Executive briefing skills are a cornerstone to success, whether you’re presenting information to your team, your supervisor, or to an audience of decision-makers. Your ability to brief senior executives in a compelling way can be a game-changer for your career personally, and for your team’s objectives agency-wide. Read more
CommCore Blog and News
Welcome our Fall Intern, Vicky!
Vicky Chen is a sophomore student at Vanderbilt University, majoring in Economics and Sociology with a minor in Business.
Three words I would use to describe myself:
Goal-oriented, Motivated, Responsible
Why intern at CommCore? Read more
The CommCore Observer: When to Put Your CEO Out-Front
A recent study by FTI and a Washington Business Journal article on the CEO as the embodiment of the company or organization’s brand got us thinking. Since CommCore works in both camps – proactive communications for media interviews and presentations, and reactive crisis communications and reputation protection, we will devote 2 issues of The Observer, our monthly newsletter, to this topic.
The AAA Strategy for Reputation Management
In a recent APCO post about protecting reputation through Issue Management, Deanna Javadi and Jim Moorehead write that: An effective issues management program is proactive and always changing day-to-day. An organization must continuously monitor issues and implement different practices to “avoid surprises, anticipate new needs, and act quickly and proactively.” Read more
Andy Gilman, CommCore CEO quoted in Fortune on Lessons CEOs Can Learn From Bob Iger’s Strike Comments
Andrew Gilman, President and CEO of CommCore Consulting Group, said Iger broke a cardinal rule of PR – not repeating or introducing negative ideas, whether asked about them or not.
“If you think it was disappointing, let the university professor [or] a labor expert make those comments, that it’s ‘unrealistic,’ as opposed to you doing that,” says Gilman. Read more
The Crisis Plan You Wish You Didn’t Have to Write
It’s a sad commentary on the current U.S. environment that most schools – from pre-K through high school, and colleges and universities — have plans and have run drills with teachers and students on what to do if an active shooter shows up.
Read more Presentation Training with CommCore’s Keith Blackman
By Ellie Ewing, Summer Associate 2023
From visuals to vocals, presentations are a powerful tool to deliver information, educate others, and leave a lasting impression. I had the opportunity to sit in a presentation training with Keith Blackman, a senior consultant at CommCore where he shared tips on delivering influential and memorable presentations. Read more
Presentation Skills Training Video: How to reinforce your key points during your next presentation or media interview
What’s the main point of your presentation? This presentation skills training tip from SVP Dale Weiss, our Dallas practice lead, will help you reinforce it so it’s memorable to your audience! Read more
CommCore Video Presentation Tip: How to handle the Q&A during your next presentation or interview
This presentation skills tip from SVP Dale Weiss who heads our Dallas practice is just the tip of the iceberg! With CommCore’s presentation skills training, all your executives, spokespeople, and team leaders can learn to be more persuasive communicators who motivate an audience or team and influence behavior – whether in person or virtually. Read more
Meet our Summer Associate – Ellie Ewing!
Ellie Ewing
Senior at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, currently majoring in Communications Media Marketing and a minor in Marketing
What are three words you would use to best describe yourself?
Determined, attentive, and creative. Read more