Melissa Agnes

APRIL 10, 2014

'By Judith Delaney, Attorney and member of Agnes + Day’s Crisis Intelligence Team. Let’s talk about the word transparency. A word that, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary was first used in 1591. In the good old days before web 2.0, when a crisis happened it was common practice for an organization to withhold information, particularly if the information was incomplete or involved an organization’s Intellectual Property (e.g. trademarks, patents, trade secrets) or Confidential Informati

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Prakkypedia

APRIL 6, 2014

'Why do some social networks thrive, while others fail? I’m sure you can all list a few social tools you eagerly tried out and then promptly forgot. I asked some of my friends if they’d tried and abandoned a social network or tool – and why. You’ll probably find yourself agreeing with them, while in other cases their answers will surprise you: Vern Schulz : The social media app I’ve abandoned (long ago) is Gowalla.

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PR Matters

APRIL 9, 2014

'I can’t be the only one who thinks former Edelman EMEA CEO Robert Phillips is dead wrong about PR in his opinion piece published in PR Week US recently, in which he claims that “PR is Dead” So I pitched the publication and they kindly accepted my counter response to his views, published today. Hope you enjoy it. . At first, there was some reactive commentary on Twitter when it went online, primarily from Mr Phillips.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 8, 2014

'With apps like Secret, Whisper, Yik Yak and Rumr gaining in popularity, organizations are left even more vulnerable. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that we help organizations work their way through targeted attacks on a regular basis, but I have a hard time understanding why these sorts of apps are continuing to be developed (primarily due to the fact that they facilitate cyberbullying).

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PR Matters

APRIL 7, 2014

'It’s almost impossible to exist in social media without receiving an unwanted auto Direct Message (DM). Especially infamous on Twitter (which I love), 99% of the time the DMs sent add no value and, worse, irritate. Even Twitter itself recommends against the practice: Automating your direct messages. Including an automated “thanks for following” message to your new followers might be annoying to some users.

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PR Matters

APRIL 9, 2014

'I can’t be the only one who thinks former Edelman EMEA CEO Robert Phillips is dead wrong.

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APRIL 11, 2014

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Prakkypedia

APRIL 10, 2014

'Undoubtedly one of the great features of Twitter is the ability to live-tweet something happening right now. Today we regularly see journalists live-tweeting from press conferences and, increasingly, the courtroom depending on which jurisdiction they operate in. People live-tweet from conferences and sports clubs like Port Adelaide Football Club live-tweet their matches (in this case using the #pafclive hashtag).

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