Category Archives: Crisis Management

Lessons learned from the NFL’s public relations disaster

The National Football League (NFL) is a $9 billion-a-year organization, universally recognized as the most popular and successful sports organization in the United States. Just three weeks into the 2012 NFL season, the decisions made by Commissioner Roger Goodell and … Continue reading

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There Are No Problems, Only Solutions

Is it possible to make the dumbest mistake and biggest save, all in the same hour? From  recent experience, I know the answer is yes! One of the biggest lessons I have learned is that in order to survive in … Continue reading

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Crisis Communications At Penn State

In the immediate aftermath of the Penn State tragedy the emotions — anger, sadness, despondency — are still raw and the media, the aggrieved and Joe Public are prowling for the pelts of the criminals and their accomplices. All of … Continue reading

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Herman Cain, Poster Child

UGH. I really could have done without the details of crude behavior alleged this week by Herman Cain’s lone identified accuser. I’ll live through it. I survived Bill Clinton’s presidency with my health and sanity fully intact, after all. But … Continue reading

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The Communications Objectives Behind the Bin Laden Announcement

The seismic shocks from the aftermath of President Obama’s late Sunday night press conference announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden are sufficiently behind us to allow for analysis of the White House’s strategic and tactical approaches to communicating one … Continue reading

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