Clients seeking crisis communications advice often ask: Should we keep our head down, or get out in front of the crisis? This question applies to all types of clients: corporate, Read More
On Friday, March 7, 2025, Stacy Bettison, founder of top Minneapolis public relations firm BETTISON PR, taught a continuing legal education course for corporate and in-house counsel at the Minnesota Read More

The recent MPPOA lawsuit has brought to light a serious breach of private data and, importantly, public trust.
A recent lawsuit filed by Madel PA on behalf of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) has brought to light a serious breach of private data and, importantly, Read More
On April 17, 2024, Stacy Bettison joined Professor David Cleveland and co-panelist Chris Schmitter ’13, Chief of Staff at the Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan Read More
Careful management and communications during a workplace accident or fatality helps everyone. Wherever you live, you probably have seen news of a workplace accident or, unfortunately, even a fatality. Workplace Read More

Crises are complicated. But crisis communications should be simple.
Life is complicated. Business is complicated. Crises are complicated. Crisis communications, however, should be simple. Why? Because they are most effective when simple and straightforward: this allows people to understand Read More
I took this picture of my daughter, Nina, yesterday. No filters, no editing. Certainly there are some photographic flaws. But viewed broadly, it’s a simple and beautiful photo: girl, paddleboard, Read More
In 1634, John Milton, an English poet and intellectual, wrote “Comus”, a masque about two brothers and a sister who get lost in a journey through the woods. In the Read More