It’s a parent’s nightmare and an instant public relations crisis. This article on USA Today looks into a couple of these restaurant mishaps – babies being served booze! Something most of us never thought would happen is now front page…
Category: Crisis Communications
@S.O.S.
Two tweets to @AmbassadorRoos were all it took to mobilize aid from U.S. troops to Kameda hospital in Japan. A USA Today article explores the ways help was deployed through social media and more specifically, Twitter, after Japan’s catastrophic earthquake.…
Japanese earthquake affirms the power of social media
The massive earthquake in Japan once again shows the power and speed of social media. When people – no matter where they are in the world – need to communicate, they are turning to Facebook, Twitter and other forms of…
PR Job – put a new Sheen on this one
By Cori Pope By now everyone’s heard of the self destructive, downward spiral of beloved Two and a Half Men star and Golden Globe winner, Charlie Sheen. Just in the past month Sheen’s reputation has gone from notorious bad boy…
Tucson tragedy provides insights to solid media relations
The series of press conferences after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others at a congressional meet-and-greet over the weekend was a study in proper media relations and crisis communications. Especially well done were the media briefings from…
Tucson Tragedy Raises PR Issues for Many
This weekend’s tragic shooting in Tucson is a reminder of why being prepared is so important in PR. Just like a fire station tries to prepare for any situation, so too should PR professionals. Consider just some of the issues…