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Crisis Management Today:  11/1/2024

A Crisis Communications Toolkit for Before, During and After Election Day; Should We Put Out a Statement?; Fraud Alert: How to Silence Your Inner Imposter; The Value of Crisis Communications; About Half of TikTok Users Under 30 Say They Use it to Keep Up With Politics, News; Podcasts as a Source of News and Information; How Powerful Women Leaders Communicate; Consortium of State School Boards Associations Names Hennes Communications as Preferred Provider of Crisis Communications Services

Crisis Management Today: 10/15/2024

The Bottomless News Hole and You; Why Media Literacy is Key in the Age of Deepfakes; 20 Crisis Management Quotes Every PR Team Should Live By; Cyber Companies Need a Best Practice Approach to Major Incidents; Why Confidence Matters in a CEO; Confronting Misinformation During Disasters: Strategies for Crisis Communicators; A Guide to Being a Great Panelist; A PR Pro’s Guide To Requesting Corrections from Journalists

Crisis Management Today: 10/1/2024

Confronting an Online Bully: How One CEO Used Old-School Communication to Combat Misinformation; Lessons in Digital Crisis Communications from the California Pizza Kitchen Incident; A Rock Star’s Mystery Baby Offers a Lesson in Crisis Communication; The Case for Longer Pitches; AI Copywriting: Top 4 Tools and Best Ways to Use Them; Don’t Make This Common Networking Mistake; Mastering the Art of Moderating a Panel; Understanding the Margin of Error

Crisis Management Today: 9/15/2024

Boar’s Head’s Cold Response to a Deadly Recall: Where’s the Heart in Corporate Apologies?; Mastering Public Speaking: A Guide to Confidence and Connection; This Is Not an Op-ed: Editorial Alternatives for Thought Leadership; Lessons in Social Media – Preparing Kids and Community Leaders for Disasters; Reimagining Newsjacking for a New Era of Journalism and Media Relations; Understanding Crisis Management in the Legal Sector Today; The Board’s Duty of Foresight in The Age of Polycrisis; Ahh-OOO-gah !!! A Loud Warning From the Past About Living With Cars

Crisis Management Today: 8/25/2024

Lessons From a School on Handling a Social Media Crisis; Hennes Communications Listed Among Top Advisors to the Legal Profession; BBC Paris 2024 Olympic Games Closing Montage; How Anyone Can Become a Better Public Speaker; How to Gracefully Decline a Networking Request; Hotels in Crisis – Are They Ready to Communicate in an Emergency?; Crisis of Communication: The Secret Service’s Leadership Failure; Top Tips: How to Navigate a Negative Viral Trend; Explainer: What is an Annual Report?; CrowdStrike’s President Accepting the ‘Most Epic Fail’ Award in Person was a PR Masterclass, Experts Say

Crisis Management Today: 7/24/2024

The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Hennes Communications Listed Among Top Advisors to the Legal Profession; How America Turned Stories Into Weapons of War; Online Rumors Sparked by the Trump Assassination Attempt Spread Rapidly, on Both Ends of the Political Spectrum; Forget Storytelling. CEOs Must Learn Better Crisis Communication; Media Relations 101: Talking to Journalists at Events; It’s Time Corporates Stopped Trying to be Political Players; ‘No Comment’ Is Morphing Into No Response; Communicating Purpose in the Age of Polarization

Crisis Management Today: 6/9/2024

Speaking Out or Staying Silent: A Guide to Creating Communications Plans for Bars; Hennes Communications and Ohio University Partnership Allows Seminar Participants to Earn Graduate Certificate Credit; Leading in a Crisis: Committing to Clear Crisis Communications; Three Must-Haves in Your Next Press Release; 3 Ways to Clearly Communicate Your Company’s Strategy; What’s With the Rise of “Fact-Based Journalism”?; 5 Reasons It’s Time to “Unlike” Social Media for Risk Management

Crisis Management Today: 5/19/2024

Hennes Communications and Ohio University Partnership Allows Seminar Participants to Earn Graduate Certificate Credit; Protecting Reputation: Steps to Take in the Face of Leaked Internal Memos; Sanitizing Bad News; Realistic Preparedness; The Evolution of Crisis Communications in Banking; This Is What AI Thinks People Look Like Based on Their Job

Crisis Management Today: 5/1/2024

Defending Against Conspiracies Through Storytelling; Lawyers Should Not Rewrite Crisis Communications; How to Become a Supercommunicator; True Thought Leaders Don’t Just Make Noise: They Drive Change; Excellence in Operational Resilience – How to Lead, Follow and Guide the Way; Preparing Your Team for a Year of Intense Political Polarization; The Cloud Under the Sea; Cereal for Dinner? Uhhhh…We Don’t Think So

Crisis Management Today: 4/15/2024

How Public Schools Can Survive a First Amendment Audit; The O.J. Simpson Trial And Social Media – And How Courtrooms Haven’t Been The Same Since; Crisis at Kellogg’s: CEO Offers ‘Cereal for Dinner’ Economic Advice; N.Y.P.D. Officials Deploy Aggressive Use of Force (on Social Media); Mitigating the Culture-Clash in M&A; When Crisis Communications Requires Silence, Not Action; How Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit Into an Inescapable Jingle

Crisis Management Today: 4/1/2024

Today’s Lesson for Schools: Crisis Communications as a Solution; Unveiling the Unseen: Navigating the Ever-Evolving World of Local TV News; The British Royal Family Learns That if You Don’t Fill an Information Vacuum, Someone Else Will; Russian Group Spread Disinformation About Princess of Wales, Experts Say; Oh, Ohtani! Gambling Scandal Has High Comms Stakes; Steve Jobs’s Nervousness Before His First TV Interview 46 Years Ago, Proves Even Geniuses Have to Start Somewhere

Crisis Management Today: 3/8/2024

Swift’s Billion-Dollar Beat: Eras Tour Shakes Up Global Economy; First Amendment Freak Out: How Public Employees Can Survive a First Amendment Audit; With Elections Looming Worldwide, Here’s How to Identify and Investigate AI Audio Deepfakes; How to Find the Best Cities to Watch the Solar Eclipse; Optimize Leadership Q&A In Town Halls To Engage And Build Employee Trust; Listening to Stakeholders Doesn’t Just Build Trust – It Protects Reputation; Between Headlines and Punchlines: Journalistic Role Performance in Western News Satire

Crisis Management Today: 2/21/2024

The Best 2024 Super Bowl Ads & How to ‘Write Tight’; It’s Time to Curtail “Horse Race” Coverage of Elections: What You Can Do; Why CEOs Botch Media Interviews—and Ways You Can Help Them; An Influencer Evolution, Starring the NFL (Taylor’s Version); Protecting Reputation: Steps to Take in the Face of Leaked Internal Memos; How AI Deepfakes Threaten the 2024 Elections; ‘The Voice We Woke Up To’: Bob Edwards, Longtime ‘Morning Edition’ Host, Dies at 76

Crisis Management Today: 2/01/2024

Want to Survive Your Next Crisis? Have a Plan; When Legal and Communications Collide: Making the Right Choice; Is the CEO Really Your Best Crisis Spokesperson?; Are Social Media Apps ‘Dangerous Products’ ?; Who Created the Alphabet?; The Persistent Pandemic: Messaging in the Age of COVID-19; Tribute to a Titan: Remembering Richard Levick, Visionary in Crisis Communications

Crisis Management Today: 1/20/2024

Why ‘Off the Record’ is a High-Wire Act Best Avoided; Call of Duty: Managing Mobile Texts & Tweets with Transparency – a Guide for Government Officials; Does the Boss Need to Weigh In on the War in the Middle East?; A General Counsel Provides Counsel on Crisis Communications; A Resolution for Crisis Communicators: Banish Clichés; So, You’re Testifying on Capitol Hill; 10 Tips to Craft Compelling Pitches in a Skeptical Media World; An Ex-FBI Agent Explains How to Recognize the Power Dynamics in a Room; Interested in Crisis Communications? If You Attended One of Our Seminars in the Last Few Years, We Can Help Arrange for You to Receive One Free Credit Hour Towards a Graduate Certificate in Crisis Comm’s.

