a personal PR crisis. I've had male guests say what she said.

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What are the Basics of Crisis Communication Planning? Crisis communication planning involves preparing for unexpected events that could harm an organization’s reputation. Effective crisis communication ensures transparency, empathy, and timely responses. What is Viral Marketing?

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Presspage

MAY 11, 2017

When a crisis hits, it is important for an organization to have a protocol in place. The protocol should not only focus on how to handle and cope with a crisis, but should also contain a clear communication flow. The question remains – will using social media in crisis communication deliver you an advantage?

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

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. CRISIS LESSON #1: EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IS PRIVATE WILL BE SHARED PUBLICLY. The first rule for any online crisis ?

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Few things are more satisfying than a brand handling a potential public relations crisis with grace, aplomb, and humor. Where’s your crisis PR readiness? Odds are the Crock-Pot team has a crisis communications plan in place, and it’s likely that it includes contingencies for real-life product malfunctions or accidents.

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Cision

AUGUST 31, 2015

Discussions touched on the way technology has shaped how we share content, work together, report the news and respond in the midst of a crisis. One theme kept resurfacing throughout the day: we must remind ourselves to be human amidst the constantly changing and evolving communication horizon. Preparing for crisis.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Last but certainly not least, crisis communications is another benefit of following trends. Not only can you prepare for a crisis by keeping on top of what your customers are saying on various platforms, but you can also mitigate the crisis by responding to negative press and your customers in real-time. .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Since the digital mediascape is constantly changing, communicators must be agile and always ready to engage in a digital-first or digital-centric environment. Major organizations can be shaken by a careless tweet or a viral customer complaint. Yet they are aware that the cost of a mistake, or a simple overreaction can be high.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

sent out a tweet that went viral so quickly – the CMO came to my desk to see if I was okay. “He This latest move may make financial sense, but it’s the second serious crisis communications distraction for the company in Europe. Metaphorically invested I took a lot of heat personally and professionally for defending the company.

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