OMG, I can’t believe that the business clichés are under siege. Have fun reading a recent LinkedIn discussion on business buzzwords (BWs) and which ones communicators would like to see dropped from our lexicons. Read more
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Posts Tagged: Andrew Gilman
Non-Profit Exposure and Having Fun – Hitting the Trifecta
Gaining publicity for a non-profit is not much different than for private sector companies and large associations, except for the fact that you usually need to work with fewer resources and equal if not greater creativity.
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CommCore’s Pick of the Top 5 Crises of 2010
The CommCore list of top Crises for 2010 has a few of the obvious candidates, plus one or two that represent a certain type of crisis vs. the biggest news or blog splash.
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Keep Derek Jeter. Don’t negotiate in the press.
Why is it that smart people who should know better don’t know how to keep from washing their dirty laundry in public?
The last couple of days have been relatively quiet, but last week was an embarrassing time for all involved.
Communications/Negotiations Lessons from Ted Kheel
Noted labor lawyer and negotiator par excellence, Theodore W. Kheel, passed away this week. As the obituaries attest, for the better part of four decades Ted was the key connector between management and labor in New York City and in Washington.
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It may be legal, but is it the right thing to do?
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board raises interesting questions about the difference between the legal right to post anything in social media and the practical implications of such a posting.
Discovery Communications: Emergency Planning and Crisis Communications
The hostage taking incident last week at Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD, (less than 10 miles from the White House in Washington) has quickly faded from the news pages. Yet a couple of notes regarding new media and crisis planning and communications are worth making.
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THE BEST CRISIS: THE ONE YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT
One of the best points in the recent NY Times article on BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs http://nyti.ms/9KT2ck was the statement that organizations that handle a crisis well are rarely heard about.
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Tony Speaks
Former BP CEO Tony Hayward gave his first interview last week in the UK. (http://tinyurl.com/32hnzud) While the article included comments from critics, he wasn’t as immediately challenged as his prior appearance in front of the US Congress or the lying-in-wait law suit depositions.
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Does the picture tell the story?
Front page of USA Today this morning, and just about everywhere else in the media: a “before” and “after” photo or video clip of the oil well deep in the Gulf.
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