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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. In short order, it was followed a barrage of requests from media asking to use the footage. Social media is your competition. Within minutes he posted a video to the web. Are you even in the game?

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TCIP #005 – Teaching Crisis Communication in Higher Education with Karen Freberg

Melissa Agnes

Welcome to episode #005 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Karen Freberg. Put it this way: her midterm exam is going to be an actual crisis simulation! The pos and cons of blogging and being more open and connected on social media, as both an individual and a professional. Or on Instagram.

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Crisis Communication Strategy: Take a Cue from BBC

Melissa Agnes

I’ve written in the past about BBC’s Ebola crisis communication strategy to help educate West Africans and keep them healthy and Ebola-free. But it’s not just in communicating and educating about Ebola that BBC is excelling. Their entire communications strategy is one that can and should be used as an example.

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3 Lessons From the A-Team in Crisis Communication Planning

Cision

They can be relied upon to carry out their duties, which leads to the first point about crisis communication planning: 1. Identify communication crisis responders. More to the point: know who they are, what function they serve, and how to get in touch with them when Instagram blows up at two o’clock in the morning.

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How to Use Threads For B2B PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The secret of Threads’ fast growth was its integration with Instagram, which made onboarding seamless for users. Threads’ format resembles a blend of Twitter and Instagram. Threads’ tight integration with Instagram can leverage visual storytelling, making it ideal for conveying complex ideas in a visually appealing manner.

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Is Your Corporate Website Still the Right Place to Designate as Your Crisis Communications Home Base?

Melissa Agnes

With the growing use of social media to follow brands, rather than navigating to the brand’s corporate website, should your corporate website still be used as your crisis communications home base? One you should aim to think through within your crisis preparedness. This is a good question. Let me explain further.

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Five Ways to Optimize Your Social Networks for Crisis Communication

Cision

A lot has been written in the past year about the limited reach and engagement level on various social media platforms. For any post that you put on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., you can expect only a small fraction of your potential audience will ever receive your communication, much less act upon it. Impatience.