September 15, 2024
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Boar's Head's Cold Response to a Deadly Recall: Where's the Heart in Corporate Apologies?
By Bruce Hennes, Hennes Communications
For decades, we've paid a premium price for Boar's Head deli meats, trusting them to deliver quality and safety. Now, we learn that for over two years, federal food safety inspectors documented water dripping over meat, dead flies, small pieces of meat residue on food contact surfaces, pooled blood on the plant floor and rancid smells in coolers, unlabeled products and “black moldlike substances” ranging from as small as a pinhead to the size of a quarter on walls at their Virginia plant, which is now tragically linked to 9 deaths from listeria. Their press release is a classic example of corporate doublespeak: “We deeply regret the impact this recall has had on affected families... We are conducting an extensive investigation." And our favorite,"Your safety remains our top priority.” It seems that wasn't quite their top priority.
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Mastering Public Speaking: A Guide to Confidence and Connection
While chatting with friends feels easy and fun, for many of us talking in front of a crowd is a whole different story. In fact, about 75% of Americans feel nervous about public speaking and many get downright frantic at the idea of stepping onto a stage.
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Lessons in Social Media – Preparing Kids and Community Leaders for Disasters
Crisis communications can – and should – occur in all phases of emergency management. These messages provide protective and preventative benefits for individuals and families against the adverse effects of any threats and hazards. However, they can also convey the whole community’s support through government leaders. COVID-19 demonstrated these benefits globally: effective risk communications for protective and preventative behaviors can reduce response missions and save lives.
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Reimagining Newsjacking for a New Era of Journalism and Media Relations
As you may have observed over the last few years, the media landscape is evolving quickly, which requires public relations pros to rethink earned media strategies to continue providing value to journalists. With editorial teams shrinking across the board, opportunities to land news coverage—let alone thought leadership pieces—are fewer and further between.
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Understanding Crisis Management in the Legal Sector Today
Poston Communications has unveiled its first report dedicated to crisis management within the legal sector, focusing on how law firms convey these critical initiatives to their clients. This report sheds light on the current landscape of crisis management practices observed among leading law firms and offers guidance on powerfully navigating these challenges.
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The Board’s Duty of Foresight in The Age of Polycrisis
It is time for association boards to become fit for purpose and meet their successors’ expectations.“Less than a year before the midway point of The Turbulent Twenties arrives, association boards must make a crucial decision: Will they reject complacency and bring a renewed sense of purpose to standing up for their successors’ futures?” What specific actions has your association’s board taken to prepare for the serious challenges that will alter the trajectory of both our community and our world in fundamental ways throughout the second half of this decade and beyond?
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Ahh-OOO-gah !!! A Loud Warning From the Past About Living With Cars
Klaxon automotive horns, once standard safety equipment, disappeared from the roads after World War I. But the tensions they exposed about urban noise still echo. Some 110 years ago, an ear-splitting noise ricocheted across North America and Europe. Its sound: “aaaOOgah!!” That distinctive metallic screech was emitted by a klaxon, a mechanical horn powered by electricity, then a captivating recent innovation. The klaxon filled a niche in the early 1900s, a time when street signage was minimal, driving rules were nascent, and mass adoption of the turn signal was still decades away. Simply by pressing a klaxon’s button, a driver could declare their intention to go right or left, alert pedestrians, or send a warning when approaching a blind curve. Alternatively, they could do it simply for fun.
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9/23/24 Indiana School Boards Association Fall Conference/Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents
9/23/24 Ohio Health Care Association
10/22/24 Managing Partner Bootcamp
10/28/24 Massillon Chamber of Commerce
11/6/24 Maine State Bar Associaton
11/11/24 Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference
11/15/24 Ohio Association of Trial Attorneys
11/18/24 North Carolina State Bar Association
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11/20/24 N.E. Ohio Association of Financial Professionals
12/5/24 FBI & Center for Education Safety
12/9/24 Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
12/13/24 Northern Ohio Area Chambers of Commerce
3/21/25 Consortium of State School Boards Annual Conference
5/19/25 Managing Partner Bootcamp
9/23/25 Ohio Trucking Association
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