Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Can any organization be a crisis communication pro? Being crisis-ready, crisis-intelligent, isn’t a mysterious quality that only a few people or organizations possess. So what would it take for your organization, your team, to be considered a crisis communication pro? Absolutely, why not? Make a list.

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

Nearly six months after Hurricane Harvey slammed Houston late last August, we Houstonians can look back and derive important lessons about preparing for a major natural disaster and managing its aftermath. In corporate settings, outside crisis management experts can use their mental and physical distance from a crisis to see it clearly.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 6, 2018

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?

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PRSay

APRIL 8, 2020

Executives around the globe are facing a daunting task: leading their teams and organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. From economic uncertainty to anxiety and disruptions to daily life, there are many immediate and potentially existential issues for an organization and its leadership. Being the best version of yourself.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whether you want to hear it or not, the secret to managing stress in highly and negatively impactful situations is to be as prepared as possible. While many factors of crisis management are beyond your control in the heat of the moment, your level of preparedness prior to a crisis is the thing you have the most control over.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

In the second half of last year, BBC World News decided that they wanted to position themselves as a voice of credibility and leadership in this global crisis. A world news organization wanted to help fight the crisis of Ebola. The benefits that came of their proactive crisis communications. And they did.

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PRSay

JUNE 23, 2021

Consider how an attack centered on a company’s IT infrastructure could quickly upend established crisis plans and procedures. Set up dedicated channels in a secure messaging app to ensure that executives and crisis team members have a safe way to communicate if your company’s email servers are offline or potentially compromised.

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Presspage

MAY 6, 2017

Most communicators expect to have to deal with a crisis situation at some point in their career. Yet predicting how a crisis will rear its ugly head is incredibly difficult. The statements have been vetted and approved by the university leadership and would only need slight updates if they were ever needed.”

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PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. In an ongoing crisis, operating on adrenaline for a prolonged period of time can be – and is often – physically and mentally harmful.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 14, 2015

This is also a book that I recommend to crisis leaders – as well as leaders of every kind. If you’re interested in learning more, I had Nick on my podcast earlier this year to discuss how to master your body language for crisis leadership. If you haven’t yet listened to this conversation, I highly recommend you do so.

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Ethical Voices

JUNE 27, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode is Bradley Akubuiro , a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive , where he focuses on corporate reputation, executive communications, and high visibility crisis management and media relations efforts. I lead our corporate communications practice. We have to be prepared for that role.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Needless to say, all of them used some form of communications effort. ESG issues will be dominating corporate communications in 2022 and beyond.”. From a communications standpoint, this means that brands must continue to be thoughtful and authentic in their words and, most importantly, actions.”. In the U.S.,

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 3, 2018

The Agony of Decision : I had the pleasure of reading Fred Garcia’s earlier book, The Power of Communication and was blown away. Whether you’re in crisis management or not, this book is about making tough decisions that may have severe consequences and how you can have “mental readiness” as a leader, especially when a crisis is unfolding.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The goal is to make your team adaptable for increasingly fast changing communication requirements. A large part of your audience communicates via this medium. All communication teams are striving for the attention of the fickle consumer. Add to that the high turnover in communication teams. The result?

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

As the Zika virus continues to spread, what are the major crisis management risks that healthcare organizations and government agencies should be thinking about? As emotion cannot be trumped with logic, when a crisis gets to a point of spreading irrational fear, it becomes extremely difficult to manage. and Canada.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 13, 2015

She graduates this spring summa cum laude , and has already secured a position as an account executive intern at Skyya Communications in New York City. He’s a good listener, helps other students with ideas and critique, and is looked up to for his natural leadership abilities. Pete/Clearwater. Michael Johnson. Jacqueline Laster.

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