Lessons for every family facing the unexpected Imagine for a moment, that you just lost your husband, your child, a parent … and reporters are fighting for your attention, asking you to sort through all your emotions and loss to talk with them exclusively – oh, and by...
Crisis Management
Are You Ready For A Press Interview? Top Three Frequently Asked Questions In Media Trainings
This year I had the pleasure of conducting several virtual media trainings for nearly 100 individuals in both large groups and small intimate settings. I worked with an international organization that has chapters across the world. They needed the trainings to help...
Building Trust in a Pandemic: Pharma, Government, and Media
Pharma, government, and news media are considered the three most untrustworthy industries in America. Yet, in the middle of this pandemic these are the industries people are relying on most. The M Network takes a deep dive on this podcast, interviewing experts from...
Your Brand In Crisis
Over the past week, I’ve probably gotten hundreds of emails from companies big and small telling me about their plans to deal with COVID-19. I even sent one out on behalf of The M Network. Some of these have been great and reassuring. Others have been tone-deaf....
Postpone or Pivot: Approaching Earned Media in Context of National Protest Coverage
This isn’t the blog post I originally planned to write. I originally wrote about the huge jump in local TV news viewership* in March and April due to concerns about living locally with Covid-19. Single-themed newscasts constrained earned media opportunities,...
Event exhaustion: it’s on the horizon. How to embrace it, plan for it and own it
It happened so fast. Months of planning, designing and dreaming went out the window with a slow—then fast—cascade of bad news. COVID-19 was here with a vengeance. No doubt you feel the pain this pandemic has brought on. While the casualty of canceled events...
Back In The Game
Lisa and I had the opportunity to appear as guests on Alex Rodriguez’s new show, “Back In The Game” airing on CNBC. The show is based on the unsettling fact that roughly 60% of all professional athletes are broke within 5 years of retiring—mostly because of poor...
Creating an Organizational Response to Covid-19
Coronavirus is dominating the news cycle. Events are being refunded, store shelves ravaged, and flights canceled. Concern is widespread, but there’s no consensus on the gravity of the situation or how we should react to it. There’s a fine line to walk—on the one hand,...
Crisis Management
When Catastrophe Hits Home and the Media Calls
Lessons for every family facing the unexpected Imagine for a moment, that you just lost your husband, your child, a parent … and reporters are fighting for your attention, asking you to sort through all your emotions and loss to talk with them exclusively – oh, and by...
Are You Ready For A Press Interview? Top Three Frequently Asked Questions In Media Trainings
This year I had the pleasure of conducting several virtual media trainings for nearly 100 individuals in both large groups and small intimate settings. I worked with an international organization that has chapters across the world. They needed the trainings to help...
Building Trust in a Pandemic: Pharma, Government, and Media
Pharma, government, and news media are considered the three most untrustworthy industries in America. Yet, in the middle of this pandemic these are the industries people are relying on most. The M Network takes a deep dive on this podcast, interviewing experts from...
Your Brand In Crisis
Over the past week, I’ve probably gotten hundreds of emails from companies big and small telling me about their plans to deal with COVID-19. I even sent one out on behalf of The M Network. Some of these have been great and reassuring. Others have been tone-deaf....
Postpone or Pivot: Approaching Earned Media in Context of National Protest Coverage
This isn’t the blog post I originally planned to write. I originally wrote about the huge jump in local TV news viewership* in March and April due to concerns about living locally with Covid-19. Single-themed newscasts constrained earned media opportunities,...
Event exhaustion: it’s on the horizon. How to embrace it, plan for it and own it
It happened so fast. Months of planning, designing and dreaming went out the window with a slow—then fast—cascade of bad news. COVID-19 was here with a vengeance. No doubt you feel the pain this pandemic has brought on. While the casualty of canceled events...
Back In The Game
Lisa and I had the opportunity to appear as guests on Alex Rodriguez’s new show, “Back In The Game” airing on CNBC. The show is based on the unsettling fact that roughly 60% of all professional athletes are broke within 5 years of retiring—mostly because of poor...
Creating an Organizational Response to Covid-19
Coronavirus is dominating the news cycle. Events are being refunded, store shelves ravaged, and flights canceled. Concern is widespread, but there’s no consensus on the gravity of the situation or how we should react to it. There’s a fine line to walk—on the one hand,...
