The kids at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Rancho Tehama, CA are safe. Why? Because their school had a crisis plan, they had conducted safety drills, and they knew what to do when a gunman approached the doors and started firing.
At the risk of tooting our own horn, we are sharing the recent New York Times in-depth article on CommCore’s PressureTest crisis communication simulation. (Some Observer readers may have already seen it.)
A recent article in the Washington Post pointed out what is known in the communications consulting world as “The New York Times Rule” or “The Front-Page Test,” which states that anything you write in email can turn up in a major national newspaper and become a liability to your reputation. Read more
The sexual harassment and workplace abuse scandal at Uber is a dramatic case study of a hard-charging corporate culture gone astray in the hyper-competitive Silicon Valley environment.
Can a CEO, government official or celebrity engage in private, written communications? It’s harder and harder when everyone has multiple social media accounts and organization rules for respecting information are either non-existent or loosely enforced.
The CEO’s role as Communicator-in Chief is sharply contrasted when we compare Oscar Munoz of United Airlines with Ed Bastian of Delta. Both responded to passenger ejections and viral videos. The first got slammed, the second praised.
TV and news weather forecasters, like politicians, tend to take center stage and issue passionate warnings before a weather event. Increasingly, the public is growing tired of the hyperbole: Every snow storm has the potential to be a blizzard.
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