I had the chance to speak with Melissa Agnes (a fabulous and amazing crisis and social media professional). Melissa has spoken to my classes several times and is overall an amazing and wonderful person. I was very honored to be a guest of hers on her new podcast talking about teaching crisis communications and higher education.
During the podcast, Melissa and I talked a lot about higher education and how to approach teaching a dynamic field of crisis communications. I am going to be teaching my first graduate level class in crisis communications at the University of Louisville, and it was fun to give Melissa an exclusive on what I am going to be doing for the class in the fall for her podcast.
I really emphasized the importance of connecting with fellow colleagues in the field and providing real-life experiences for students with current resources, readings, and reports in the field. It was also good to chat with a leading expert in the field like Melissa about what were some of the challenges as well as obstacles facing students (and professors) who are interested in the field to address in the classroom. One of the areas I felt very passionate about was the area about approaching crisis communication from a hybrid approach (research and practice) in my class. I have always felt like I was not completely in one category, but a mixture of both. It was really fun to talk to Melissa about this as well during our podcast.
Overall, I was thrilled and so excited to be talking with Melissa for her podcast. She is an amazing host and what a true natural in engaging in dialogue and stimulating great points about crisis communications. This was super fun and we also had time to of course talk about coffee and emphasize our fondness for our favorite word: fabulous!
Special thanks to Melissa for inviting me to be part of your new podcast! Keep up the amazing work!
Hope you all are having a great day!
Best Wishes,
Karen
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