the capacity to establish direction and to influence and align others toward a common goal, motivating and committing them to action and making them responsible...
A Crisis Plan Can Prevent a Bad Situation from Getting Worse: A crisis may be impossible to avoid, but proper preparation can help prevent a bad situation from getting worse. Unattended or improperly handled, a crisis can threaten the organization's credibility, reputation, and in its most extreme form - its...
It's a common observation that crises such as wars, recessions, stock market meltdowns, ethics scandals, and natural catastrophes often drive the public policymaking process. A crisis reveals a problem and then a public consensus emerges that policymakers must do something about it. The policy debate then centers on the best...
To effectively manage communications through a formal, clearly defined channel in order to mitigate crisis, or serious negative repercussions for the Association or the sector, and maintain a reputation of leadership and transparency on vital issues and breaking news. In speaking with the media and public, the Colorado Nonprofit Association...
Arguably, few events in the life of a manufacturer are more potentially devastating to the culture, and the enterprise, than the need to close a plant. When an Aon Consulting client recently faced this scenario, a team of Aon communicators came to its aid. It advised leadership to take the...
Crises are turning points in our lives, which are not necessarily negative, but have the potential to be; we can emerge with credit from almost any critical situation. Any organization can undergo a crisis. This paper asserts that the key to successful crisis management and communications is preparation and planning....
SAPPORO, Japan AFP — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that the United States must take the lead in fighting climate change as he opened talks with the world's most powerful leaders. Speaking to AFP on his flight to the summit in Japan, Ban also said he...
Shelf Life CRISIS LEADERSHIP NOW: A REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO PREPARING FOR THREATS, DISASTER, SABOTAGE, AND SCANDAL by Laurence barton, phd One of the world's leading experts in crisis management, Laurence Barton, begins Crisis Leadership Now with the nightmarish images of Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. He...
Acumen Solutions, a leading business andtechnology consulting firm, announced that it has launched a BoardLeadership Initiative for its executives as a part of the corporation'son-going Social Responsibility program. The company will train and gainplacement for their managers onnon-profit boards in Washington, D.C. to address what some are terming 'acrisis in...
HARARE AFP — South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief regional mediator on the crisis in Zimbabawe, arrived in Harare on Friday under pressure to help end the country's electoral deadlock and political violence. Mbeki, widely criticised for his softly-softly approach towards his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe, was...
HARARE AFP — South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief regional mediator on the crisis in Zimbabawe, was due on Friday to make his first visit to Harare since the release of disputed election results. Mbeki, widely criticised for his softly-softly approach towards his counterpart Robert Mugabe, was...
Company Employees Embrace Volunteerism, Individual Giving in Support of Corporate Mission SARASOTA, Fla. -- Clockwork Home Services Clockwork is giving back to the communities that the company and its franchisees serve through regular charitable giving and volunteerism. Philanthropy is a large part of Clockwork's mission and commitment to...
Some 25 years before he was named bishop of Belleville in southern Illinois, Fr. Edward K. Braxton wrote a book titled The Wisdom Community: A Framework and a Program for Renewzing Communication and Understanding Between Priests, Bishops, Theologians and the People in the Pews. Ironically, it is wisdom...
The United States Senate recently passed a bipartisan housing bailout plan with a $15 billion price tag. There's lime likelihood the program won't grow and costs escalate dramatically as the legislation moves through the House Financial Services Committee under the leadership of Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat. The bloated...
CHICAGO, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Doing its part to help address the issue of nearly one-third of U.S. high school students dropping out, AT&T Inc. today announced the launch of AT&T Aspire, a $100 million philanthropic program, which includes job shadowing for 100,000 students nationwide, to help strengthen...
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 February 2008-US Department of State: Next Steps for Resolving the Crisis in KenyaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18022008 Secretary Condoleezza Rice Nairobi, Kenya -- SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I've just completed discussions first this morning with former Secretary...
Homes for Working Families today announcedthe recipients of its 2008 Pioneer Awards for leadership inemployer-assisted housing EAH at an event on Capitol Hill. The 14 awardrecipients hail from a diverse array of communities all across the UnitedStates and represent a variety of business sectors. As policy-makers seek solutions to the...
Wilkinson Ferrari & Co., a 15-year-old Salt Lake City full-service strategic communications agency, has acquired the client roster and public relations staff of Bremer Public Relations, also of Salt Lake City. Bremer PR founder Alicia Bremer will now act as a senior PR consultant to executive leadership teams and...
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 2008-US Department of State: Kibaki-Odinga MeetingC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25012008 We welcome the January 24 meeting between President Kibaki and the Honorable Raila Odinga, which was facilitated by the African Union eminent persons group headed by...
Efforts to secure continued federal funding to support local initiatives, including transportation, public safety and energy and the environment, as well as finding solutions to the crisis in the housing market, are among the top issues NLC will bring to Congress as lawmakers return this month....
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Beth Dempsey for Schlager Group, +1-248-349-7810,beth@bethdempsey.com DALLAS, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- How would December 7 - PearlHarbor Day - be remembered without President Franklin D. Roosevelt'spowerful address to Congress on December 8, 1941? Historians seethat speech as a turning point in American history, uniting thecountry...
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