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Why My College Crash Course in Crisis Communications Will Never End

PRSay

My most important crisis communications test didn’t come through my PR work with PayPal, Snowflake or Tetris. LGBTQIA people grapple with the complex parts of communication quickly in their lives when they are out. That requires every component of a PR program, from stakeholder communication (i.e., It came in college.

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Teaching Crisis Communication: Embracing the Research to Practice Model

Melissa Agnes

I had a chance to be on Melissa’s podcast a few weeks ago to talk about some of the trends and challenges professors who are teaching crisis communications are facing today. Teaching a crisis class is not only an exciting opportunity for any professor to have (especially this one), it can be daunting to some as well.

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Making The Case for Excluding Jargon From Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

” When I talk, train and write about crisis communications, I always say that your audiences want (and expect) to communicate with the people behind the brand, not with your logo. Cut jargon out of your crisis communication vocabulary. Crisis Communications Food for Thought'

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How to Write a Crisis Press Release (Examples and Templates)

Prowly

Crisis communication can make or break a brand’s reputation, whether it’s a product recall, a data breach, a natural disaster, or a public relations nightmare. What is a crisis press release? This is where the power of a strong press release comes into play.

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Mastodon returns – what does it mean for PR and communications?

Stuart Bruce

The exaggerated reports of Twitter’s demise mean the geeky backwaters of Mastodon have suddenly been thrust into the limelight with mainstream media writing about it. … © Stuart Bruce - Mastodon returns – what does it mean for PR and communications?

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Crisis Communications & Social Media When “It” Hits the Fan

PRSay

To be an expert in crisis communications you have to move your organization at the speed of Twitter when “it” hits the fan. Do you really want someone known as @shroomy0021 managing your corporate communications? Hence, any decision they make regarding the crisis and the communications around it, is a flawed decision.

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A Look At Academic Research on Crisis Communication From #AEJMC14

Melissa Agnes

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.