Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Don’t think your crisis plan has blind spots? Let me throw three common crisis scenarios at you and you can reflect on whether or not your team is prepared for each of them – and don’t assume you know the answer, actually go and find out! Crisis Preparedness' Don’t think this applies to you? Operations.

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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. Just because people may vent and lash out against your organization is not a reason to hide and refuse to communicate on the channels that demand communication these days.

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PRSay

JULY 1, 2022

When we published the first “Public Relations Handbook” in 1967, the notion of social media, influencers, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, podcasts and search-engine marketing did not exist. Rereading our original chapter on crisis communications underscores the changes that have taken place in corporate America and public relations since then.

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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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5W PR

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Instead, it involves precisely targeting specific platforms and communities where the target customers gather. It requires collaborating with SEO experts to incorporate relevant keywords into narratives, making the brand more discoverable by search engines, and directing interested individuals to the company’s website.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Don’t think your crisis plan has blind spots? Let me throw three common crisis scenarios at you and you can reflect on whether or not your team is prepared for each of them – and don’t assume you know the answer, actually go and find out! Don’t think this applies to you? Manufacturing / Production. Operations.

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PRSay

MAY 16, 2018

While the PRSA MBA/Business Program is currently focused on partnering with business schools, the need for strategic communications also affects CEOs, chief information officers, chief financial officers, engineers, cyber chiefs, medical doctors and other corporate and nonprofit leaders. But content variety remains.”.

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Stern + Associates

JULY 21, 2023

A good social media PR strategy can greatly help with crisis communications and influencer marketing efforts. They also enhance the discoverability of the release across social media and search engines. They comprise specific information that holds value beyond disseminating news about the brand and its products or services.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. The program has since grown to 15 schools nationwide.

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Communications Case Study Training Reputation 120

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Noteworthy : “Public Relations” is synonymous with “Strategic Communications” (i.e using communicative means to achieve adversarial objectives). Communications can also pertain to the fields of study and professional practice that deal with these systems, including engineering, technology management, and information theory.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 17, 2016

The survey matches my own experience and I believe represents a substantial evolution to the classic corporate media relations program. I had a special epiphany that day: the soft and subtle pitch of content marketing created media relations opportunities beyond the conventions of crisis communications and newsjacking.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Our new owners immediately began to eliminate redundancies, as they say in corporate M&A. One of my first pieces that got real traffic was a crisis case study from my former employer, which coincidentally was about dealing with a negative blogger. Your mobile phone is engineered to making you want to check it compulsively.

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Ishmael's Corner

AUGUST 15, 2016

Techniques For Effective Business Communications. When months of investigative reporting by The New York Times produced the story, “How Think Tanks Amplify Corporate America’s Influence“ and the companion piece, “Think Tank Scholar or Corporate Consultant? It Depends on the Day,” I wondered how Brookings would respond.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year. If you work in issues and crisis it can be especially acute.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Amazon is the latest big company to use modernised crisis communications to rebut attacks in mainstream media. Jay Carney, Amazon’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, used a self-published article on Medium to rebut a critical New York Times article and attack its credibility.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

High demand for experienced communicators “Corporate communications professionals will continue to advance into top organizational leadership roles as their unrivaled combination of business strategy and stakeholder insight continues to become more essential. Continued consolidation of media outlets.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I thought the new media offered tremendous potential for environmental scanning, issues management, rumor control, and crisis communication. I continue to believe the cyber media have great potential for research and listening, but I also see great potential for dialog, or two-way symmetrical communication.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Internet and social media have changed the game for all businesses, from large corporations to Mom-and-Pop shops. They might not know what their options are yet or even have a clear idea in mind, but if you want them to choose your service over another, social, search engines need to media need be part of the equation from day one!

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Social media’s impact on crisis doesn’t just exist for organizational crises or emergencies such as natural disasters. These three things make for a great keynote presentation because they’re the heart of crisis communications in this 21st century. It’s the engine that drives it.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

With all it encompasses – media relations, reputation management, crisis communications, content development, social media management, influencer marketing – and the list goes on – it’s endlessly fascinating. You can work with organizations of different sizes from startups to nonprofits to agencies to large corporations.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 19, 2023

In that case, the PR team may measure the number of media mentions, social media engagement, website traffic, and search engine rankings. By being proactive, PR professionals can also identify potential issues or risks and develop a crisis communication plan to mitigate any negative impact.

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Reputation Us

JANUARY 4, 2016

Generally an attacker asked for, and was granted, access through social engineering. Streams of patient data were exfiltrated from the corporate networks into dark corners of the Internet. Advance preparation and understanding can help your hospital manage a crisis. Anthem and others were victims of identical methods.)

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In September, Urban Outfitters engineered a single vintage and bloody Kent State sweatshirt for sale. Most of the pundits say that in the long run stunts like these will ruin a corporate reputation. PR crisis communications marketing outrage PR crisis' It’s become a favorite tactic of some apparel brands.

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PR Conversations

JULY 5, 2017

From social media management to crisis communications, content is king. And communicators are presented with a daily challenge to produce captivating, attention-grabbing texts. Communication officers constantly analyze effectiveness of their smm efforts and improve initial strategies based on the acquired knowledge.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Even with prompt engineering, much of the content is still largely generic and devoid of emotional marketing value. While I certainly don’t doubt the future potential of generative AI for content creation, it is still in the very early stages of development and is more about experimentation at this point.

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