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Connecticut has picked the right time to pass “An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches.”  It passed the state senate late last week and is awaiting the governor’s signature. The bill says that [...]

You can fight the coronavirus with your words. Amidst the screaming headlines and clickbait driven posts, communicators can and should use the power of their words to fight the panic that’s [...]

Gucci’s recent social media fiasco is a shining example of the disconnect between the advertising side of the communications departments and the PR side.  The ad, showing a black and white [...]

Some crises are meant to be embraced. What started out as an “oops” can actually turn into an opportunity. The screw-up at the Oscars is a great example and a good lesson in reputation recovery [...]

With a new year come new challenges to your company’s reputation and the plans you have for protecting it in a crisis. Here are four boogey men lurking behind the rocks that could do some real [...]

Wrap up the year with our final two “What were you thinking?” moments and the lessons they have for all of us in business. Delta System Outages- Making The Best of a Bad Situation An August power [...]

This week’s posts cover crises that went from Rio to Silicon Valley to Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.  Strap on your seat belts for another ride through our Chronicle of Crises 2016.   Ryan [...]

The year 2016 was a head-scratcher. Nothing went as expected. Elections in the US and Britain left pundits with open mouths. A product that took the social media world by storm – Vine – is headed [...]

Here’s one pillar of truth that will be left standing in the wreckage of the 2016 Presidential campaign: We believe anything that fits in with what we think we already know. Think of it as the [...]

Rio…those three letters say more about a troubled brand than just about any others. Whether it’s Zika, political corruption, athletes bowing out, flawed doping oversight or a tottering economy, [...]