{"id":8541,"date":"2017-12-28T13:51:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T18:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/?p=8541"},"modified":"2018-08-08T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T16:23:22","slug":"white-hats-on-navigating-crisis-communications-national-conference-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/28\/white-hats-on-navigating-crisis-communications-national-conference-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"White Hats On! Navigating Crisis Communications [National Conference Recap]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8542\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8542\" src=\"http:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2494-e1514487022468.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Courtesy of JaCey Yonke, Vice President of Digital Communication<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Session: <\/strong>Mitigating and Gladiating: Crisis Management<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>Judy Smith, Founder and President of Smith &amp; Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recap:<\/strong> Olivia Pope, the main character of the hit television drama <em>Scandal<\/em>, is an inspiration to countless aspiring public relations professionals. In the moments when we must handle crises, many of us do as Olivia and her team at Pope &amp; Associates do\u2014we put on our white hats and we \u201chandle it.\u201d Olivia\u2019s character was inspired by real-life crisis communicator, Judy Smith. Smith is best known for her crisis management advising skills and has been called upon by a wide range of clients\u2014from Monica Lewinsky to Michael Vick\u2014to \u201chandle\u201d some of the most formidable crises in recent American history.<\/p>\n<p>Smith spoke to PRSSA members about how she turned her passion for helping others, whether individuals or organizations, into a career. She said that as a seven-year-old, she broke up a fight that erupted from a dodgeball game that she had no skin in and that as an eleven-year-old, she rallied her friends to help fight to keep their neighborhood playground open. Smith said that these instances were proof that she hadn\u2019t chosen the field of crisis management but that it chose her. She offered students in attendance words of wisdom for not only breaking into the field of crisis communication but staying true to yourself and your passions in the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<\/strong>You have to figure out what you really like and what you are good at.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBad news travels fast.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen you are in a crisis, you are not going to make friends\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMoney is important but don\u2019t let that be the only reason you take a job.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFacts are facts. They don\u2019t change.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em>Maura Fenske is a senior public relations major with a journalism minor. She serves as the Chapter president for the Waynesburg University Public Relations Student Society of America Chapter and as an account executive for Waynesburg\u2019s nationally affiliated Student-run Firm Red Brick Communications. She also serves as the copy editor for FORUM and has written for Waynesburg University\u2019s award-winning student newspaper \u201cThe Yellow Jacket.\u201d Maura hopes to combine her passion for public relations, writing and sports in her future career and plans to someday own a golden retriever named Rooney. Follow her on Twitter at<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maurafenske\"><em>@maurafenske<\/em><\/a><em> and visit her<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maura-fenske\/\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session: Mitigating and Gladiating: Crisis Management Presenter: Judy Smith, Founder and President of Smith &amp; Company Recap: Olivia Pope, the main character of the hit television drama Scandal, is an inspiration to countless aspiring public relations professionals. 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