There’s not too much humor in a monster storm like Hurricane Ike, but when Geraldo Rivera tried to follow firefighters along a storm-whipped beach in Galveston…. JB Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Webinar with Moi
THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT but, like, so what, it’s my blog and I’ll announce if I want to. And maybe some visitors want to pay to hear me share my experience for 90 minutes. Jonathan Bernstein to Speak on Leading through CrisisBusiness leaders from various industries will gather …
Learning from Our Mistakes
A definition of “insanity” popularly attributed to Albert Einstein is, “doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” So what, then, is “sanity”? It would seem to be “learning from our mistakes.” It only took eight years of the current administration for President Bush — and his …
Gustav-Related Crisis Manager Newsletter Online
If you’re not already a subscriber to my ezine, the online version with a guest article by a long-time FEMA contractor has now been posted on my website. Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Comments on Past Posts Go Here (sigh)
Please use this post as your place to comment on any of my past messages and going forward we won’t have this problem. Unfortunately, the Blogger system provides no way to fix the issue retroactively. Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Apologies for Failure to Turn on Links
This here crisis manager is VERY embarrassed to realize that when this blog was originally started comments weren’t enabled and I never caught that until today, when an ezine reader attempted to find somewhere to post a comment! That error has been corrected! Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Hurricane Gustav Commentary
This video is directly related to today’s issue of my ezine, “Crisis Manager,” which went out by plain text email and will soon be archived at my website. Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Firefox Takes Reputation Hit By Acting Like Microsoft
There’s a “the bigger you are, the harder you fall” phenomena well known to crisis managers. One extension of that is “the better your reputation, the more people are shocked when you really screw up.” Firefox, in launching version 3.0 too soon, just took a major reputation hit. The installation …
SightSpeed Issues Press Release About This Blog
SightSpeed today issued a press release via PR Newswire and other distribution channels talking about this blog and my use of SightSpeed during Tropical Storm Fay! It’s getting a lot of pickup! I got very excited! Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Strategic Reputation Management Planning
Experiences with various clients over the past decade led me, recently, to develop a new approach to what I’m dubbing “Strategic Reputation Management Planning.” Not merely crisis prevention and response. Not merely search engine optimization for reputation management. Not merely proactive PR to create and maintain a cushion of goodwill. …
Disaster Preparedness
I’m back in Southern California, where of course we NEVER need to be prepared…at least judging by how many people I know who don’t have even a couple of days of water available in case of earthquake, much less other essential supplies. I got a real kick out of my …
Fay Fizzles – Post Storm Report
Well, I wish I could tell you that I did all kinds of heroic crisis manager kinda things as the hurricane crashed upon us, but…although Tropical Storm Fay came ashore just a couple of miles south of us, I’ve seen worse rainstorms in Southern California. No harm here at my …
Maybe I should stay inside?
I went outside to get something from the car…the wind turned my umbrella inside out…and the rain was flying sideways… Then, inside, my Star Trek: Next Generation was interrupted by a tornado warning to our Southeast, not close enough (yet) for us to take shelter, but the weather is certainly …
Calm before
Seems as if the Tropical Storm may not become a Hurricane. I suspect it still wouldn’t be wise to go outside with my kite. We’re in the infamous “calm before.” One of my ezine readers (thank you, you know who you are!) sent me these useful links related to the …
Restaurant may not be able to handle storm surge
Just had lunch with a friend locally at a well-known North Naples area restaurant..that is located right on an inland waterway, not far from the Beach. The main dining room is no more than seven feet off the surface of the waterway. I snapped this shot from the restaurant window …