Crisis Management Today: 1/1/2024

A Clean Water/Sewage Utility Offers a Season’s Greeting That Even Hallmark Would Envy; Is This the Best TV Ad of the Year?; The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023; The 10 Biggest Stories Of 2023 That Say The Future Is Here; The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed; The 10 Most Innovative Companies That Responded to Crisis in 2023; A Look Back: 2023 Biggest Fraud Trends; What Succession Gets Right (and Wrong) about Communications

Crisis Management Today: 12/15/2023

Lessons From a School on Handling a Social Media Crisis; A Swift Reputation; Should Legal Advice Take Precedence in a Crisis?; The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet; Taylor Swift Shows Time Magazine’s Person of the Year Still Matters; What Transparency Means Now for Leaders; Patrick Mahomes’s Football Tantrum; When Not to Pitch a Story; Bruce Hennes Honored as a Notable Nonprofit Board Leader by Crain’s Cleveland Business

Crisis Management Today: 12/1/2023

Lawyers, Demigods, Outrage Management & Crisis Communications; Attorneys’ Guide to Crisis Communications & The Court of Public Opinion; PRovokeAP: Communicators Need An Arsenal Of Tools To Combat Disinformation; Creating an Effective Press Kit: Key Components; Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better; This Is Exactly How Long People Expect You to Take to Respond to an Email — and Why It Matters; How Communicators Can Navigate Through Cybersecurity Crises

Crisis Management Today: 11/15/2023

How Utility Firms Can Power Up With Effective Crisis Communications – Part Two; Israel-Hamas War Puts Pressure on Companies to Speak Up; The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Having Hard Conversations; Speak Up or Shut Up? The Great Communication Conundrum; When ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ are Not Enough: Why it’s Time to Humanize Crisis Statements; Interested in Crisis Communications? If You Attended One of Our Seminars in the Last Few Years, We Can Help Arrange for You to Receive One Free Credit Hour Towards a Graduate Certificate in Crisis Communications

Crisis Management Today:  11/1/2023

How Utility Firms Can Power Up With Effective Crisis Communications; Israel-Hamas War Puts Pressure on Companies to Speak Up; The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Once Reputation is at Risk, So is Money. That’s When Companies Turn to Crisis PR; Communicators Need an Arsenal of Tools to Combat Disinformation; Why Investing in Reputation Management is Crucial for Your Business Strategy; Why Recent Layoffs and Unaddressed Employee Grief are Hurting Your Company’s Bottom Line; The 4 Types of Communication Styles; When One Company’s Crisis Becomes Your Company’s Problem; Interested in Crisis Communications? If You Attended One of Our Seminars in the Last Few Years, We Can Help Arrange for You to Receive One Free Credit Hour Towards a Graduate Certificate in Crisis Comm’s.

Crisis Management Today: 10/1/2023

Challenging the Next Generation to Communicate Preparedness; Interested in Crisis Communications? If You Attended One of Our Seminars in the Last Few Years, We Can Help Arrange for You to Receive One Free Credit Hour Towards a Graduate Certificate in Crisis Comm’s; How to Brief a Senior Executive; 3 Things People Who Are Good at Conversation Don’t Do, According to a Research Psychologist; Three Strategies for Effective Communication Between Your Board and Members; The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes; How One Reporter Covers the US Open for Newspapers All Over the Country; Why Reporters Go Into the Storm; How to Defuse Fake News; Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network

Crisis Management Today: 9/6/2023

The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Body Language Told Me Everything I Needed to Know About the GOP Debate; Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty; Building Relationships with Journalists: Best Practices for PR; Navigating a Nonprofit Leader’s Hesitancy around Thought Leadership; Chief Crisis Officer: Structure and Leadership for Effective Communications Response; An Easy-to-Use Concise Guide to Conceiving, Shooting, Editing & Uploading a Video; Lessons Learned: The Mass Shootings in Tucson; Hennes Communications Listed Among Top Advisors to the Legal Profession

Crisis Management Today: 8/15/2023

The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Hall of Fame Tips for Presidential Candidates; Maui Fires Should Prompt Drills, Updates to Your Crisis Communication Plan; Talking About a Difficult Decision — When You Can’t Share All the Details; Guarding Your Reputation In The Age Of Public Knowledge; How To Shine At Brainstorming Sessions; Responding When a Third Party’s Crisis Impacts Your Organization; Cheeky Social Media Posts From City of Prince George Resonate With Residents; Hennes Communications Listed Among Top Advisors to the Legal Profession

Crisis Management Today: 8/1/2023

Want to Survive Your Next Crisis? Have a Plan; What You Didn’t Learn in Class: How to Prep Clients For an Interview; Understanding a Lawsuit News Flow for Optimum Communications Strategy; Tapping Media for Credible Disaster Communication; Communications Lessons from the Barbieverse; Incident Management – The Whataburger Way; Eclipses Again Will Darken the Sky in 2023 and 2024

Crisis Management Today: 7/15/2023

First Amendment Freak Out: How Public Employees Can Survive a First Amendment Audit; A Lawyer, C.I.A. Analyst and a Crisis Management Specialist Walk Into a Bar…; Reluctant Twitter Users, Influencers and Others are Flocking to Meta’s New Threads App; Districts Say Social Media Is Hurting Students’ Mental Health. Now They’re Suing; How to Avoid a Knee-Jerk Crisis Response; There’s a Reason They Still Call It ‘Death by PowerPoint”; Navigating Crises with Confidence: Five Ways Strategic Plans Support Crisis Response; AP Style Updates: Can You Use the Term ‘Woke?’

Crisis Management Today: 6/15/2023

Cats Sleeping With Dogs: How Lawyers and Crisis Communicators Can Work Together; The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; Should Legal Advice Take Precedence in a Crisis?; Communicating ‘Bad News’ the Right Way by Setting the Narrative; Exclusive Secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the Words to Identify a Champion; How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence; Why Investing in Reputation Management is Crucial for Your Business Strategy; Surviving a Social Media Crisis; Don’t Let Anyone Hijack Your Message; N. Carolina School Boards Association Partners with Hennes Communications

Crisis Management Today: 5/25/2023

The Role of School Boards and Superintendents in Crisis Management; How to Use Crisis Communications Principles to Effectively Share News of Closures, Consolidations, and Downsizing; Roundtable: Police PIOs Share Communication Strategies in the Aftermath of a School Shooting; Barbra Streisand Sued A Photographer — and The Streisand Effect Was Born; Speak First or Forever Lose your Crisis Message; New App Can Be a Public Safety Guide During an Emergency; What Succession Gets Right (and Wrong) about Communications; On 10th Anniversary Of Boston Marathon Bombing, Several Crisis Management Lessons Still Resonate; N. Carolina School Boards Association Partners with Hennes Communications

Crisis Management Today: Using Crisis Comm Principles to Effectively Share News 5/1/2023

