Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Each week, I get approached by a handful of university students and young professionals seeking my advice on how they can kick-start their careers in crisis management. This blog post answers the questions I get asked most frequently, along with some added comments and insights. So I decided to do that here.

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Shift Communications

JULY 19, 2017

Anyone Could Need Crisis Management (…and at Anytime). is suffering a crisis. As our VP of Marketing Tech previously summarized : In a crisis management situation, something has gone wrong and your brand is on fire. s PR reps/trusted advisors/crisis comms ride-or-dies, deny the fire of its resources we shall.

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While few try to make mistakes deliberately, every company needs to anticipate a crisis. The good news is that with a few simple precautions, you can breeze through any crisis while keeping your relationship with investors and customers intact. What is crisis comms and why is it important? That’s the bad news.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 11, 2023

It was generated when ChatGPT was given the prompt to write a 350-word blog post about how PR teams can use ChatGPT in their work. ChatGPT can assist with the writing of press releases, speeches, email campaigns, social media posts, and other forms of written communication. The post below was not written by a human being.

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Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Welcome to episode #028 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Brigitte Stock. When this happens, the task of successfully managing the crisis becomes even more of a challenge. How social media impacts the need for cross-cultural communications in managing crises today. Running time: 1:03:03.

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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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Ronn Torossian

APRIL 18, 2016

Crisis management and communication is the most common PR function known to the public. The Real Purpose of Crisis Communications More to the truth, crisis communications help brands prepare for, endure, survive, and thrive when controversy … READ MORE ».

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Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

In many organizations, a major fragmentation exists between executive leadership and the communications function. As a result, communications professionals often become vulnerable to budget and headcount cuts. As a result, communications professionals often become vulnerable to budget and headcount cuts.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 10, 2014

Crisis and issues management is an increasingly important topic for organizations today and there are so many interesting people and organizations out there doing it right. Agnes + Day is excited to introduce The Crisis Intelligence Podcast! Listen to the latest episodes of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

It has taken Equifax several attempts (and CEO’s) to get their crisis communications right, following the massive data breach that has impacted more than 143 million people. My friend, Josh Bernoff, editor of the Without B t blog , made a great observation and asked me an important question. He’s right. Why is this?

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Onclusive

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to our January blog series focused on “ The Executive’s Guide to Building and Leading an Impactful Communications Team ”! Building an impactful communications team. Building an impactful communications team. As an executive, you have the power to set up your communications team for success from the start.

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Onclusive

JUNE 8, 2022

This week, we’re wrapping up our How Earned Media Drives Consumer behavior blog series with a review of the relationship between brand sentiment and website traffic and actions. Therefore, based on our findings, the quality of your website content is equally important both in good times and during a crisis. Want more insights?

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Onclusive

JUNE 8, 2022

This week, we’re wrapping up our How Earned Media Drives Consumer behavior blog series with a review of the relationship between brand sentiment and website traffic and actions. Stuart Soroka Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science, and Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Scrambling to understand what’s going on, they sift through links to news sites and high-ranking blogs that are being shared like wild fire and beginning to populate the search engines for your targeted keywords. While your team gets to the route of the problem, the clock continues to tick and the news of the crisis continues to spread.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 29, 2015

I speak and often write about the use of mobile technology for crisis communication and crisis management. We know that, in most cases, your organization’s website should be the official home base for your crisis communications. White paper: Dark Websites as a Crisis Communications Strategy.

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Cision

JUNE 8, 2015

The airline continued to communicate via social media throughout the ordeal and was universally lauded for its social media response to this crisis. Social media adds an overwhelming complexity to crisis communication. What I want to do in this post is to examine how to best use social media for crisis communication.

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Melissa Agnes

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Welcome to episode #028 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Brigitte Stock. When this happens, the task of successfully managing the crisis becomes even more of a challenge. How social media impacts the need for cross-cultural communications in managing crises today. Running time: 1:03:03.

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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. Get connected!

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

But what does this mean for your crisis management? I’ve always advised my clients and blog readers that it’s important to make sure your online presence is as secure as possible prior to experiencing a crisis. It’s one thing to have high rankings when all is good and it’s business as usual.

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Remote PR Jobs

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, excelling in this dynamic field requires more than just good communication skills. Well-written press releases, social media posts, and blog articles help PR practitioners capture attention, build credibility, and influence public perception. Analytical thinking also plays a vital role in crisis management.

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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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Mediagraphix PR

MAY 10, 2023

Crisis communication is an essential component of corporate management. No matter how well-prepared a company is, there will come a time when bad news must be delivered to stakeholders.

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Presspage

MARCH 2, 2021

A whopping 7 out of 10 business leaders say to have experienced at least one crisis between 2014 and 2019 ( PWC ). After 2020, most businesses will be well aware that a crisis, whatever its nature, is just a natural part of running a company in an extremely interconnected, hyper-informed world.

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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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Melissa Agnes

MAY 16, 2015

Welcome to episode #049 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes, Karen Freberg and Kristin Saling. They recently conducted a research study to determine the characteristics and attributes that make a good crisis communication message on social media. Subscribe to The Crisis Intelligence Podcast!

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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. This blog post isn’t meant to pick on anyone, it’s meant to take one professional’s point of view and rebut it with my own. ” It’s not about fighting the crisis on social.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 8, 2016

With the growing use of social media to follow brands, rather than navigating to the brand’s corporate website, should your corporate website still be used as your crisis communications home base? One you should aim to think through within your crisis preparedness. It’s the best way to archive your crisis response.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Our data collection and analysis doesn’t end there—we also survey the industry’s most experienced communicators and business executives during our live webinars. The poll respondents include in-house communicators and PR teams from companies of all sizes, large and boutique PR agencies, freelance PR professionals, and the C-suite.

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The Stalwart Blog

JULY 30, 2020

Still, it begs the question of what kind of crisis communication plans they have for the general public and their television partners, which is predominantly their source of revenue and their players? That requires over-communication to keep the 60 game season intact. That’s the last place the Marlins were.

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the B2B tech PR and communications industry, there are several ways that generative AI could revolutionise how we work. As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT: ‘’What are the top four ways that generative AI will change the PR and communications industry for the better?’’ The post How will ChatGPT impact the communications industry?

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PR News

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

director, risk & crisis communications practice at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, has a favorite aphorism about crisis management: “If you treat a bad day like a crisis, you’ll turn it into one. And if you treat a crisis like a bad day, you’ll make it worse.” Crisis or Bad Day for Mark Zuckerberg?

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 1, 2016

Welcome to episode #058 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Brian Willis. When it comes to crisis management, law enforcement has one of the most challenging tasks. Tune in to this episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast here. Subscribe to the Crisis Intelligence Podcast!

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PR News

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The post Here’s Where Communicators are Hoping to Invest More Resources appeared first on PR News Blog. ,” executives participating in a recent PR News/Crisp leadership roundtable shared an interesting wish list that centered around the… Continued.

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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. Monitoring.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Welcome to episode #036 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Garth Rowan. Crisis simulations are an amazing way to test your crisis plan and strengthen your team’s crisis communication skills. That said, I often get asked questions like “how do I conduct a crisis simulation?”;

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 15, 2014

Here’s this week’s roundup of great articles, as well as a roundup of what was published to The Crisis Intelligence Blog and Podcast. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. The Role of The Social CEO in Your Crisis Communications. A Look At Academic Research on Crisis Communication From #AEJMC14.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 8, 2014

Below you’ll find our roundup of some really great articles that we’ve come across this week, as well as a roundup of what was published to The Crisis Intelligence Blog and Podcast this week. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. Making The Case for Excluding Jargon From Crisis Communication.

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