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

PRSay

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. The problem that sometimes exists is conflicting information when there is a crisis.

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Managing an agency through the COVID-19 crisis - PRCA taskforce

Stephen Waddington

The PRCA has launched an international taskforce of 50+ volunteers to help support members managing their businesses during the crisis. This is the fourth time that I’ve experienced a downturn running an agency. Plan and act now We’re starting to understand the nature and shape of the COVID-19 crisis.

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After lockdown: the creative agency market

Stephen Waddington

The agency market is in flux as the economy reinflates. Agencies are facing the following opportunities. What’s your take on the industry and what are other agencies doing? Here are five areas in which I’m helping my agency clients work through the current business environment. But there’s plenty of opportunity.

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TCIP #002 – Strategizing Social Media for Crisis Communications with Isaac Griberg

Melissa Agnes

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. Follow Melissa on Twitter: @melissa_agnes.

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Notes on the UK public relations agency market

Wadds Inc.

Some observations and suggestions for public relations agency managers from our wheelhouse. Public relations agencies have either narrowly hit Q1 business targets or missed them by a small margin. The agency market has switched from being relatively buoyant at the end of Q3 2022 to a slowdown. The slowdown is impacting payments.

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Future skills for public relations practitioners - World PR Day

Stephen Waddington

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. Organisational leaders turned to internal communication teams because they recognised the critical role of communication in engaging with staff.

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Is Lawsuit Against Marketing Firm’s Role in Opioid Crisis a Precedent for Public Relations?

PRSay

In early May, the state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health for its work with Purdue Pharma, claiming its “unfair and deceptive” marketing practices helped fuel the national opioid crisis. Publicis Health acted solely as an advertising agency. Publicis Health, part of Publicis Groupe S.A.,

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