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The Age of Outrage: Crisis Management in Social Media Pile-Ons

By Howard Fencl, Hennes Communications There’s nothing the self-righteous embrace more than joining with their fellow self-righteous to gang up on some unfortunate target. The angrier the echo chamber, the better. Social media is their perfect rage machine. It’s where anonymous trolls can obsess and pile on. And they do it relentlessly and instantly over […]


How to Create a Crisis

GoLocal, an online publication in Providence, Rhode Island, recently wrote an editorial critical of recent decisions by  Rhode Island education officials.  The editorial creatively lists everything those officials have been doing to create a crisis juxtaposed with tips for managing a crisis the right way, written by Northeastern University’s Graduate School. We urge you to […]


Media Training for Attorneys and Their Clients – Done on Your Schedule and at Your Convenience – In-Person or Remote

Whether it’s a staff meeting on Teams, a webinar on Zoom, a private conversation on FaceTime or a short training video you record on WebEx, it’s not just what you say, but how you say it. And if it’s an interview with a seasoned reporter, the stakes are even higher.  You must be prepared to […]


Pitching Successfully in the ‘News-You-Can-Choose’ Media Environment

By Linda Descano and Ellen Mallernee for PRNews Today’s news media environment is a direct reflection of consumers’ preference for a choose-your-adventure style of news consumption. For the most part, consumers choose where, how and from whom they get news. This means they may wind up at very different places. The mix of news people […]


The Olive Green Sweatshirt Goes to Congress

In the seminars we teachabout crisis communications, we often talk about the fact that what you say may be less important than how you say it.  “How you say it” also includes the way you look.  Ukranian President Zelensky purposely chose not to wear a suit and tie for his recent visit to Washington, DC.  […]


Mitigate Exposures With an Enterprise Risk Management Strategy

By Scott Konrad for the American Society of Association Executives Taking ownership of an association’s risk profile and proactively managing potentially crippling threats to the entity is sound governance. Identifying exposures and mitigating those risks is part of the enterprise risk management process. Here’s how to get started. Associations cope with myriad risks every day. […]


How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

By Dina Gerdeman for Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge Researchers believe gender stereotypes hold women back in the workplace. Katherine Coffman’s research adds a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities. Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent […]


Crafting Effective Quotes for Media Releases

By Pauline A. Howes, PRNews Strong quotations can add value, credibility and depth to news releases. Commonly accepted guidelines for news releases include using the style, content and tone of news articles and feature stories. This makes a release more compatible with media outlets’ styles. Additionally, a news release or feature article posted on an […]


New Partnership with Hennes Communications Allows Seminar Participants to Earn Credit Toward Ohio University Online Graduate Certificate

University Teams with Crisis Communications Expert Bruce Hennes in New Offering A new partnership between Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication and Hennes Communications will allow communication professionals the opportunity to earn one credit hour towards a 12-hour graduate certificate in crisis communication. Anyone attending certain seminars taught by Hennes Communications, a crisis communications firm based in Cleveland, […]


Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Simple 3-Word Phrase to Completely Change How They Deal With Criticism

By Justin Barison for Inc…. How do you respond to criticism? If you’re in a position where you have to lead others, you’re going to get criticized. Sometimes, that criticism will be valid. Other times, it will be unjustified. But in either case, the criticism is valuable–because it gives you a window into how others see you […]


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