Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 7, 2014

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. Why do I say this?

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 17, 2017

I recently published a video discussing the best way to train your staff to be crisis-ready (hint: it’s by conducting a crisis simulation). At the end of the video, I invited viewers to ask me questions so that I could help them – and you – prepare and conduct a successful exercise. Take a look!

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 13, 2018

If you follow my work, then you know that helping organizations become crisis ready is not just what I do professionally, but it is one of my biggest passions. The typical act of crisis preparedness looks something like this: An organization tasks a department or small team of people to create a crisis management plan.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

While your team gets to the route of the problem, the clock continues to tick and the news of the crisis continues to spread. Put the crisis to bed as quickly as possible, while suffering the least amount of negative repercussions to the organization’s reputation and bottom line. The reality is that a crisis is a nightmare.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Welcome to episode #036 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Garth Rowan. Crisis simulations are an amazing way to test your crisis plan and strengthen your team’s crisis communication skills. That said, I often get asked questions like “how do I conduct a crisis simulation?”;

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 11, 2021

5 solo PR pros advise on crisis communications. This month, we asked our panel of solo PR pros to share how they deal with a client crisis. The very first thing I tell a client when dealing with a crisis is DO. When advising a client navigating a crisis, there needs to be transparency and trust in the working relationship.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 6, 2018

Becoming crisis ready is a process. Fortunately, there’s a method to this process that can take any organization, of any size, type, and industry, from their current level of crisis readiness, straight through to building an invincible brand—which, as you know, is the ultimate benefit of being crisis ready.

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Cision

AUGUST 30, 2016

Yet, this is our world today and our “new normal” as communicators and crisis management teams. And, that they are fully briefed on their role within your crisis plan. Heck, bust this thing out and use it as a team-building exercise. Crisis Comms Webinar Today: Want to learn more about crisis communications planning?

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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! Who should be involved in this exercise? Crisis Preparedness'

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 11, 2023

Another important aspect of PR is crisis management, and ChatGPT can help in this area as well. The model can be trained to quickly generate responses to common questions or concerns that might arise during a crisis, allowing PR professionals to respond quickly and effectively.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Crisis communication is one of the most important aspects of your crisis management. In fact, whom you communicate with in a crisis, along with when and how you communicate with them, can mean the difference between successful crisis management and crisis management failure. Step 1: Identify your stakeholders.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 29, 2014

Welcome to episode #004 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Rob Burton. Crisis simulations are the best way to prepare your team for a crisis and to strengthen your existing crisis plan. … It’s just another discussion to make you that much more crisis intelligent. Get connected!

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

For an organization which overcomes the initial shock of a breaking crisis, successfully wrestles control over it and ultimately puts the reputational fires out, it’s natural to want to return to business as usual as soon as the crisis seems to have passed. Post-crisis review. Natural but foolhardy. Food for Thought'

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Reputation Us

JULY 26, 2019

Enhance your reputation by putting the crisis plan to the test ahead of time to ensure your organization is prepared and resilient. Tabletop crisis scenario exercise. Prepare your crisis task force by practicing how/if/when/to whom to communicate during a crisis. Crisis simulation. Contact us!

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 11, 2018

Unfortunately for Facebook, the Cambridge Analytica crisis it is now managing is the direct result of an issue that went mismanaged for years. But the thing is, this crisis was predictable. This crisis was foreseeable. Had Facebook been crisis ready on this high-risk scenario, they would not be in crisis management mode today.

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Melissa Agnes

MAY 23, 2016

Your crisis management governance model serves as one of the foundational elements of your entire crisis management program. It defines everything from the structure, roles and responsibilities of your crisis team, straight through to your internal escalation process. How to structure your crisis management governance model.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 29, 2016

The question was: “Is there a secret formula for ensuring our crisis team remains calm in a fast-paced, high profile crisis?” Not to mention that, as a study recently confirmed, stress is contagious , which makes it even more important to effectively manage in a crisis. ” Good question.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is a great blog post that gives you an overview of what you can do, right now, to prevent a crisis. But, are they a crisis? How to avoid a public relations crisis. But does everyone who holds the reins know how to use it well and exercise good judgment? Not necessarily.

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NewsWhip

MARCH 13, 2024

We recommend a simple approach for this – based on the smart work we see by our clients, and based on advice from practitioners captured in a Journal of Communications article called “Watchful Waiting: Public Relations Strategies to minimize and manage a fake news crisis”. Let’s start with how you prepare.

