Below you'll find a list of all posts from July, 2009
Republican Governors Mark Sanford and Sarah Palin (abetted by her attorney) have made quite a spectacle of themselves over the past week, putting on a stunning display of poor crisis management. A post from Doug Fisher’s blog, “Common Sense Journalism,” sums it up beautifully. Who exactly is advising these folks? …
It’s a well known crisis management fact – if you do not give your story, your way, someone will step up and tell it for you. This of course leaves plenty of room for rumor and speculation, neither of which is healthy for your image. Take the saga of hockey …
Governor Carcieri blew it. In his press conference, he often referred to the individuals who had been killed as “bodies,” rather than “victims.” Rather than starting the news conference by assuring the public that his prayers and thoughts were with the victims and their families, he rambled for more than …
Hot on the heels of the last issue, there’s yet another new Crisis Manager up at the Bernstein Crisis Management website. We’ve got some excellent material in this edition. The first piece is an article that could help prevent 95% of all crises. The second is an analysis of a …
Cruise giant Carnival is getting plenty of opportunities to put their crisis management strategies to the test. Having recently announced that their ships would not be visiting Mexican ports due to H1N1 risk, I’m sure the announcement of a military coup in the Honduras, another of their most popular ports, …
