The Stalwart Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Public relations experts say it’s key to make sure your restaurant’s crisis plan is in place and updated—at all times. “It It certainly is a ‘pay me now’ or ‘pay me later’ scenario,” says David Oates of San Diego- based Stalwart Communications , which offers crisis public relations for restaurants and other businesses.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

A crisis situation presents abundant challenges for public relations and business leaders, not the least of which are the critical first communications. Five crisis PR first responses. All five of these recent corporate “first responders” behaved in a fashion aligned with the brand involved. Facebook dodges blame.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 7, 2021

The communications team may not be held accountable for contributing to corporate and financial goals, so oftentimes, the department is either held to a lesser standard or operates in a vacuum rather than being seen as a strategic partner. Communications is a major driver of corporate reputation—your biggest brand asset.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 9, 2016

I recently published a blog post discussing when it is OK to implement an offensive crisis management strategy. ” While this little saying is well known and has its purposes, I’d like to examine its implication and particular relevance in your organization’s crisis management. What about you? What about you?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 15, 2017

You only get one shot at making a good first impression – and that’s true for corporate apologies too. Somehow as we grow up, those principles we learned as kids are beaten out of our collective corporate being. This is true of messaging, positioning, press releases and corporate apologies. 1) The incomplete corporate apology.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Corporate Communications As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Crisis Communications There were some serious PR blunders in 2020.

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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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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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The Stalwart Blog

MARCH 12, 2020

A great deal of animosity will start to develop that will spill over into social media and news articles, putting organizations in a tough spot. Crisis PR response plans to these scenarios must get developed and now.

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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 article by Gerard Braud was brought to my attention on Twitter and I was left speechless as I read it. It surprised me because I’ve seen other articles of his that provided sound advice.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Corporate Communications. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Crisis Communications. Messaging & Positioning.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 15, 2016

The extremely smart Nick Morgan of Public Words recently published an article that reveals the results of a study on stress. ” This is important for leaders to realize prior to experiencing a crisis. Because successful crisis management often requires an appearance, in some capacity, by the organization’s leadership.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

How to minimize the risk of a data breach crisis. If so, I’m getting ready to publish my next ebook, which is a collaboration with Judith Delaney , and discusses everything you need to know about mobile technology: How to keep your organization safe from hacks and how to leverage mobile as a powerful crisis communications tool.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. . Crisis Communications. Media Training.

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5W PR

MARCH 28, 2024

Crisis communication The financial landscape is constantly changing, and unexpected events or crises are par for the course. A solid financial PR strategy includes a crisis communication blueprint that lays out clear communication lines and ensures swift, honest, and steady messaging during tough times.

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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.” So we may be in “crisis” far more often than we are in crisis.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Corporate crisis communications provides a demonstration because there are very clear constraints: Unknown unknowns – the effort to understand what is happening. Time hacks – crisis PR demands speed. Crisis communications has changed — and Mr. Wilde should get a raise. Chevy embraces the truck.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. thousand articles and 200 thousand social media interactions on Hockey Canada since September 1st – just 40 days. Good crisis communications teams stay prepared for these kinds of events. Hockey isn’t just important to Canada — hockey IS Canada.

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Newsfile

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the constantly evolving AI landscape, IR professionals must excel at creating precise AI prompts for effective financial reporting, investor engagement and crisis management. This article offers AI prompts to help IR professionals enhance outcomes and address communication needs more effectively.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2016

Public relations, corporate communications, public affairs and corporate affairs professionals will have an essential role in helping employers and clients to navigate this period of momentous change. Once article 50 is triggered there is a two-year period in which existing treaties will need to be unpicked and renegotiated.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

Crisis management is something every company needs to implement as part of its business processes. Without a documented plan, how would you handle a crisis? If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. What is a crisis?

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JANUARY 14, 2021

In this week’s article, we are discussing how to build an impactful communications team, outline clear roles and responsibilities between the C-suite and communications, and define the optimal scope and budget. As corporate reputation now matters more than ever, communicators are also more valuable than ever.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 18, 2014

By Judith Delaney, Attorney and member of Agnes + Day’s Crisis Intelligence Team. Better understanding the crisis of flight MH370. All of this was aptly discussed in the article “ A look at Malaysia Airlines’ Crisis Communications During the Crisis of Flight MH370 ” posted by Melissa Agnes on this website.

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PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. Now, the COVID-19 crisis has made garbage language smell even worse.

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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. These three groups are: The leadership team.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast What’s the secret to success? That’s where PR comes in with negative publicity and crisis management, as well as proactively demonstrating your company’s goodwill efforts. In our next article, we’ll dive into applying this methodology to PR measurement.

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JUNE 15, 2022

Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast. That’s where PR comes in with negative publicity and crisis management, as well as proactively demonstrating your company’s goodwill efforts. We invest a lot in earned media because this is precisely how you build trust and corporate. What’s the secret to success?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In case you missed them, below you’ll find some articles and this week’s podcast that I believe to be worth your while to check out. From The Crisis Intelligence Blog. How To Meet the Demand for Real-Time Communication in a Crisis. How To Meet the Demand for Real-Time Communication in a Crisis. Enjoy it here!

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I’ve had the unique position of recording the huge changes in how private and public sector organisations in the UK have communicated during the COVID-19 crisis. If the internal and external communication function inside an organisation didn’t report directly to management before the crisis - it almost certainly will now.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Investing in your professional online reputation is an important Crisis Ready strategy—and ReputationDefender has launched a service to help make this process easy for you. Neglecting either or both of these aspects of your crisis readiness leaves a vulnerability gap that you can otherwise protect against. Who is ReputationDefender?

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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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. Listen here!

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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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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2022

Find more articles on crisis communications in the May 2022 issue of Strategies & Tactics. Managing a Chapter crisis. I had a destination, a nice navigation system and a spare, but I didn’t have any instructions (crisis plan) on how to replace the tire. Your roadmap to creating a crisis plan.

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The Stalwart Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Steve Ritchie announced steps Papa John’s is taking in the aftermath of reports that the pizza chain’s founder John Schnatter used a racial slur in a corporate meeting. The lack of an apology is a big mistake, according to David Oates, a San Diego-based expert in crisis PR. Read The Full Article. internal and external ?

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 22, 2016

This is the fate that Lochte is now experiencing, after three sponsors (at the time that I was writing this article) have now dropped him. Important crisis management lessons to learn (and implement). Crisis management lesson for the professional: Think before each action. This seems logical. As though it goes without saying.

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