The “Big 3 Detroit Drama” has been fascinating from a PR perspective. One thing’s for sure – if you throw a historic world economic meltdown, U.S. automakers, the UAW, the U.S. Congress, an incumbent President and a President-Elect, Governors, Mayors and more than six million auto-related employees into …
There are some really incredible examples in the news in recent days and weeks about C-suite executives not appreciating the ramifications of their decisions on corporate reputations. Lots of PR blog chatter on the same issues, as well. First, the issue … transparency. Especially in the case of public companies, what the muckety-mucks do and say matters to the reputation [...]
I was g etting ready to post this morning about matters of interest for professional communicators – crisis communications, branding, use of social media, you know, that kind of stuff. Then I read this article in this a.m.’s NYT (“How Obama tapped into social networks …
President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago at Grant Park Dramatic history was written by American voters last evening. President-Elect Barack Obama represents so many firsts. In the context of this blog, with its focus on local, national …
Senators Obama and McCain at a recent debate We’re almost there! It’s almost over! One week to go! Phew!!! In the context of what communications professionals consider, how have these two candidates delivered on the brands …
Is it democratic heresy to wonder aloud if televised debates in our country’s Presidential race really matter? Last night’s Obama/McCain debate was a major political and historic event. So, of course, these things matter. Ever since the “five-o’clock shadow” Nixon v. the “fresh as a rose” Kennedy debate more than 35 years ago, conventional thinking is that these [...]
Obama gets real
After six weeks of canned sound bites and verbal gaffes (courtesy of BP’s Tony Hayward) regarding the Gulf Coast oil spill, I’d like to extend a sincere thanks to President Obama for getting real in an interview with the “Today” …