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Why You Should Hire a Crisis Communications Agency?

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Having a crisis communication plan in place ahead of time reduces confusion, ensures an effective communication flow, and improves messaging timeliness during or after a crisis. The basics of good crisis communications are the same for every company. What causes a crisis to go viral?

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Lesson From Facebook: 5 Tips on Handling Crisis Communications

Shift Communications

Crisis communications is the opposite of traditional public relations and involves putting out a “ fire ” of some sort. In most cases when a company is faced with a crisis they often mess up the initial response. Most recently, Facebook just experienced the classic example of a crisis communications case study.

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TCIP #032 – The National Weather Service’s Crisis Communication Strategy with Daniel Noah

Melissa Agnes

This episode of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast discusses: What data mining is and how the NWS uses it to monitor the social sphere for important feedback, warning signs and more. The NWS’s strategy for dealing with doomsday photos that tend to go viral in natural disasters and put people in panic mode.

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

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Social media monitoring involves tracking brand mentions, conversations, and sentiment across social platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.). What are the Basics of Crisis Communication Planning? Crisis communication planning involves preparing for unexpected events that could harm an organization’s reputation.

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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

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Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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TCIP #016 – Malaysia Airlines Crisis Management with Jonathan Hemus

Melissa Agnes

How culture, both organizational and national, impacted Malaysia Airlines’s crisis communication. The importance of getting the first 24 hours right in a crisis. How to plan for a global, viral crisis. Follow Melissa on Twitter: @melissa_agnes. Follow Agnes + Day on Twitter: @agnesdayinc.

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The Importance of Social Media in Crisis Management

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With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. In fact, most experts agree that social media needs to be treated as a vital part of any company’s crisis communication plan.