Sporting regulator fights back against allegations of negligence Early this morning we published a post covering shocking allegations from UK paper The Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD/WDR regarding the prevalence of doping in international sport and the alleged lack of action from the International Association of Athletics Federations. We …
International Athletics Threatened by Doping Scandal
Did the regulating body allow suspicious athletes to compete and win over a 10+ year span? A new report from The Sunday Times sent shocks racing through the sporting world thanks to serious allegations of an absolute epidemic of doping by competitors at the world’s biggest events. What sparked it …
EU Google Ruling’s Implications for Crisis Management
What will be the impact of forcing removal of search results? In the May 15 issue of Crisis Manager, Bernstein Crisis Management social media manager Erik Bernstein discussed the EU ruling that was to force Google to remove certain links from search results. This subject was the topic of some …
Prepare for Takeoff with these Social Media Crisis Management Tips
Social media crisis management advice that applies for all types of organizations The 2010 volcano eruption in Iceland was one of the first tests of airline’s abilities to do social media crisis management for a major event. While it was a few years back now, the lessons shared in a …
2Day FM Chairman’s Crisis Communications Fail
[Editor’s note: Thank you to our friend and colleague, Issue Outcomes’ Tony Jaques for bringing this story that’s burning up the headlines overseas to our attention.] “Shit happens” should not be in your vocabulary when it comes to crisis communication The chairman of a large firm should, in theory, be …