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It’s Not You, It’s Us: Communicating Layoffs & Other Internal Crises

January 26th, 2009 by

Last month, Jerry Yang rounded out his tenure as CEO of Yahoo with a mass memo to employees that announced 1,500 layoffs. It wasn’t the first e-mail of its kind to come from Yang, who… Continued

The Weather Channel: Going Green at Work

January 21st, 2009 by

The tide has turned. Concerns for the environment that once were considered controversial have now become mainstream. The commitment by The Weather Channel to work at all levels to further the green movement has its… Continued

Tips for Communications Training for a Digital World

January 21st, 2009 by

The proliferation of new media technology has made media training for the digital world a vocational necessity. Following are best practices for communicating your message via blogs, Web casts and podcasts:  Blogging: •    Examine your… Continued

A Lesson in Walking the Talk

January 20th, 2009 by

As a communications agency, we do a lot of talking. And, we advise our clients on how, when, where, and with whom they should talk specifically about issues of corporate social responsibility.  In an effort… Continued

Sound Bites Don’t Happen by Accident

January 20th, 2009 by

Sound bites are the lines and phrases we all know. Whether you love them or loathe them, they are the quotes that fill the 24-hour news cycle of our world.  What do they all have… Continued

Empirical Evidence: CSR & the Bottom Line

January 20th, 2009 by

"High performance and high integrity are good for the bottom line." Two scholars in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR)–Robert L. Heath, Ph.D., and Lan Ni, Ph.D., both of the University of Houston–reached that… Continued

Tip Sheet: Hedge Fund Headaches: Best Practices for Communicating Through Economic Turmoil

January 19th, 2009 by

By Dan Simon According to the most recent research by Eurekahedge, the hedge fund industry shrank by as much as a fifth (or $350 billion) in 2008, with 90% of that decrease coming in the… Continued

Case Study: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt: Mattel’s Toy Recall Redefines Global Crisis Communications

January 19th, 2009 by

Company: Mattel Agency: Weber Shandwick Timeframe: August-October 2007 For any other toy manufacturer, what happened to Mattel during those infamous three months in 2007 would have been a death knell. But for a brand that… Continued

Quick Study: Leveraging Digital Influencers; Increasing Online Community Membership; Hope for Employees

January 19th, 2009 by

*Maximizing Digital Influence: A research study conducted by MS&L identified key behaviors of online influencers and outlined the following program for maximizing the digital influence they have over audiences: 1. Understand influencers’ motivations: High level… Continued

Charting The Industry: Empirical Evidence: CSR & the Bottom Line

January 19th, 2009 by

“High performance and high integrity are good for the bottom line.” Two scholars in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR)–Robert L. Heath, Ph.D., and Lan Ni, Ph.D., both of the University of Houston–reached that… Continued