How to Use Crisis Communications Principles to Effectively Share News of Closures, Consolidations, and Downsizing; The Cancel Culture Curse: From Rage to Redemption in a World Gone Mad; Hennes Communications CEO Named to Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting in Recognition of His Work in the Field of Crisis Communications; Plan Now to Avoid a Communications Failure After a Cyberattack; Workplace Conflicts? 5 Tips to Improve Communication; Five Lessons From a PR Crisis: How to Handle a Social Media Disaster and Turn it into an Opportunity; Silicon Valley Bank: A Masterclass in How Not to Handle a Crisis; Speak First or Forever Lose your Crisis Message; Lessons On How Not to Act During A Press Conference; Photos That Show Rare Perspectives of Iconic Events and Places in History

Crisis Management Today: Should You Worry About The Next Crisis? 4/1/2023

Should You Worry About the Next Crisis?; Lessons From a School on Handling Social Media Crises; Communicating Through a Corporate Restructuring; Media Relations 2023: Consider Backgrounders, FAQ Pitches and Nonprofit Newsrooms; Why Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Can No Longer be Siloed;
Magazines Why Every Checkout Counter in America Sells Those $14 Magazines; AP Style Update: Style and Grammar Basics; Communication During Crisis: Tech CEO Manages Silicon Valley Bank Collapse; How You and Your Executive Can Become a Reporter’s Trusted Sources

Crisis Management Today: Oscar Crisis Team On Hight Alert 3/15/2023

Oscar Ceremony Team on High Alert With a Crisis Communications Plan for This Sunday’s Broadcast; Will Legal Sports Betting Be The Next Communications Challenge for Businesses? You Can Bet On It; The Bottomless Newshole; Speak First or Forever Lose your Crisis Message; How Companies Can Find Their Authentic Voice Amid Crisis; Elon Musk Has Broken Disaster-Response Twitter; Companies Aren’t Prepared for Today’s Crisis Landscape; When Crisis Threatens an Influencer-Deal Partnership; How to Communicate Before, During and After Layoffs; 3 Traits Successful Entrepreneurs Rely On During Times of Crisis

Crisis Management Today: Who Had Meth in Their Underwear? 3/1/2023

Who Had Meth in their Underwear? The Crucial Need for Clarity in Communications; U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center Issues Report; Considerations Before Trying to Squash the Negative Story; When ‘Correct’ Writing Looks Wrong, What’s a PR Writer to Do?; How to…Cope with the Press; When an Employee Threatens your Company’s Reputation; Workers Fault Their Company’s Internal Comms; Exclusive: Academy of Motion Pictures CEO Says New ‘Crisis Team’ Will Handle Future Fiascos Like the ‘Slap’; PR Crisis Response is Much More Than Trusting Yourself, But It Begins There

Crisis Management Today: Beware, You’re Always on the Record 2/15/2023

Deceit and Fake Journalism: Beware, You’re Always on the Record; Mastering the Zoom Apology; Grading Memphis PD’s Communication: Better Than Some, But Not Perfect; Preparing to Announce Layoffs in a Virtual Meeting; In a PR Crisis, Admit the Truth Now or Pay The Price Later; Explainer: What Does ‘Off the Record’ Mean?; Adding Self-Awareness, Compassion to the Crisis Toolkit; How to Keep a Change From Becoming a Crisis; Now Streaming: Crisis in the Documentary Era

Crisis Management Today: Memphis Police Chief’s Remarks – A Master Class in Crisis Communications 2/1/2023

Remarks Made by Memphis Police Chief in Aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ Death – A Master Class for Crisis Communications; Why Did the Biden Team Fail to Use the Tenets of Basic Crisis Communications?; When Legal and Communications Collide: Making the Right Choice; Alec Baldwin Dodges Reporters; Layoffs and Communication: What NOT to Do; Avoiding Communication Crises with NIL Campaigns; Are Boards Ready for the Next Crisis?; Sorry, That’s Classified; Pitching Successfully in the ‘News-You-Can-Choose’ Media Environment; Mitigate Exposures With an Enterprise Risk Management Strategy

Crisis Management Today: Social Media Pile-Ons 1/15/2023

The Age of Outrage – Crisis Management in Social Media Pile-Ons; 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm; From a Police Department PIO: 10 Tips for Crisis Communications; Why Leaders Need Communication Training and How to Do It; Crafting Effective Quotes for Media Releases; How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence; How to Create a Crisis; Crisis Management Lessons From Southwest Airlines’ Meltdown; The Olive Green Sweatshirt Goes to Congress

Crisis Management Today: Mergers & Acquisitions 12/15/2022

Mergers, Acquisitions and Management Transitions: Using Crisis Communications Principles to Achieve Better Outcomes; 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm; What are Your Favorite Journalism Movies?; Elon Musk Picked a War With Apple. Tim Cook’s Response Is a Stroke of Genius; Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Simple 3-Word Phrase to Completely Change How They Deal With Criticism; 12 Magic Phrases to Make People Like You More (and End Awkward Small Talk for Good); Why Your Response To Reviews Matters So Much; Bob Dylan Apologizes for Selling $600 Books Signed With Automated Autograph Machines; Explainer: What is the Metaverse?; New Partnership with Hennes Communications Allows Seminar Participants to Earn Credit Toward Ohio University Online Graduate Certificate

Crisis Management Today: Claim Control Over Your Media Interview 12/1/2022

Claim Control Over Your Media Interview – Part 2; Understanding and Managing Your Next Crisis: A Communications Playbook for Law Enforcement; There But For the Grace of God Go I; How the U.S. Men’s Soccer Captain, 23, Delivered a Pitch-Perfect Response; The Club That No One Wants to Join; Layoffs and Communication: What NOT to Do; Social Media and Information Warfare: The New Warfront; The Important Roles War Rooms Play Before & During A Business Crisis; You Won’t Make It If You Fake It; Social Media: Information Communicator or Destroyer?

Crisis Management Today: Sports PR Crises 11/15/2022

Claim Control Over Your Media Interview – Part 1; 10 Business Skills You Need to Know; Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover is an ‘Anomaly’ in Human Resources; How to Repair a Broken CEO-Board Chair Relationship; BBC Prepares Secret Scripts for Possible Use in Winter Blackouts; Handling Demanding Stakeholders: Create Societal Value; World’s Worst Science Stock Photo Is Selected in Online Vote; Sports PR Crises That Provide Lessons for All; Adidas Blew the Kanye Controversy, but Your Brand Can Avoid the Same Mistakes

Crisis Management Today: Today’s Crisis Lesson 11/1/2022

Today’s Lesson for Schools in Crisis: Make Communication Part of the Solution; Going to the Ohio School Boards Association CapConference in Columbus?; James Corden and the Dangers of Likability; The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem; How to Get a Google Review Removed; Surviving a Professional Faux Pas; 5 Media Literacy Tips to Avoid Election Misinformation; Social Media Made Spreading Disinformation Easy; Prebunking is Effective at Fighting Misinformation, Study Finds

Crisis Management Today: Difficult Conversations Happening in the Boardroom 10/15/2022

Difficult Conversations Happening in the Boardroom; September 11: Escaping the South Tower and a Framework of Surviving an Infrastructure Disaster; Tips for Creating Powerful, Pithy and Publishable Soundbites; Shifting Pitching Tactics Yields Positive Results for Communicators; Better Crisis Communications Needed in Health Emergencies; How Social Media Amplifies Misinformation More Than Information; Is Your Crisis Communications Plan Up to Date?

