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The Media Are Listening in a Crisis

(Writer’s note: Every day in March we’ll have a fresh, free, new article on this topic. If you’d like to dig deeper, you may wish to purchase a recording of the teleseminar called Social Media & Crisis Communications. Here is your purchase link.) By Gerard Braud Among those listening and fostering social media are the mainstream […]

How to Write a Crisis Communications Plan with Pre-Written Statements

By Gerard Braud In crisis communications, you should have two types of pre-written communication documents. The first is for fast release, called a “First Critical Statement.” Some companies call these “holding statements.” The First Critical Statement is a way to tell the world that a) a crisis has happened, b) you know about it, c) your […]

“I Cannot Tell A Lie” — If George Washington’s Quote Applied to Social Media and Public Relations

By Gerard Braud Yet one more group of public relations and marketing professionals has asked me to speak at their PR & Marketing conference about the wonderful ways social media will allow them to connect and sell to their customers. I love to speak at conferences, but I cannot tell a lie, especially about social […]