With a nod to the famous quote “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” from the novel and movie “Love Story,” saying NO is one of the hardest things we ever have to do.
The stars Ali McGraw and Ryan...
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“Now, without further ado…” Does that trite introduction make your eyes glaze over if you aren’t already half asleep from listening to a preview of the speaker’s obituary?
On and on and on. The host endlessly reads...
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The holiday season inspires happiness and feelings that life is good.
The writer and poet Maya Angelou has a magic touch with words and expressions that gets to the heart of the human experience.
On the occasion of her 70th...
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Have you examined your crisis communications plan lately? Is it up to date? Do you even have a crisis plan in place?
Apple, the company that invented the smart phone, was dumb about the way it handled the instant crisis of...
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Spelling makes headlines this time of year as the annual National Spelling Bee takes place in the nation’s capital. A few years ago at the same time Mitt Romney’s staff goofed by misspelling “Amercia” in its iPhone app....
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“I’ve always said, if you run for president, you shouldn’t be allowed to use teleprompters,” Donald Trump said to applause at a rally last October in Georgia. “Because you don’t even know...
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The Brewing Crisis
True story: a manicurist in the beauty salon of a five-star hotel, part of a global chain, accidentally nicked a patron’s finger. She ignored the customer’s complaint because she thought the cut was too...
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Act of God Crisis
What do you do when, through no fault of your organization, an Act of God causes a crisis that harms your employees or your customers?
When Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc along the Atlantic Coast a couple...
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The phone rings and you pick it up to answer the call you never want to get. Your organization has a full-blown Instant Crisis.
Crisis Communications
There is the danger of permanently damaging your brand if you don’t manage...
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