Crisis Management Today: It’s 2022: Do You Know Where Your Audience Is? 10/1/22

It’s 2022: Do You Know Where Your Audience Is?; Free Webinar – Getting to the Truth: How to Detect Fake News; Ten Things You Need to Know As a Woman In-House Lawyer (for Non-Lawyers, Too); Some News Organizations Have Hundreds of Obituaries Ready to Publish; Waffle House Delivers Masterclass in Crisis Management; How to Vote: A Quick and Easy Guide; Ten Things: The Art of Delivering Bad News; Explainer: What Does ‘Off the Record’ Mean?; On Brett Favre’s Welfare Scandal

Crisis Management Today: Is Terse Worse? 9/15/2022

Is Terse Worse?; Free Webinar – Getting to the Truth: How to Detect Fake News; 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm; How Wikipedia’s ‘Deaditors’ Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II’s Page After Her Death; What Not to Do When You Make a Mistake; How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence; Lesson From Last Year’s False Missile Alert in Hawaii: Social Media is Crucial in Emergency Communication; Disinformation Via Text Message is a Problem With Few Answers

Crisis Management Today: Lawyers, Gods, Outrage Mgmt. & Crisis Communications 9/1/2022

Lawyers, Demigods, Outrage Management & Crisis Communications; Free Webinar – Getting to the Truth: How to Detect Fake News; Dr. Peter Sandman Language: The Importance of Precision & Avoidance of Traps; David Wolowitz K-12 New Technologies = New Risks; Inside Fox Sports’ Controversial Hire of Urban Meyer; The 9 Rules for True Apologies; Experiencing a Media Smear; Can You Inoculate People Against Misinformation Before They Even See it? This Study Says Yes; The Evolution of Crisis Communications in Banking

Crisis Management Today: What to Say in a Crisis – And When to Say It 8/15/2022

Crafting First Statement in Crisis Situations: What To Say and When to Say It; Lawyers Should Not Rewrite Crisis Communications; How to Admit You’re Wrong; Admitting Wrongdoing Isn’t a Failure, It’s an Opportunity; Do You Sound Like a Leader?; 5 Pitfalls of Restaurant Review Management; How to Rebuild a Damaged Reputation; How Sincere Is Will Smith’s Video Apology?; How to Tactfully Interject in a Virtual Meeting

Crisis Management Today: The C-Suite Skill Set 7/23/2022

The Skill Set That Got You Into the C-Suite Isn’t Necessarily the Skill Set You Need to Manage a Crisis; Crisis Communications Strategies for an Always-On Media Environment; Hennes VP & GC Stephanie York to speak at Ohio Dept. of Homeland Security Public Safety Symposium August 2-4; 15 Ways Social Media Fuels Violent Extremism; The Crisis After the Crisis: What You Can Expect After an Active Shooter Incident; Journalists in Uvalde are Stonewalled, Hassled, Threatened with Arrest; July 4 Gun Violence Yields Bumbling Responses; Hennes Communications CEO Named to Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting and the Lawdragon Hall of Fame

Crisis Management Today: Communicating Before & During Civil Unrest 7/1/2022

Inform, Don’t Alarm – Communicating Before & During Civil Unrest; Use Peacetime Wisely: Plan Now For What To Say And Do In A Crisis; Surviving Social Media; Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst; The Next Big Decisions On Roe Are Up To Employers – Here Are Five Steps To Consider; Making Media the Enemy Amid an ‘Information Crisis’ Won’t Restore Public Trust; Addressing Internal Communication After Roe v. Wade Ruling; Corporations Decide on Proper Messaging After Roe v. Wade; Why Empathy is Critical When Disaster Strikes; Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off; 7 Questions You Should Ask a Potential Crisis Communications Partner

Crisis Management Today: 6/15/2022

How Your Reputation Can Survive Media Public Records Requests; 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm; Newspaper Giant’s New Editorial Approach Creates Crisis Communications Challenges; Florida School Board Association Partners with Hennes Communications to Provide Issues Management Crisis Management & Communications Services to Members; The Staff of Uvalde’s Local Paper Cover the Worst Day of Their Lives; The Roe Dilemma; Alaska Airlines’ CEO Just Taught a Master Class in Crisis Communication; When Should Corporations Take a Stand on High-Profile Social Issues?; How Cyberattacks Target Stakeholders; Nora Jacobs, Hennes Communications Senior VP, is Recipient of PRSA Akron Tom Duke Award

Crisis Management Today: How Your Reputation Can Survive 6/1/2022

Jif Stuck in a Recall Jam Demonstrates a Teachable Moment; Opinion: The Tricky Politics of Anti-ESG Investing; Florida School Board Association Partners with Hennes Communications to Provide Issues Management Crisis Management & Communications Services to Members; Chaotic Communication Adds to Pain of Texas School Shooting; How PR Pros Can Avoid Overused Phrases to Express Sympathy; The Handmaid’s Tale; 5 Ways to Protect Your Company’s Reputation During a Crisis; When Should Corporates Take a Stand on High-Profile Social Issues?; Leadership in Times of Crisis?; Attention Ohio Mayors & City Managers

Crisis Management Today: Cyberattacks 5/15/2022

Q&A: How To Prepare For the Cyberattack That’s Coming – Or May Have Already Been Launched; Why Should Your School Reach Out To a Crisis Communications Firm?; Personal Crisis: You Lose Your Job. A Media Training Technique Can Help You Get a New Gig; Florida School Board Association Partners with Hennes Communications to Provide Issues Management Crisis Management & Communications Services to Members; Corporate America Doesn’t Want to Talk Abortion, but It May Have To; Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When You’re in a Courtroom; Lessons From Aristotle: How to Write Persuasively and Build Your Personal Brand; Ten Things You Need to Know About ‘Executive Presence’; 7 Tips for Organizational Resilience All Year Round

Crisis Management Today: Is Anything Really Off-the-Record? 5/1/2022

‘Off the Record’ – Think Long and Hard Before Using; “We’ll Just Wing It” – Recipe for Disaster; Attention Ohio Mayors & City Managers; Corporate Social and Political Engagement: An Introduction; Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off; How Savvy Negotiators Read Body Language; Tips for Creating Powerful, Pithy and Publishable Soundbites; 7 Tips for Organizational Resilience All Year Round;

Crisis Management Today: A Training Camp with Microphones 4/15/2022

A Training Camp with Microphones – N.F.L. Prepares Players for Broadcasting; A Summer Assignment for Educators: Learn From the Pandemic; Ukraine Questions Global Automotive Giants’ Parts in Russian Military Vehicles; Building Your Online Reputation; The Role of the Board in Preparing for Extraordinary Risk; The Power of a Simple Thank You Note; How Associations Should Review Event Policies in Light of the Oscars Slap; The Reputational Risks Of Doing Business In Russia; You Don’t Always Have To Share A ‘Hot Take’ On Social Media; How to Speak Out with Confidence; Law Firm Responses to War in Ukraine; Johnny Depp’s Libel Case Proves All Press is Not Good Press; Plan Your Vote – Guide to Voting in All 50 States

Crisis Management Today: The War in Ukraine, The Cleveland Browns & The Oscars 4/1/2022

Building Your Online Reputation; Chris Rock’s Joke About Actress Jada Pinkett Smith Creates Crisis For Academy Awards and Will Smith; Lawyers Should Not Rewrite Crisis Communications; The Browns Take a PR and Reputation Gamble on Deshaun Watson; Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Unfiltered, Unadorned, and Unafraid. He’s Writing the Future of Crisis Leadership; What Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Russia Video Can Teach Us All About Talking to the Misinformed; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation: A Case Study for Media Trainers; Plan Your Vote – Guide to Voting in All 50 States; Stop Saying ‘Powwow’ for Meeting: CMG Adds Language Policy to Outside Counsel Guidelines; The Cleveland International Film Festival – Wednesday, March 30 thru Sunday, April 17

