February 2008 - Posts

• Bill Keller vs. John McCain. And the Winner Is????

  So what lessons does the New York Times vs. John McCain battle have for us corporate crisis folks? Lesson #1 -- Preparation. Obviously the McCain camp knew this was coming, and they made use of that time to prepare -- creating key messages, developing Read More... Posted 25 February 2008 21:17 by Chris Gidez | 4 Comments Filed under: Crisis Communications, The New York Times, Liberal Media, The McCain Article, John McCain, Bill Keller

• "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is..... The Unknown"

  There was a piece in today's Wall Street Journal about an opinion survey sponsored by Public Strategies on Americans' attitudes toward sovereign wealth funds. To no surprise, Americans are generally wary of them. But what was interesting about the suvey Read More... Posted 21 February 2008 22:22 by Chris Gidez | 0 Comments Filed under: Crisis Communications, ignorant politicians, sovereign wealth funds

• I'm Sorry I am Writing About Apologies....

  What is it with CEO apologies? The media are fixated on them. Last week I took a call from a reporter who wanted my opinion as to whether Bob Eckert , Mattel's CEO, did a good job apologizing following his company's troubles with toys and lead. And I Read More... Posted 19 February 2008 16:17 by Chris Gidez | 1 Comments Filed under: Crisis Communications, Mattel, Bob Eckert, CEOs