Melissa Agnes

MAY 26, 2014

We are frequently reminded that the art of crisis communications and crisis management is a tough one to master. Some people do it right in a crisis. When they do, it pays dividends and their reputation is enhanced. So, let’s look at what to avoid when confronted with a crisis. Today, speed is everything.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In business as in life, reputation is everything. 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. And reputation’s value seems to grow as a company scales.

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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. Sound like a nightmare?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 15, 2020

The foundation of a good public relations campaign is reputation management, and it’s important now. Our new all-digital workstyle can impact brand and personal reputation, and not always in a good way. Our new all-digital workstyle can impact brand and personal reputation, and not always in a good way.

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Ronn Torossian

APRIL 11, 2016

Reputation management is no easy feat for any company. The post Reputation Management: Making Employees Brand Ambassadors appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog. In fact, the bigger the company, the less control it seems to have over people’s beliefs about its corporate values and decisions.

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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. Doing so will only hurt your organization’s reputation. Braud says: “Stop trying to fight the crisis on social media.” ” It’s not about fighting the crisis on social.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

“Pizza Hut has zero tolerance for violations of our operating standards, and the local owner of the restaurant took immediate action and terminated the employee involved.” Is this a crisis or an issue? The very first time something along these lines was published to YouTube was the Domino’s Pizza crisis of 2009.

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Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 23, 2024

As negative headlines begin to dominate news outlets, social media buzzes with speculation, and phones ring incessantly with concerned stakeholders from an organization engulfed in crisis. The situation starts threatening the company’s reputation, financial stability, and employee morale.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 20, 2014

One Friday morning, CEO & Co-founder of AppFirst, David Roth, was woken at 2am to a crisis that threatened the organization’s reputation and, ultimately, their profitability. How David chose to manage this crisis is what saved the company from any and all negative press and any loss on their bottom line.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

As the situation continues to unfold, here are six crisis communications lessons from past pandemics to keep in mind: 1. Given the uncertainty about the coronavirus and what still lies ahead, ongoing crisis planning should concentrate on worst-case scenarios. Enlist employees. Plan for the worst. Add signal, not noise.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 12, 2014

By Patrice Cloutier, Strategic communications professional and member of the Agnes + Day Crisis Intelligence Team. It’s no longer sufficient to simply rely on the professionals to defend your reputation. Your employees are your representatives and they are expected to behave decently, with respect and compassion.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is a great blog post that gives you an overview of what you can do, right now, to prevent a crisis. But, are they a crisis? But neglected, they can turn into a full blown reputation crash and even a pretty big hit to the bottom line. How to avoid a public relations crisis. Not necessarily.

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Onclusive

MARCH 31, 2021

A communications crisis can be one of the most difficult situations in your career. Crisis preparedness, internal education and having the right tools can aid you before a crisis hits. Crisis situations require research so that you can address the circumstance thoughtfully, and multi-channel rapid response.

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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. Step 1: Identify your stakeholders.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Remote work will be a permanent option for many employees, and all internal and externally focused campaigns must be fully digital. We’ll see lots of new ideas and platforms for customer and employee communications and a continued mainstreaming of tactics like live digital events, podcasting, and real-time chat for routine programs.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

You have a responsibility to your customers, clients, members, employees and even to your organization to take this initiative. How to minimize the risk of a data breach crisis. If so, how secure it your email service provider and are your employees required to change their passwords regularly? Tweet this!). Until it does.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 23, 2021

This is even more important for business buyers, where the selling cycle is longer, the product or service typically more costly, and the reputation ruboff more potent. Employees are in charge. But in 2022, employee engagement will be the new recruitment. Look for brand values to be a core message for most organizations.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We have experienced firsthand how a crisis can significantly and quickly impact business operations. Companies can prepare by evaluating the crisis process, team, tools and resources they have in place. A clear organizational purpose, mission and values provide guidance and establish a strong foundation to support crisis responses.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 4, 2022

The companies that pledged support for female employees after the Dobbs decision, for example, are expressing an authentic position in response to court ruling that will affect millions. No one can predict the nature or severity of a reputation crisis, but most brands understand their own vulnerabilities and social communities.

