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ICON 2023 Q&A: Talking Crisis Communications With Amazon’s Barbara Agrait

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16, she shared her international perspective to students in a session titled “Diverse Roots, Universal Impact: Humanizing Reputation and Crisis Communications.” ” Beforehand, Agrait talked with PRsay about crisis management. You should do trainings, mock [crisis situations] and exercises.

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Three Steps to Successful Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

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. Let me explain.

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5 Steps to Becoming a Crisis Communication Pro

Melissa Agnes

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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To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team

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A red team can expose reputational vulnerabilities in a company and flaws in its crisis-response plan. From a crisis-communications standpoint, a red team stress-tests an organization’s strategy by expanding the circle of feedback the plan receives. Invite diverse feedback and open communication. Spark new ideas.

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The 5 Phases of Becoming Crisis Ready

Melissa Agnes

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. Do you conduct regular crisis management exercises?

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California State University San Marcos: a textbook case of crisis preparation

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In the last session we came together and discussed the issues that came up that needed to be solved, so we could address those in advance of an actual campus emergency” In addition to simulation exercises across the crisis response team, the PR team also formalized their own internal processes in preparation for crises.

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The Magic Formula for Managing Stress in a Crisis

Melissa Agnes

The right crisis preparedness program will prompt you to think through the most high-risk crisis scenarios that pertain to your organization, prevent the preventable and plan for the unpreventable. For example: Defining the difference between an issue and a crisis will help mitigate the potential overreaction to an incident.

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