Recently, Alec Baldwin sat down for an interview with George Stephanopoulos regarding the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film “Rust”. According to Baldwin, he would have never pointed a firearm at another person and pulled the...
These days, companies of all shapes and sizes are under increasing pressure from the public as well as their own employees to speak out on various social issues. According to some researchers, over 80 percent of the public expects CEOs to speak out publicly on social...
Being in a crisis situation is nothing new for Aaron Rodgers, the star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. But usually the crisis is caused by rushing National Football League lineman attempting to sack him. Occasionally, Rodgers, arguably the best at his position...
Most of the time, when a crisis strikes, business owners resist making any necessary or even smart changes. However, crisis situations are one of the best times to create a sense of motivation and urgency for companies to finally make some long-awaited positive...
No matter how big or small your business is, at some point, you're going to face a public relations crisis. A PR nightmare is a scenario where something that was supposed to go smoothly goes wrong. It's often the result of poor planning and can be caused by everything...
The list of everything going on in the world right now—from the pandemic to civil unrest and navigating through severe weather seasons—is endless. This set of events has had an overwhelming effect on people, and in these situations it is not always easy for...
One of the biggest factors that end up determining whether a company can successfully navigate a crisis is the crisis management team and the members’ preparedness. Companies looking to create their own strong crisis PR management team should choose people that will...
One thing is certain. There are many PR lessons that President Joe Biden’s evacuation strategy from Afghanistan have provided. Another thing that is certain is that there have been many PR crises thus far in 2021. Arguably the most important one occurred not in an...
The following is excerpted from CRISIS AVERTED: PR Strategies to Protect Your Reputation and the Bottom Line. Bad decision-making often finds its way into the C-suite. You would think that elected officials or corporate executives would have reached their positions of...
Recently, the employees at the video game studio Activision Blizzard ended up walking off their jobs after news of а sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit inside the company surfaced. Before the scheduled walkout, the employees shared a statement of...
Recently, the car corporations Audi, Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz, along with the parent company Daimler, were fined $1 billion by the European Union because they had spent years colluding on ways to slow down the deployment of technology that would...
While timely action can prevent the worst consequences of a PR crisis, there are certain actions that an organization can take that will make the crisis worse. The worst things that an organization can do that will make a PR crisis worse are: Lying Since the point of...