Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2008
This video is directly related to today’s issue of my ezine, “Crisis Manager,” which went out by plain text email and will soon be archived at my website. Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
There’s a “the bigger you are, the harder you fall” phenomena well known to crisis managers. One extension of that is “the better your reputation, the more people are shocked when you really screw up.” Firefox, in launching version 3.0 too soon, just took a major reputation hit. The installation …
SightSpeed today issued a press release via PR Newswire and other distribution channels talking about this blog and my use of SightSpeed during Tropical Storm Fay! It’s getting a lot of pickup! I got very excited! Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
Experiences with various clients over the past decade led me, recently, to develop a new approach to what I’m dubbing “Strategic Reputation Management Planning.” Not merely crisis prevention and response. Not merely search engine optimization for reputation management. Not merely proactive PR to create and maintain a cushion of goodwill. …
I’m back in Southern California, where of course we NEVER need to be prepared…at least judging by how many people I know who don’t have even a couple of days of water available in case of earthquake, much less other essential supplies. I got a real kick out of my …
Well, I wish I could tell you that I did all kinds of heroic crisis manager kinda things as the hurricane crashed upon us, but…although Tropical Storm Fay came ashore just a couple of miles south of us, I’ve seen worse rainstorms in Southern California. No harm here at my …
I went outside to get something from the car…the wind turned my umbrella inside out…and the rain was flying sideways… Then, inside, my Star Trek: Next Generation was interrupted by a tornado warning to our Southeast, not close enough (yet) for us to take shelter, but the weather is certainly …
Seems as if the Tropical Storm may not become a Hurricane. I suspect it still wouldn’t be wise to go outside with my kite. We’re in the infamous “calm before.” One of my ezine readers (thank you, you know who you are!) sent me these useful links related to the …
Just had lunch with a friend locally at a well-known North Naples area restaurant..that is located right on an inland waterway, not far from the Beach. The main dining room is no more than seven feet off the surface of the waterway. I snapped this shot from the restaurant window …
The Tuesday 8 am marker is pretty much exactly where I’m located at present!
This is my first experiment using SightSpeed.com and a weak (PCS card) broadband connection to record a report “from the scene here” and hopefully successfully embed the code that will allow you to see it! Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
What better place for a crisis manager to be than directly in the path of an oncoming hurricane? I am temporarily resident in Naples, FL, visiting my mother in her condo, which is located approx. 1/2 mile in from the Gulf. This is the end of a two week swing …
I think John Edwards did one heck of a job of “packaging” his confession of infidelity in a manner that will quickly put the issue behind him — as long as there are no other skeletons in the closet. The problem with many cases like his, of course, as Bill …
Other than the huge fees, I have to say I’m not even remotely envious of the niche Cohn & Wolfe have chosen to fill in the field of crisis management. Infamous for their representation of the tobacco industry, they now take on “big marble,” which is faced, interestingly, with some …
