Keeping It Simple Many of us have probably have had a past English teacher or colleague or two warn us about the plague of wordiness. “Keep It Simple!” they still admonish. Some of us, though, have trouble practicing it. “But I really want to make the best impression. And what about all those great ideas? …
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Frequently Asked Questions About Peer Coaching Groups
Peer Coaching Groups: Your FAQs Answered We assume that you have already read the information on the page Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19. The information on that page would answer all of the typical questions about planning and operating a support group. However, the following questions still tend to …
Technology outpaces security Let’s assume (against the odds) that you’ve been thorough about online password security. You don’t use common garbage passwords like 1234, qwerty, or your birthday, you make sure not to share the same passes between accounts, and your security questions have answers that aren’t in the public domain. That means that your …
Sick worker triggers health alert for salad bar [Editor’s note: We’re pleased to bring you another guest article from crisis consultant and frequent contributor Tony Jaques] When hepatitis A was discovered in a worker at Sydney fresh salad bar SumoSalad, the company initially did some things well, but they also made some crucial errors in …
This past week on The Crisis Show, hosts Jonathan Bernstein, Rich Klein, and Melissa Agnes had no shortage of topics to cover. The Aurora theater shootings were a grim reminder to us all of the possible dangers in everyday life, and our hosts discussed the implications of this act, as well as some ways to …
Social media crisis prevention done right Not long ago we wrote about the U.S. Navy making use of social media for crisis management and community building. Now, we’ve got another great example of social media policy from their counterparts at the U.S. Air Force. “Navigating the Social Network” is a comprehensive document that serves to …
THE OUTRAGE TRAP Opinion Piece by Jonathan Bernstein What do these three claims have in common? President Obama’s finance team and Nancy Pelosi are recommending a 1% transaction tax on all financial transactions. Mitt Romney said, “Of course, I’ll win, I’m the white guy.” Target Corporation does not contribute to veterans’ causes and provides corporate …
Hasty announcement will lead to trouble down the line The Freeh Report contains seriously damning reports of Joe Paterno’s help in covering up allegations against Jerry Sandusky, and even as Paterno’s statue is removed from the Penn State campus, his family is continuing to rail against the idea that he played any part in the …
