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Crisis Management: Challenges Affecting Crisis Communication

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Creating an effective crisis management plan can be a hard task for any communication team. Facing these challenges, many communication teams prefer to bury their heads in the sand and wait for a crisis to happen before making an appropriate plan. Lack of Visibility. Information.

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In Crisis Responses, Words Matter More than Body Language, Study Finds

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When companies respond in crisis situations, what they say matters more than their nonverbal cues, a recent study finds. Researchers asked respondents whether they thought each message would be accepted or lead to negative word-of-mouth about the company, and whether the company would be blamed for the crisis based on its response.

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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. US Airways.

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WhatsApp As An Ebola Crisis Communication Strategy

Melissa Agnes

I’m always on the look out for new ways to leverage social media and mobile technology for crisis management. Listen: TCIP #020 – Managing The Ebola Crisis With Bill Boyd. How to determine what social channels to use for crisis communication. Case Studies Crisis Communication' Kudos to BBC!

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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.

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Twitter’s ‘Blue Check’ Chaos Erodes Trust in Crisis Communications

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Especially in a crisis situation, [Twitter is] a way to share information with the greatest number of people,” said Donyale Padgett, a professor of communication studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. “If But with all the new check marks, she didn’t know which information she could trust.

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4 Four Tips to Begin (or Amplify) Your Crisis Management Career

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Crisis and conflict exist for every company, organization or entity; no one is immune to it. Whether a disaster impacts your company or an organizational issue disrupts your workplace’s ability to function as it should, well-mapped-out communication strategies should be structured to embrace the nuances of internal and external audiences.