Defending Yourself in the Court of Public Opinion 3/15/2022

Make the Case to Defend Yourself in the Court of Public Opinion; Joint Message From the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Regarding the Russia-Ukraine Conflict; Who Should Take the Lead in a Crisis?; Zelensky Shows the Power of Persuasion During Time of Crisis; How Crises Affect Law Firm Leaders — and Some Helpful Resources; The Reputational Risks Of Doing Business In Russia; The Best Guide to Spotting Misinformation Online; Five Tips for Presenting When You’re Wearing a Mask; Fighting Putin’s Propaganda: Narrative Response Toolkit; How Journalists Decide Which Images from Ukraine are Too Awful to Publish; You Don’t Have to Live in Cleveland to Attend the Cleveland International Film Festival

Crisis Management Today: An Object Lesson in Crisis Communications 2/15/2022

For Spotify, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ is an Object Lesson In Fumbling Crisis Communications; Why ‘Off the Record’ is a High-Wire Act Best Avoided; A General Counsel Provides Counsel On Crisis Communications; I’ve Been a Hostage Negotiator for Kidnapped Journalists Like Daniel Pearl. Here’s What I Wish Everyone Knew; The Best Guide to Spotting Misinformation Online; What Scares the World’s Most Daring Olympians; Corporate and Social and Political Engagement: An Introduction; Do You Have a Few Minutes to Spare?; Akros Network – Specialists in HR Training, Ethics, Safety, Compliance and Communications Form One-Stop Shop

Crisis Management Today: Should You Apologize? 2/1/2022

Should You Apologize for Mistakes?; Four Lessons from Two Decades of Newsroom Lawyering; Stupid Questions Pitches at Presidents; CBS and Elio’s Cleanly Elude Brian Williams and Sarah Palin Incidents; ESPN’s Mina Kimes Targeted with Dumb Jock Take; Why Spotify Can’t Afford to Lose Joe Rogan; How Conspiracy Theories in the U.S. Became More Personal, More Cruel, and More Mainstream After the Sandy Hook Shootings; Akros Network – Specialists in HR Training, Ethics, Safety, Compliance and Communications Form One-Stop Shop

Crisis Management Today: Just Put Down the Pastrami 1/15/2022

Put Down The Pastrami: Zoom Performance Tips Two Years On; Why Should a Government Agency Reach Out To a Crisis Communications Firm?; To Rebuild Trust, CDC Should Consider Going Back to What Used to Work Well: Subject Matter Experts Explaining Complexities Candidly for As Long As It Takes; Belichick Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry; HuffPost Bureau Chief Talks Exclusives, Do’s and Don’t’s of Pitching; How Well Are You Prepared?; The Six Essential Rules for Lawyers Dealing with Reporters; The Mournful Heart of It’s a Wonderful Life; Projecting Leadership Presence in a Teleconference

Crisis Management Today: Keep Calm & Do Damage Control 12/1/2021

Keep Calm & Do Damage Control; Why Should a Local School District or Independent/Parochial School Reach Out To a Crisis Communications Firm?; Cats Sleeping With Dogs: How Lawyers and Crisis Communicators Can Work Together; PR Firms vs. Crisis Firms. Is There a Difference? Does It Really Matter?; How to Combat the Legal Response Syndrome; Just Because You Don’t Believe in Conspiracy Theories Doesn’t Mean You’re Always Right; How Obituaries Got a Jolt of New Life in the Internet Era; Psaki Statement Offers a COVID Disclosure Guide for PR Pros; You’re On Mute – How the Shift from In-person to Virtual Board Meetings Impacts Board Governance and Communication in Nonprofit Associations; Projecting Leadership Presence in a Teleconference

Crisis Management Today: Why You Need to Think Like a Newsroom 11/15/2021

Your Company Must Think and Act Like a Newsroom. Your Reputation Depends on it; PR Firms vs. Crisis Firms. Is There a Difference? Does It Really Matter?; Mergers, Acquisitions and Management Transitions: Using Crisis Communications Principles to Achieve Better Outcomes; Inside Critical Race Theory: Shedding Light on a Hot Topic; Akros Network – Specialists in HR Training, Ethics, Safety, Compliance and Communications Form One-Stop Shop; Threats Rarely Work: A PR Lesson from HBO’s ‘Succession’; Communicating Effectively With The Public About Terrorism In Crowded Places; The Not-So-Jolly Aaron Rodgers Controversy’s PR Lessons; Police Response to Astroworld Tragedy Shows Importance of Timing, Risk Management; Tough Calls: Is Your Loyalty to the Person, Office or Organization?

Crisis Management Today: PR & Crisis Firms. What’s the Diff? 11/1/2021

PR Firms & Crisis Firms. What’s the Diff? Does It Really Matter?; Mergers, Acquisitions and Management Transitions: Using Crisis Communications Principles to Achieve Better Outcomes; Lessons From a School on Handling Social Media Crises; Akros Network – Specialists in HR Training, Ethics, Safety, Compliance and Communications Form One-Stop Shop; “Even-Though Risk Communication”: Mandatory COVID Vaccination; Should Heads Roll at the Board Level When Issues are Mismanaged?; Six Tips for Being More Persuasive; A Journey in Organizational Resilience: Crisis Management

Crisis Management Today: Mergers, Acquisitions & Management Transitions 10/15/2021

Mergers, Acquisitions and Management Transitions: Using Crisis Communications Principles to Achieve Better Outcomes; What Happens When You Forget What You Wanted To Say?; Akros Network – Specialists in HR Training, Ethics, Safety, Compliance and Communications Form One-Stop Shop; It’s Not Misinformation. It’s Amplified Propaganda; How to Remove Fake Google Reviews; Consider the ‘Message Effect’ of Inviting a Consultant to Help Your Witness; Projecting Leadership Presence in a Teleconference

Crisis Management Today: Dealing With Ransomware 10/1/2021

Don’t Let Ransomware Attackers Hold Your Communications Hostage, Too; Going to School on Crisis Management; Troll Farms Reached 140 Million Americans a Month on Facebook Before 2020 Election, Internal Report Shows; Why Women Face Different Standards on Zoom and What to do About It; When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?; Better Presentations: How to Stop ‘Rough-Drafting’ and Learn to Speak with Precision

Crisis Management Today: Fighting Misinformation 9/15/2021

Fighting Misinformation: How to Inoculate Your Audience Against Troll Trash Talk; 7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm; How ‘Engagement’ Makes You Vulnerable to Manipulation and Misinformation on Social Media; 6 Crisis Management Lessons From the Florida Condo Collapse; It’s National Preparedness Month; The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why; How the 10-Second Rule Can Dramatically Change Your Conversations and Make You a Better Leader; I Can’t Go On – What’s Behind Stage Fright

Crisis Management Today: 5 Mistakes Not to Make On-Camera 9/1/2021

5 Mistakes Not to Make On-Camera; The Media Revolution is ‘Iterative’ and Social: Experts Share How Not to Get Left Behind; 7 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Crisis Communications Firm; 9/11 at 20: Not Just Another Anniversary; Why Jim Cantore and Hurricane Reporters in the Eye of the Storm Matter; It’s National Preparedness Month; Social Media Jeopardizes our Lives; Events and Emergency Comms Takeaways From Tropical Depression Henri; Express Your Best Self: Go for Connection, Not Perfection

Crisis Management Today:  If You Mess Up, Fess Up 8/15/2021

If You Mess Up, Fess Up: HBO Max Nailing Crisis Management; 7 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Crisis Communications Firm; The Right (And Wrong) Way To Apologize For Dumb Things You Said Online; Cleveland Hits the Ball Out of the Park on Name Change; Disney Attacks Scarlett Johansson Instead of the Facts; Crisis Communications in a Hostile Cyber Landscape; Our Searchable Archive of Articles; For the Third Year in a Row, Bruce Hennes Named to LAWDRAGON Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting

