From the RIPS Law Librarian Blog Years ago, at an on-campus interview, questioning librarians asked me if I realized there was a typo in my resume. Decades before spell check and Grammarly, it was easy and common to see typos of various sorts in all types of documents. My mistake of only one letter created […]
By Annette Choti for Above The Law Violations that Allow Law Firms to Remove Reviews While the process of removing a Google review is not necessarily complex, Google’s guidelines determine if you have a review that is eligible for removal. However, there are common violations that may allow law firms to remove reviews from their Google […]
By Will Bedingfield for WIRED JEAN-LUC GODARD ONCE claimed, regarding cinema, “When I die, it will be the end.” Godard passed away last month; film perseveres. Yet artificial intelligence has raised a kindred specter: that humans may go obsolete long before their artistic mediums do. Novels scribed by GPT-3; art conjured by DALL·E—machines could be […]
By Thom Fladung, Hennes Communications So far in 2022, as of the end of September, Hennes Communications had worked with dozens of schools, school districts and other education organizations. Our work involved serious issues and potential controversies including: Sexual misconduct allegations involving teachers Sexual misconduct allegations involving students Tense labor negotiations Superintendents facing no confidence […]
Introduction by Nora Jacobs, Hennes Communications Over the years, we’ve helped a number of organizations announce management transitions involving their CEO – a change that, even when well-planned – requires carefully crafted communications in order to minimize distractions, concerns and disengagement among stakeholders. Most often, we work closely with the board chair and board leadership […]
Trust is key for combatting a pandemic or other public health emergency. Trust is predictive of how people are going to take in information and act on that information. Trust is incredibly difficult to earn but so easy to lose. Here, you’ll find a list of guiding principles for crisis communication. Photo […]
Here’s a list of ten things this writer has observed women lawyers don’t know or do as in-house counsel that their male counterparts seem to do quite well. It is her belief that, over time, this has resulted in a widening of the gap between them, and, if women in-house counsel focus on these ten […]
By Thom Weidlich for PRCG | Haggerty LLC Talk about a reputational challenge. The heat keeps turning up on ex-NFL quarterback Brett Favre. As part of a larger scandal, he’s alleged to have pressured Mississippi officials to turn over $8 million in welfare funds for his pet projects, including a volleyball stadium at his alma […]
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By Nicole Schuman for PRNews It takes a pretty big event to close a national institution like Waffle House. Especially when it has its own disaster meter. Coined the “Waffle House Index,” it is not an official metric, yet government agencies such as FEMA use it. Unfortunately, Hurricane Ian challenged the index this week, causing […]