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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.”. Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture.

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Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

Forward-thinking brands are already embracing the strategic advantages that social listening tools can offer when it comes to managing brand reputation, crisis detection, and optimising comms strategy. Yes, that’s right, it’s not just for marketing teams! So, they must be monitored and analysed closely.

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5W PR

JANUARY 1, 2023

One essential element that contributes to the overall reputation of businesses is a corporate social responsibility. Investing in CSR can help companies develop a corporate reputation, and attract customers while protecting businesses from any damage to their reputation, as well as helping them recover faster after a PR crisis.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Internal communicators must be savvy enough to turn dry content like company policies into info employees actually want to read. Crisis Communications. Managing PR Agencies.

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PRSay

JUNE 23, 2021

Preparing for these increasingly sophisticated threats and containing the damage when attacks occur requires a level of experience and expertise beyond that of a company’s day-to-day crisis team. Build a dedicated cyber-crisis team. Enlist employees. Here are six things to think about: 1. Make key decisions ahead of time.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 15, 2023

In today’s highly connected world, a positive brand reputation is an asset for nearly any business. Here are three significant steps to building brand reputation through earned media: Earned media helps a brand stand out Media relations and earned media can significantly increase brand visibility and awareness.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

I was recently asked the following question by a professional who follows my work: Does my organization need to be crisis ready even though we aren’t a huge brand? Should your small or medium sized company be crisis ready? >> Do the relationships you share with your stakeholders (e.g.: your employees, customers, vendors, etc.)

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 16, 2014

Gibson, i nternet defamation attorney at Vorys who works closely with Agnes + Day’s Crisis Intelligence Team. The reality is that most anyone with a computer can cause very serious damage to your reputation: upset customers, ex-employees, ex-business partners, ex-spouses and more. Monitor your online reputation.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 4, 2018

Note: The following is an excerpt taken from my new book, Crisis Ready–Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World , which is available for purchase on Amazon. The importance of solid and practical crisis management governance model. This is the team responsible for the organization’s crisis management and response.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Taking dry content like company policies and turning it into information that employees actually want to read requires a savvy communicator. Crisis Communications.

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2022

A workplace accident can be devastating for a business’s reputation, on top of hurting whoever’s involved. If not handled responsibly, your injured worker could face much more damage and harm, your business will have to shell out more money, and on top of that, you could lose business or other employees. So what’s the best […].

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital age, even a single misstep can have far-reaching consequences for a brand’s reputation. A crisis—whether it’s a product recall, data breach, or public relations disaster—can erode trust, damage sales, and potentially lead to business failure.

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Ronn Torossian

MAY 6, 2016

Security breaches not only put the brand and its employees at risk, but also the customers and clients, which the company serves. This affects the brand’s reputation and its ability to inspire trust. The post Crisis Communications: Preparing for a Cyber Attack appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. At the same time, they needed to make sure that their customers, employees, and communities heard from the companies behind the brands.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

Your communications team owns your company’s earned media, which is key to building the trust amongst all of your stakeholders, be it customers, employees or investors. Communications is a major driver of corporate reputation—your biggest brand asset. Other stakeholder relations (investors, analysts, policy makers, society, etc.)

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PRSay

MARCH 9, 2017

To be an expert in crisis communications you have to move your organization at the speed of Twitter when “it” hits the fan. As employees ran for safety, one stopped to take a photo of the fireball, then sat in his Ford F150 and created a Facebook page. It’s time to face the music. Within minutes he posted a video to the web.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

An online world means that everyday citizens are gaining greater control over the messages they see, believe, share and utilize in their decision-making processes or attributions of brand reputation. However, not every crisis is predictable. A crisis is a point in time. It should not define the organization.

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Reputation Us

JULY 8, 2019

QUESTIONS : Is corporate reputation a focus for your organization in 2020? Is what employees, customers, prospective customers, media and social influencers say about you important? Corporate reputation is now a strategic intangible asset that affects an organization’s: Financials. Corporate value. Employment factors.

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