Crisis Management Today: New Free Speech Rules 7/1/2021

New Free Speech Rules For Schools in a Snap(chat): Assessing the Supreme Court Decision; Lawyers, Demigods, Outrage Management & Crisis Communications; Attention: School Board Presidents, Superintendents & Education Attorneys; The New Rules of Risk; UFOs, Once Consigned to Conspiracy Theories, Have Landed in Mainstream American Journalism; Five Ways to Network at a Barbecue and Not Get Burned; Critical Race Theory and the Push to Keep it Out of US Public Schools; Our Searchable Archive of Articles; For the Third Year in a Row, Bruce Hennes Named to LAWDRAGON Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting

Crisis Management Today: Hey! Wait a Minute! 6/15/2021

Hey ! Wait A Minute !; Media Training After COVID: Face-to-Face or Virtual?; Special Facebook Tools for Government Agencies and Nonprofits; Attention: School Board Presidents, Superintendents & Education Attorneys; Sports Writers Could Ditch the ‘Clown Questions’ and Do Better When it Comes to Press Conferences; This is What You Say When You Talk with Your Hands; 7 Things You Should Know About Guns; What Makes a News Story Trustworthy? Americans Point to the Outlet that Publishes It, Sources Cited

Crisis Management Today: Lessons From the Pandemic 5/15/2021

Lessons From the Pandemic: Gearing Up for the 2021-22 School Year; Why Misinformation Persists and Thrives: The “Grand Conflict Against Scheming Enemies”; Hey, Wait A Minute !; Lawyers & Outrage Management – What Can Outrage Management Offer the Legal Process?; To Navigate the Dangers of the Web, You Need Critical Thinking – But Also Critical Ignoring; Colonial Pipeline Incident: What Happened and Why It Matters; The Evolutionary Reason We Can’t Shake Public Speaking Fear; How to Tell Customers Bad News; Our Searchable Archive of Articles

Crisis Management Today: Limits on Free Speech? 5/1/21

Landmark Case May Dictate How Far School Districts Can Go in Disciplining Student Speech Online; Hey! Wait a Minute Debuts at CMBA; Lawyers & Outrage Management – Part #1; It’s War: The New Dilemma For Corporations And Social Issues; The Slander Industry; As Disney is Criticized for ‘Wokeness,’ Some PR Pros Like New Direction; Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community – Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Misinformation, Disinformation and Hoaxes: What’s the Difference?

Crisis Management Today: Crustacean Crisis 4/1/21

A Tasty Reputation Recipe for the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Debacle; A Newspaper Has a Novel Strategy for Covering One Politician’s Falsehoods: Don’t; Responding to Reports of Sexual Abuse of Students, Past and Present – The Convergence of Attitudes and Expectations; Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online; “I’m Afraid to Open Twitter”: Next-Level Harassment of Female Journalists is Putting News Outlets to the Test; Why do Americans Share so Much Fake News? One Big Reason is They Aren’t Paying Attention, New Research Suggests; Why Women Face Different Standards on Zoom and What to do About It

Crisis Management Today: Deep Fakes 3/15/21

s Fighting Fake Videos Mission Impossible? No, But Tom Cruise Fakes Show Online Threats Rising; Beware Humor on Social Media – the Joke May Be on You and Your Reputation; Responding to Reports of Sexual Abuse of Students, Past and Present – The Convergence of Attitudes and Expectations; THE LAST SHOW – 27 Entertainers on the Disbelief and Despair that Took Over When Covid-19 Shut Down Their World; Inside the PGA Tour’s Shutdown at the 2020 Players Championship; Why Oprah’s Interview with Harry and Meghan Matters; New York Gov. Cuomo is the Textbook Example of How Not to Apologize

Crisis Management Today: Ted Cruz & Lady Gaga — A Crisis Comm DOUBLE-PLAY 3/1/21

Monumental Crisis Management FAIL: Ted Cruz’s Mexican Vacation; Tone-Deaf or Bad Timing? Lady Gaga’s Reputation Management Nightmare; Are You Leading Your School’s Culture, Or Is It Leading Your School?; Texas Storm Communications Show Stark Messaging Contrasts; Stanford Researchers Identify Four Causes for ‘Zoom Fatigue’ and Their Simple Fixes; Why You Cannot Fake Your Feelings; A Peek Inside a Crisis War Room From Chicago Navy Pier’s Top Communicator; Slow Down and Write Better Emails

Crisis Management Today: When Should You Correct Fake News 2/15/2021

When Should You Correct Fake News on Social Media Sites; The Stupidity Defense; Six Things Every Attorney Should Do When Hiring And Managing A Communications Team; What’s Next When Your Apology is Not Accepted; Goodell Super Bowl Pre-Game Interview Showcases PR Fundamentals; What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership; KPMG’s Bill Michael Resigns After Telling Staff to ‘Stop Moaning’

Crisis Management Today: Dealing With Negative Online Client Reviews 2/1/2020

Negative Online Client Reviews: ABA Gives Some Tips for Responding; Political Action Committee & Personal Political Contributions Revisited – Might This Be Only of Passing Interest?; One-Dose Two-Dose Vaccine Risk Communication: Another Impossible Thing to Believe Before Breakfast; After the Capitol Riot, What Is Your State of Preparedness?; CNN Public Editor: It’s Time to End the Panel Discussion Format; Is It a Good Idea to Tape Record Another Individual? And Just Because You Can, Should You?; National Law Review “Go To Thought Leader” Award Honoring Excellence in Legal Thought Leadership Goes to Hennes; Studio at the Bar

Crisis Management Today: Political Contributions & Transparency 1/15/2020

Political Action Committee & Personal Political Contributions Become the Next Reputational Challenge for Businesses, Law Firms & Their Clients; How the COVID-19 Vaccine May Cure What Ails Mickey Mouse; National Law Review “Go To Thought Leader” Award Honoring Excellence in Legal Thought Leadership Goes to Hennes; Building Trust in a Time of Turbulence; Tips for Communicating Internally and Externally in a Divided Country; Personal Security Considerations; Will You Require Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?; Studio at the Bar

Crisis Management Today: The Light at the End of the Tunnel 1/2/2021

Come What May, All Bad Fortune Is to be Conquered by Endurance; The Light at the End of the Tunnel; Will You Require Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?; Resolve to Combat Crisis Communication Chaos in 2021; Why You Need a Social Media Kill Switch During a Crisis; Crisis Management Lessons Learned From the 2020 Political Scene That Can Apply To Any Organization; Ten Things You Need to Know As…; Studio at the Bar

Crisis Management Today: Lawyers, Demigods, Outrage Management & Crisis Communications 12/15/20

Lawyers, Demigods, Outrage Management & Crisis Communications; A Sobering Study About the Allure of Fake News; Sex Up the Truth to Battle Fake News; You Took a PPP Loan. Get Ready to Talk About It; What is Typosquatting, Why It’s Important & How to Avoid It; Absorb Chaos, Transform It Into Calm and Give Back Hope; On-Line Review Response by Rogue Consultant Leads to Suspension for OK Lawyer; Your Brain’s Built-In Biases Insulate Your Beliefs from Contradictory Facts

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Helping Clients in Crisis 12/1/20

Tips for Better Video Calls; Ad Council’s Challenge: Persuade Skeptics to Believe in COVID Vaccines; A Key to Helping Clients Make Better Decisions During Crisis; Do You Have Leadership Presence?; 10 Lessons From CEOs on How to Manage Corporate Reputation in a New Era of Activism; How Can I Avoid Saying the Wrong Thing on Social Media?

