September 15, 2021
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Fighting Misinformation: How to Inoculate Your Audience Against Troll Trash Talk
By Howard Fencl, Hennes Communications
Misinformation is called the world’s second pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) gave it a cheeky name – “infodemic.” By any name, it’s driven by fearmongering, (It’ll make you glow in the dark!”) scapegoating, (“Illegal immigrants are to blame!”) discrediting, (“Fauci is covering up!”) and trolling (all of the above!). Here are some tips you can use.
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How ‘Engagement’ Makes You Vulnerable to Manipulation and Misinformation on Social Media
Facebook has been quietly experimenting with reducing the amount of political content it puts in users’ news feeds. The move is a tacit acknowledgment that the way the company’s algorithms work can be a problem. The heart of the matter is the distinction between provoking a response and providing content people want. There is logic to using the wisdom of the crowds in these algorithms. There are also substantial pitfalls in how the social media companies do so in practice.
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6 Crisis Management Lessons From the Florida Condo Collapse
The tragic condominium collapse that occurred recently in Surfside, Fla., has shed light on the importance of crisis management. Identifying threats before they arise can be a challenge. Emergencies can be difficult, if not impossible, to anticipate, but how to respond to them can be thought out beforehand. Proper planning is the first step in handling a crisis.
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It’s National Preparedness Month
National Preparedness Month (NPM) is an observance each September to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. The 2021 theme is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love.”
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The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
From the archives, and still powerful, Deborah Tannen, writing in The Harvard Business Review: The head of a large division of a multinational corporation was running a meeting devoted to performance assessment. Each senior manager stood up, reviewed the individuals in his group, and evaluated them for promotion. Although there were women in every group, not one of them made the cut. One after another, each manager declared, in effect, that every woman in his group didn’t have the self-confidence needed to be promoted. The division head began to doubt his ears. How could it be that all the talented women in the division suffered from a lack of self-confidence?
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I Can't Go On - What's Behind Stage Fright
Stage fright has been aptly described as “self-poisoning by adrenaline.” In response to stress, the adrenal glands pump the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline) into the bloodstream, causing the body to shift into a state of high arousal. The person’s muscles tense, he sweats and shakes, his heart pounds, his mouth goes dry, he has trouble breathing, he may become nauseated or dizzy, and his throat constricts, making his voice rise in pitch. This is the so-called “fight or flight” response, which our species is thought to have developed because it helped prepare the body for forceful action in response to a threat. But what Cro-Magnon man needed upon finding a bear in his cave is not what a modern person needs in order to play King Lear.
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Attention School Board Members,
Superintendents & Attorneys
The Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) and the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) have each entered into a strategic partnership with Hennes Communications to provide crisis management and communications services to public school systems throughout the States of Ohio and Arizona facing sudden challenges to their organizations’ reputations and operations. With this partnership, OSBA and ASBA member school leaders have access 365 days a year to expert crisis communications professionals.
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No one trains clients for high-stakes situations better than Hennes Communications. We can teach you how to communicate with power, mastering even the toughest interview, speech or presentation.
Call or email us today and ask us about crisis, media, spokesperson and presentation training/coaching for you, your top executives and managers.
Remember, it's usually not what you say, but how you say it. Never again go into a media interview unprepared or go before a hostile audience uncoached.
As the coronavirus situation begins to abate, we now offer this training in-person on a select basis or via Zoom and other video platforms. Please call for details
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Our Upcoming Speaking Events
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9/23 Health Care Assoc. of Michigan
9/28 Ohio Schools Council/
G. Cleveland School Supt's. Assoc.
10/4 Ohio Schools Council/
G. Cleveland School Supt's. Assoc.
10/19 Winding Riv. Mg. Partner Bootcamp
10/20 Markham CPA
10/24 American Public Power Association
10/25 LeadingAge National Conference
10/25 State Bar of Arizona
10/27 McCarthy Lebit
11/2 Winding Riv. Mg. Partner Bootcamp
11/4 Cuyahoga County Emergency
Management Agency
11/7 Ohio School Boards Association
11/8 Ohio School Boards Association
11/11 CPA Firm Management Association
11/12 Catholic Diocese of Cleveland -
Principal's Leadership Conference
11/7 Ohio School Boards Association
11/8 Ohio School Boards Association
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11/11 CPA Firm Management Association
11/12 Catholic Diocese of Cleveland -
Principal's Leadership Conference
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12/15 Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Assoc.
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Leadership Academy
2022
1/5 Colorado State Bar Association?
Denver Bar Association
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4/20 Ashland Area Safety Council
If you'd like to bring us in to speak at a conference or to your organization, either virtually or in-person, perhaps for your practice group, as a value-add for your existing clients or as a new business development event, please give Bruce Hennes a call at 216-321-7774.
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Hennes Communications
You have a situation.
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The Hennes Communications Team
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