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

In fact, as we saw with the Sony crisis in December, these risks and threats are only bound to grow – as are today’s crisis management challenges. So why not lead into 2015 on a crisis-intelligent note? 3 absolute must-do’s to help make your 2015 crisis-free. But let’s not be fooled.

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PR in High Definition

MARCH 27, 2024

In fact, one of the panellists noted that, in his experience, a lot of companies don’t have a cybersecurity crisis comms plan in place until an incident actually occurs. Never neglect crisis communications Bridging internal gaps is crucial, but the driving force behind a lot of the session was the need for a crisis comms plan.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Any company, big or small, can experience a crisis. According to research, about 75 percent of companies will experience a crisis at some point due to the increasing complexity of modern business and the growth of social media in our fast-paced world. This is where crisis management comes in. What is Crisis Management?

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Can any organization be a crisis communication pro? Being crisis-ready, crisis-intelligent, isn’t a mysterious quality that only a few people or organizations possess. So what would it take for your organization, your team, to be considered a crisis communication pro? Absolutely, why not? Prevent the preventable.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 11, 2016

Information silos can trigger issues and handicap your crisis management. True crisis preparedness requires more than a plan, it requires the right corporate culture. Conduct team building exercises that are cross-departmental. Part of ensuring the right corporate culture means adapting the right mindset. Good luck and have fun!

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Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

In fact, as we saw with the Sony crisis in December, these risks and threats are only bound to grow – as are today’s crisis management challenges. So why not lead into 2015 on a crisis-intelligent note? 3 absolute must-do’s to help make your 2015 crisis-free. But let’s not be fooled.

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Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” So we may be in “crisis” far more often than we are in crisis.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

Crisis management is something every company needs to implement as part of its business processes. Without a documented plan, how would you handle a crisis? If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. If you think you could never be the victim of a crisis, think again. What is a crisis?

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Barokas

MAY 31, 2018

In the age of nearly constant public relations nightmares (we’re looking at you, Facebook ), any PR person worth their salt knows the value of a good crisis communications plan. The next, and perhaps most important, step in crisis planning is to put your well-laid plans to the test. Credit: WiffleGif. Put on your acting hats!

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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! Who should be involved in this exercise? Manufacturing / Production.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, rising energy prices, climate crisis, an overheated talent market, and cost of living crisis are just some of the big issues facing business. Strategic planning and crisis preparedness: A guide for creative agencies. so you don’t have to. In the Wadds Inc.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 16, 2024

While leveraging influencer partnerships brings numerous advantages, brands must exercise responsibility throughout the process. Authenticity is critical in crisis management Authenticity becomes particularly crucial in times of crisis. During a crisis, being honest and transparent is paramount.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 21, 2018

Teaching students what it means to be crisis ready, and providing them with the fundamentals of crisis readiness that they can then bring forth with them into the workforce, is one of my greatest passions. Each time I was reading Crisis Ready , I was bookmarking pages and using my highlighter. Crisis management.

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Presspage

MAY 6, 2017

Most communicators expect to have to deal with a crisis situation at some point in their career. Yet predicting how a crisis will rear its ugly head is incredibly difficult. Following the crisis, CSUSM put every member of the crisis team, including the four key members of the PR department through crisis management training workshops.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 23, 2019

So how does a company handle a corporate crisis in today’s world? Two years ago, Forbes published its “ 13 Golden Rules of PR Crisis Management.” We’re rethinking corporate crisis. We say “ Crisis Management is 99% preparation; 1% execution.” CRISIS SIMULATION.

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PRSay

APRIL 8, 2020

Executives around the globe are facing a daunting task: leading their teams and organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. During any crisis, the well-being of employees is always paramount, especially now, as both health and budgetary factors are colliding.

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Ronn Torossian

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A young mother exercises on a stationary bicycle in the comfort of her home and the internet erupts. Perhaps this is a question that the fitness equipment company, Peloton, is wrestling with at this exact moment. Peloton’s stock dropped nine percent the day after online criticism really hit its stride, equal to a billion-dollar […].

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Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s a marketing and thought leadership exercise for the consultancy, of course, but it also has an impact in raising the profile of public relations among the business community. Edelman for its part has repeatedly faced criticism in the past 12 months for failing to take a clear stance on work related to the climate crisis.

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