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Rage Against the Vaccine – Communication COVID-19 Facts 11/15/20

Rage Against the Vaccine: Communicating COVID-19 Facts Amid Anti-Vaxxer Outcry; The Business of Requiring Masks: Have a Plan, Communicate Clearly; How to Fumble Public Relations: Fire the Popular Head of PR; Lessons in Law Firm Reputation Management: How Firm Leaders Should Prepare for Public Scrutiny When Representing Political Clients; Speaking in Times of Crisis; Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Laurie Garrett Reiterates Dire Importance of Clear Communication Now; Creating Hitchhikers Not Hijackers in Your Virtual Meetings; The Tricks to Make Yourself Effortlessly Charming; The Intersection of Media & the Law

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Election Day Tips & More 11/1/20

Personal Crisis: You Lose Your Job. A Media Training Technique Can Help You Get a New Gig; A Well-Crafted Crisis Response Plan Could Save Your Business; Authory – Hundreds of Articles on Crisis Management & Crisis Communications; You Have a Crisis Communications Plan. Now It’s Time to Test It with a Tabletop Drill; What Should Crisis Leadership Look Like?; How to Spot (and Fight) Election Misinformation; Situational Awareness – Election Day & Beyond; 3 Ways to Get Your Point Across While Wearing a Mask – Tips From an Award-Winning Speech Coach; What You Can Learn About Crisis Communications From Dr. Fauci; Every Day is a Crisis: Health Communications in a Pandemic

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The 2020 Election 10/15/2020

Caution – School One More Crisis Communications Challenge For Educators: The 2020 Election; You Have a Crisis Communications Plan. Now It’s Time to Test It with a Tabletop Drill; Cats Sleeping With Dogs: How Lawyers and Crisis Communicators Can Work Together; The Intersection of Law & the Media; 5 Communication Lessons From The Harris-Pence Debate; How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration; When a Leader Falls Ill: How to Communicate

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Mastering the Zoom Apology 10/1/2020

Mastering the Zoom Apology; Dealing With a Crisis; What is Executive Presence, and How Can You Strengthen It?; Why You’re Getting So Many Text Messages Right Now; 10 Ways to Spot Online Misinformation; How Viewers of the Presidential Debates Can Become Better Informed Voters (And Not Alienate Family and Friends); US Presidential Debates: 3 Studies You Should Know About; Wells Fargo and Ellen Make it a Week of Weak Apologies

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The Biggest Threats to Your Organization’s Reputation 9/1/20

Are the Biggest Threats to Your Organization’s Reputation Languishing in HR’s Bottom Drawer?; A Lawyer, C.I.A. Analyst and a Crisis Management Specialist Walk Into a Bar…; What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?; Ten Things: Preparing Board of Director Meeting Minutes; Public Health’s Share of the Blame: US COVID-19 Risk Communication Failures; Crisis Communications in Sports; Recognizing Misinformation on the Internet; How to Make Sure Your Vote Counts in November; Eight Lessons I Learned from Hiring a Writing Coach; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware

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The Permeating Stench of Negative Media Coverage 8/15/20

The Permeating Stench of Negative Media Coverage; In Ohio, a Newspaper Giant Is Beginning to Flex Its Reporting Muscle; “Woke-Washing” Your Company Won’t Cut It; Ten Things: Preparing Board of Director Meeting Minutes; Ellen’s Celebrity Defenders Aren’t Helping Her; Social Media Platforms Fight Back Against Manipulative Foreign Actors; Importance of PR for Hedge Funds; Corporations Must Look to Adopt a New Paradigm; McDonalds Does Crisis Management the Right Way

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Businesses Caught in the Crosshairs 8/1/20

For Businesses Caught in the Crosshairs, Social Media Boycotts Mean More Than a Hill of Beans; Nailing Your TV News Interview – Part 2 – The Ambush; Learning to Dance With the Virus; Don’t Let a Crisis Become Your Legacy; Ellen DeGeneres — Time for a Crisis Management Lesson; Are You Prepared for Bad Press About One of Your Suppliers?; Journalism and Prediction During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Your Organization’s Reputation is Its Largest Uninsured Asset 7/15/20

Crisis Management – Your Organization’s Reputation is Its Largest Uninsured Asset; How to Nail Your TV News Interview – Part 1; Creating a Post-Pandemic Crisis Team; The Role of the Board Chair During a Crisis; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Coverage of the Kent State Shootings Through the Eyes of a Young Editor; Muddled COVID-19 Messaging: Sometimes the Data Changed; Other Times – Masks, for Example – Your Dishonesty Caught Up with You; How Talking About the Coronavirus as an Enemy Combatant Can Backfire; Six Things Every Attorney Should Do When Hiring And Managing A Communications Team

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You Took a PPP Loan.  Now Get Ready to Talk About it. 7/1/20

You Took a PPP Loan. Now Get Ready to Talk About It.; Crisis and Reputation Management Increasingly are About Managing Social Media; Newspaper Atones for Ad’s Bad Tone; The Facebook Ad Boycotts Have Entered the Big Leagues. Now What?; What Have We Learned from COVID-19?; Land O’Lakes Isn’t Talking About Its Logo Change, and That’s a Big Mistake; Journalists Believe News and Opinion are Separate, but Readers Can’t Tell the Difference; Are Employees’ Social Media Posts Still PR’s Problem to Solve?; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; Bruce Hennes Named to LAWDRAGON Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting

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How Trolls Spew Hate & What To Do If They Work for You- 6/15/20

How Trolls Spew Hate & What To Do If They Work for You; Today’s Must Read: Your Organization’s Social Media Policies; Forget Those Hokey, Fake Backgrounds on Zoom; Verbs Take Sides in George Floyd Demonstration Coverage; Food Brands Tweet #BlackLivesMatter, but What’s Behind the Words?; Science vs. Politics; National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal; Crisis Comms: Saying Nothing is the Worst Strategy; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware

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How Your COVID-19 Communications Can Prepare Your Company to Talk About Any Crisis – 6-01-20

How Your COVID-19 Communications Can Prepare Your Company to Talk About Any Crisis; Making Customers, Clients, Patients & Diners Wear Face Masks; Crisis Communications: 5 Steps for Damage Control; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; Tips for a Better Video Call; The Importance of Understanding and Fulfilling the Duty of Reasonable Care When Reopening School; Women Ask for Coffee, Men Tend to Call in Favors: Why Pandemic Networking is Even Harder for Women; There, on the Shelf, a Familiar White Paperback; What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

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Why People Feel Misinformed About the Pandemic 5-15-20

When and How to Emerge from Our COVID-19 Lockdown Is a Political Question; It Will Kill People Even If It’s Done Right; Why People Feel Misinformed, Confused, and Terrified About the Pandemic; Returning to the Classroom: How to Communicate Your District’s Plan to Reopen; Leadership in Action – Dr. Amy Acton, Director of Ohio’s Department of Health; Tips for a Better Video Call; How to Manage a Remote Law Firm and Legal Team Effectively During COVID-19; Risk Management Experts Discuss the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impacts on Risk Management, Resilience and Business Continuity;  3 Keys to a Successful Virtual Presentation; Board Leadership and Performance in a Crisis; How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

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Communicating Your Re-Opening Amid COVID-19 5-6-20

Communicating Your Re-Opening Amid COVID-19; Ashland University Professional Learning Podcast – Thom Fladung on Communication Best Practices; Leadership in Times of Crisis; Tips for a Better Video Call; Living and Working During This Pandemic. Finally, the Rules are Explained; Risk Management Experts Discuss the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impacts on Risk Management, Resilience and Business Continuity; Leading in a Crisis: How to Successfully Communicate; The National Security Agency’s Recommendations for Selecting and Safely Using Collaboration Services for Telework; Crisis Prep 101 for Attorneys; Looking Back on COVID-19

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What We’ve Learned So Far 4-15-20

