The hurricane season is heating up, and Louisiana has taken a hit from the season’s first named storm. This Observer can’t offer too much comment to Mother Nature; rather we’ll send a shout-out to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), which has upped its game when communicating important messages. Read more
CommCore Blog and News
CommCore Awarded Multi Year GSA Contract Extension
CommCore Awarded Multi Year GSA Contract Extension
(Washington, DC, July 18, 2019) – A leader in executive-level communications training, crisis management and media training, CommCore is delighted to announce its Federal Supply Schedule Contract as a GSA Contractor has been extended for another 5 years. Read more
Technology Crisis Strikes Target
Written by: Maria Cantisano, Summer Intern ’19
Earlier this month, Target stores, experienced a two-hour register outage that shut down all credit card transactions across the country. Target immediately released a statement explaining the details about the incident and apologizing for the outage and the disappointing customer experience. Read more
Leading Crisis Communications Firm CommCore Presents at the 2019 CRUSH Life Sciences: The Board Meeting Conference
(Washington, DC, July 3, 2019)— “When a crisis happens, quick and effective response is critical for a company to protect and defend a public challenge to its reputation,” said CommCore SVP, Dale Weiss at the 2019 CRUSH Life Sciences: The Board Meeting Conference. Read more
The Job Interview
Written by: Gabriela Deno, Summer Intern ’19
Although you can build up your resume to be near perfect on paper, the real test comes down to the interview. This is your best chance to set yourself apart from other candidates. Read more
Social Media Storm Brews Trouble for Starbucks
After famously closing its stores last spring for a company-wide unconscious bias training, Starbucks is back in the news for another race-related incident. Customer Nur Ashour claims she was harassed by another customer for wearing a hijab at a Starbucks in Dallas, Texas. Read more
Sephora: Caught by the Reputational Radar Gun
Contributor: Gabriela Deno
If you know there’s a radar gun up the road, there’s a good chance you’ll slow down to avoid a ticket. In fact, behavioral scientists tell us that learned behavior is developed from experience. Read more
Can Truist Bank Survive a Crisis?
Meet Truist Financial Corporation! This newly named company is the result of a merger between two of America’s largest banks, SunTrust and BB&T. After debuting the company’s name along with their aptly named bank, Truist Bank, critics took to Twitter mocking the brand and comparing it to Tronc, the short-lived rebrand of Tribune Publishing.
Welcome our summer intern, Gabriela!
CommCore welcomes Gabriela Deno as one of our summer interns. Gabriea is an undergrad at Florida State University, majoring in Media and Communication Studies. Read more about her below!
Three words I would use to describe myself…
Persistent, compassionate and driven. Read more
Welcome our summer intern, Maria!
CommCore welcomes Maria Cantisano as one of our summer interns. Maria is an undergrad at American University, majoring in Film and Media Arts at the School of Communication, with a minor in Marketing. Read more