BETTISON, a public relations firm based in Minneapolis, welcomes Evan Rice to its team of crisis communications and public relations professionals. Evan will partner and collaborate with BETTISON on high-stakes Read More
The Minnesota dentist’s reputation is indelibly marred by this tragedy. Though he has taken initial steps to manage this personal crisis — including issuing a statement denying wrongdoing, cooperating with Read More
Public relations is all about how the public perceives an organization — not about how that organization sees itself. My favorite PR lesson is a very simple one: It’s not Read More
In Spring 2013 I presented two continuing legal education courses entitled “PR Disasters — Lessons for the Business Lawyer”. We covered case studies that analyzed the unfortunate mistakes and misguided Read More
Reputation Rules. There are three (3) elements to reputation that are impacted in any business or organizational crisis (this applies equally so to personal and professional reputations of individuals as Read More
As I prepare for a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar about workplace violence for the upcoming Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute (May 20-21, 2013), I’ve created a list of characteristics Read More
I will be presenting “Crisis Communications and Issues Management for Schools” on January 8, 2013 for the Minnesota Education Facility Management Professionals (MASMS) in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Among the topics Read More
I lay awake at 3 a.m. this morning, wondering if the parents whose children had been killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut were also awake, too shocked, too Read More