What We’ve Learned So Far: Communicating About COVID-19; COVID-19 – We’re Here for You (Yes, We Really, Really Are); Tips for a Better Video Call; When Court Moves Online, Do Dress Codes Still Matter?; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; When and How to Emerge from Our COVID-19 Lockdown Is a Political Question; It Will Kill People Even If It’s Done Right; What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis; How to Talk to Patients About COVID-19; Maintaining Role and Boundary Awareness When Teaching Remotely in a Time of Crisis: Being Alert to the Challenges of One-on-One Electronic Communications

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Talking About Coronavirus 4-1-20

Combating Uncertainty: How to Talk about COVID-19; Depression Layoffs in Age of Coronavirus: Delivering News That Will Make People Hate You; Tips for a Better Video Call; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; How the Pandemic Will End; When It Comes to the Pandemic, Scared Is Good; 9/11’s Lessons on Crisis Leadership; Be First. Be Right. Be Credible; Q&A: What can you do to help your employees through this COVID-19 crisis?; 5 Crisis Communications Lessons from Cuomo’s Coronavirus Response

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As Coronavirus Spreads, Use Smart Communications 3-1-20

As Coronavirus Spreads, Use Smart Communications to Spread Word on Your Plans; Houston Astros Sign Stealing Scandal In Extra Innings As Crisis Communication Errors Pile Up; Coronavirus – Crisis Management, Risk Communications & Practical Advice for Key Executives; Coronavirus: Allaying Panic, Doctors Talking to Patients, Comparing COVID-19 to Seasonal Flu & Reaction to President Trump’s News Conference; Coronavirus/COVID-19: Implications for Commercial and Financial Contracts; Schools Face Five Areas of Technological Risk; Pagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11

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Coronavirus & Using “Peace Time” Wisely 2/9/20

Coronavirus – Crisis Management, Risk Communications & Practical Advice for Key Executives; Murdering the King’s English: Grammatical Gaffes Can Kill Your Communications; Preparing for Allegations of Sexual Misconduct; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; Coronavirus & Risk Communications; FEMA & Emergency Management Partner Organizations Release “PrepTalk” on Lessons for Emergency Managers; Humans are Hardwired to Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview; The Evolutionary Nature of Crisis Communications; Q&A:  Don’t Hit ‘Send’ On Those Emails Before Calling Your Attorney

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Strike Three – You’re Out !! 1/18/20

Strike Three, You’re Out: Houston Astros Cheat, Get Caught – And Then Ex-GM Boots Apology; Lots of PR Firms Sell Their Crisis Work – Let The Buyer Beware; Crisis and Reputation Management Increasingly are About Managing Social Media; RE:RE:RE:RE:RE: Getting Your Email Read; 9 Corporate Communications Changes to Anticipate for 2020; From the Annals of Litigation Communications: Wile E. Coyote, Plaintiff v. Acme Company, Defendant; Q&A:  Practicing Law in the Public Spotlight

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The Case For Crisis Management 12/15/19

The Case for Crisis Management Teamwork; Crisis Communications Strategies for an Always-On Media Environment; Everything in Moderation: Some Best Practices about Moderating Panels; New to Crisis Management? Here’s a Quick Primer; How the Loss of the Landline Is Changing Family Life

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Lawyers Should Not Rewrite Crisis Communications 11/24/19

Lessons From a School on Handling Social Media Crises; Why You Should Take Citizen Journalists with a Smartphone Very Seriously; Are You Leading Your School’s Culture, Or Is It Leading Your School?; Dark Waters; ‘Meth. We’re On It,’ South Dakota Says in Ridiculed Ad Campaign That Cost $449,000; Female Veterans, World War II Veterans Overrepresented in News Photos; Q&A: A reporter wants to interview me, and I don’t want to be identified as the source of the information. What do I do?

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Dealing With Ambush Interviews 11/1/19

Dealing with Ambush Interviews; Why Auto-Marketing is Another Threat to Effective Crisis Management; Practicing Law In The Public Spotlight; Lawyers Should Not Rewrite Crisis Communications; Get Inside a Reporter’s Head to Prep for a Media Interview; A Crisis is Coming – Is Your Board on Board?; From Newsroom to Newsletter: How Local Journalists are DIYing Important Coverage via Email

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Communicating A Sudden Leadership Change 10/1/19

Crisis Management: Communicating a Sudden Leadership Change; Practicing Law In The Public Spotlight; A Philosopher’s Definitive (And Slightly Maddening) Case Against Replay Review; A Brief History of Television Interviews – and Why Live TV Helps Those Who Lie and Want to Hide; Crisis Comms 101: How the British Civil Aviation Authority Guided Stakeholders Through Thomas Cook Turbulence; Q&A – I work for a government agency and am an elected official. Our office maintains a social media presence, my campaign maintains a social media presence, and I also have a personal Facebook page. What should I do to be sure my “personal” pages are not subject to public records law?

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A Reputation Management Lesson: Even The Legends Must Be On Guard – Constantly 9/15/19

Crisis Management FAIL: Michigan State Paying the Price for Their Systemic Failure to Address the Nassar Sex Abuse Accusations; The Political Apology;
The Consequences of ‘Horse Race’ Reporting; Pagers, Pay Phones, and Dialup: How We Communicated on 9/11; Three Tips for Revamping Your Crisis Management Strategy; Q&A – How do you convince leadership that creating a crisis communications plan is a good idea?

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Crisis Comm’s For Hurricanes 9/1/19

Be Prepared. Not Scared. September is National Preparedness Month; Want a Good Answer Amid a Crisis? Know the Question Before It’s Asked; Q&A -What’s the difference between a public relations firm and a crisis communications firm?

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Epstein & Twitter – The Dark Side Turns Darker 8/15/19

Presentation Tips: When Your Speech Stands Between Your Audience and Happy Hour; Take a Breath: Legal Considerations for Your Communications; Why Does Using a Period in a Text Message Make You Sound Insincere or Angry?; Has the Crisis Communications ‘Golden Hour’ Disappeared?; Q&A – What do I do if the media wants to talk to me?

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Why “Winging It” is Not an Option for Your News Interview 7/19/19

Wayfair Learns the Cost of Doing Business Can Include a Damaged Reputation and Loss of Employee Faith; An Independence Day Salute to our Founding Fathers of Fake New News; The Audience in the Mind’s Eye: How Journalists Imagine Their Readers; The End of the Ad World as We Knew It; Body Language and Leadership Effectiveness – How to Achieve ‘Executive Presence’; Q&A – Where do people go now when news breaks?

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Grappling with Social Media 6/15/19

Grappling with Social Media; Tactical and Operational Threat Assessment; 6 Questions on the Power—and Limits—of Litigation Communications; How Best to Convey “Executive Presence” Non-Verbally; How to Get Every Email Returned; Not Everything is a Crisis; Why Hennes?; Expert Witnesses for Online; Lawdragon Honors Hennes CEO; Public Risk Managers Have Key Role in Handling Catastrophes; Cities are Not Tornado-Free Zones.  Map Your Safety Plan in Advance; How to Speak Up When You Can’t Find the Words; If a PR Crisis Happens to Your Company, Will You Know What to Do? 5 Tips.; Understand the 4 Components of Influence

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Taking Out the Trash is Not a Crisis Management Option 6/2/19

“Taking Out the Trash” is Not a Crisis Management Option; When the CEO Must be the Spokesperson; What To Do if There’s a Harvey Weinstein in Your Ranks; Save the Recordings of School Shootings; The Day TV Journalism Died; Criminalizing the Boardroom: A Communications Guidebook for Prosecutorial Targets; More Exclamation Points, Please !!!!!!; Q & A – What are the “best” answers during a crisis?; Not Everything is a Crisis; Lawdragon Honors Hennes CEO