Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Welcome to episode #020 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Bill Boyd. As the Ebola crisis continues to make waves in the United States and around the world, the CDC, government, hospitals and countless others are being looked to to lead the public through this epidemic. The second is Fearbola.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 13, 2014

By now, we’ve all heard of the terrible crisis Malaysia Airlines is facing with flight MH370 appearing to have vanished out of thin air with over 200 passengers and crew members aboard. So how is Malaysia Airlines handling this crisis? A Look at Malaysia Airlines’s Crisis Communications.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 15, 2014

Welcome to episode #002 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast with Melissa Agnes and Isaac Griberg of the ICRC. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is doing ground-breaking things when it comes to leveraging social media for crisis communications and emergency management. Running time: 38:17. Get connected!

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Crisis management in the defense technology sector requires meticulous planning, precise execution, and constant readiness. When a crisis hits, organizations must respond swiftly and effectively to protect their reputation, maintain stakeholder trust, and minimize potential damage.

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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. But surely a top government relations officer should know better than to publicly dabble in conspiracies that simmer in the dark corners of the interwebs.

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Business Wire

MAY 21, 2020

The suddenness and the rapid spread of the virus across the world have caught many companies (and governments) by surprise. The reactions of many of business leaders and heads of government have ranged from shell-shocked silence to impressive displays of leadership.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 12, 2014

Yet the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer shows that consumer trust in executives (and government) is at an all-time low. In a crisis, you need your stakeholders to trust your spokesperson and, thus, your organization. In a crisis, you need your stakeholders to trust your spokesperson and, thus, your organization. Think about it.

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Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Welcome to episode #029 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes, Captain Chris Hsiung, Tim Burrows and Louis Hayes. Law enforcement, as an industry in the United States in particular, is in the midst of a major crisis. This episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast discusses: What really went wrong and when it started.

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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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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

For an organization which overcomes the initial shock of a breaking crisis, successfully wrestles control over it and ultimately puts the reputational fires out, it’s natural to want to return to business as usual as soon as the crisis seems to have passed. Post-crisis review. Natural but foolhardy. Food for Thought'

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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? How to avoid a public relations crisis. For more on crisis simulations and trainings, click here. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of these types of events online.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 22, 2014

Welcome to episode #003 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast with Melissa Agnes and Jim Spicuzza. Mobile technology can do wonders for today’s crisis communication. Within this podcast, Jim Spicuzza, CEO of CrisisGo, and I discuss the power of mobile technology in your crisis communications. Running time: 49:30. Get connected!

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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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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Each month, I answer your crisis ready questions. Here’s a sampling of what these questions were: “Is crisis management different from industry to industry?” The power of banking goodwill and trust prior to experiencing an issue or crisis. Crisis Ready Formula for Managing Controversies.

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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. It helps to give workers roles they can play in the 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. Government organizations.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 19, 2014

Since the podcast on “ doing crisis communications right “, with Captain Chris Hsiung and Shino Tanaka, aired last week, I’ve received some really great follow up questions from listeners. Your follow up questions answered: Doing crisis communications right.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 13, 2018

If you follow my work, then you know that helping organizations become crisis ready is not just what I do professionally, but it is one of my biggest passions. The typical act of crisis preparedness looks something like this: An organization tasks a department or small team of people to create a crisis management plan.

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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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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 29, 2020

I’m muddling through the COVID-19 crisis, just like you, but I am starting to think about what might come next. Is it possible to have a good crisis? Freelancers received a government invention this week. Everyone seems to have discovered a friend in the army, government or health service with insider information.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Disruption technologies integrated within crisis message strategies arising during Ebola crisis. Within this post, @kfreberg explores how WhatsApp and News Deeply are being used for communication and updates within the Ebola crisis. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. WhatsApp As An Ebola Crisis Communication Strategy.

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 11, 2020

The CIPR and PRCA have done an exceptional job in leading the industry in its response to the COVID-19 crisis. They’ve been tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the industry, providing tools and support for members, and lobbying government for intervention. A new portal on the GCS website lists communication roles in government.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 7, 2016

A couple weeks back, I published an article that discussed best practices for communicating with your key stakeholders in a crisis. And yet, as important as your internal stakeholders are, internal crisis communications can be one of the easiest things to overlook in the hustle and bustle of real-time crisis management.

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Agility PR Solutions

MARCH 18, 2020

The media and government are supposed to be keeping us informed and encouraging us to take responsible precautions. The post Amid Covid-19, we’re relying on news media and government—but do we trust them? But do we trust that they are giving us the right […]. appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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PRSay

APRIL 7, 2020

A lack of trust in government and media has caused many people to ignore crucial health advice about the novel coronavirus, raising the importance of employer communications, says a special report from the Edelman Trust Barometer. 19, found that employees trust their employers far more than they trust governments or news media.

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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

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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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Welcome to episode #026 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Tom Iovino. Public information officers and crisis communicators have critically important responsibilities in difficult times. Tom Iovino is a public information officer for the Pinellas County Government and how he became a PIO is a fun tale!

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Especially in a crisis situation, [Twitter is] a way to share information with the greatest number of people,” said Donyale Padgett, a professor of communication studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Twitter granted gray check marks to official government accounts, but then rescinded them.

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Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2025

Speaking at a webinar organised by the CIPR Crisis Communications Network , Younger explained that reputation is shaped by two key factors: capability and character. An organisation's ability to withstand a crisis depends on how different stakeholder groups assess these two aspects of reputation.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Public relations people like to talk about anticipating or “getting in front of” a crisis; in fact, for a taste of a real-life crisis simulation, check out this stress-inducing story by The New York Times ‘ Sapna Maheshwari. And what can we learn from how Equifax handled the crisis? How did it escalate?

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

These factors reveal how a government influences the overall economy or a specific industry, which may affect the way your business operates or generates revenue. That said, including PESTLE analysis in your PR toolkit does more than simply ensure that a crisis won’t catch you by surprise. Political factors.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Fostering Government-Industry Collaboration PR plays a crucial role in facilitating partnerships between defense tech companies and government agencies. PR teams develop comprehensive crisis communication plans that enable quick, effective responses to challenges. trillion in 2021.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 9, 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. Whom should you include within your crisis management governance? For example, consider a cybersecurity crisis. Not every situation is black and white.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Some of the most important and rewarding work I do is in helping the public service sector, be it police agencies, fire departments, cities and municipalities, hospitals, emergency management departments and others, better plan and prepare for a crisis or emergency situation. Crisis Management Resources In the News' Register now!

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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!

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

I worked as part of a team of professional marketing and communications associations on behalf of the Government Communication Service at the outset of the crisis. According to a poll by the IoIC two-thirds of internal communicators said that leaders looked to them for more guidance during the crisis.

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