As a crisis counselor who has worked with law enforcement, I saw the “60 Minutes” Sept.25 “Fighting Terrorism in New York City” as a terrific PR coup for the NYPD and Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Read more
CommCore Blog and News
Message Brainstorming: Opening Up The Bottle
Esquire’s Ross McCammon was intentionally making light of corporate message brainstorming sessions in his recent blog “What’s The Secret to Brainstorming?”
We took the tongue-in-cheek approach in stride — “You could put a bottle of tequila in the middle of the table” – after all, we at CommCore have our own message development methodology and techniques that do produce results.
Read more Infographic: Crisis Planning
Netflix too “Qwik” for Its Own Good
When we signed on to Twitter on Monday we noticed that “Qwikster” is a trending hashtag. So we searched Qwikster online and noted the news that Netflix is breaking the company up into separate DVD-by-mail and streaming units.
Read more Lessons Learned from 9/11
Political Reporting “De-volves”
The 2012 US Presidential campaign is well underway and so is the media coverage of the media coverage. Each 4-year cycle produces a President and a Vice President as well as its share of media stories, campaign books, new reporting stars, and plenty of coverage of the press talking about themselves. Read more
Video Blog on Christine O’Donnell’s Media Interview by Andy Gilman
Answer the Damn Question, Please
Caveat: This is an example of a politician not-answering a question and then walking off the set. I’m not taking sides here, but using this as a teaching moment for others who either coach spokespersons or want to be interviewed. Read more
Conference Call Coping
Words we don’t usually hear: “Oh, boy, I’ve got a conference call coming up.”
OK, so perhaps it’s a good news call because you landed a new client with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Read more
5 Ways to Listen Better
The TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) Conference is a series of well known meetings where leaders share ideas, concepts and discoveries.
If you haven’t been invited to the California sessions or the offshoots around the globe, the next best thing are the TED videos. Read more