Did GOP "fixer" Merrie Spaeth really coach Jeffrey Epstein? The Dallas Morning News reveals Spaeth, famed for political crisis skills, helped Epstein with PR during sexual abuse allegations. She advised on public apologies and interview tactics, yet experts doubt reputation recovery for such toxic cases. Read more on Spaeth's controversial role. #MerrieSpaeth #JeffreyEpstein #CrisisCommunications #PoliticalReputation https://www.alternet.org/send/gop-crisis-epstein/
'A bad look': GOP crisis 'fixer' coached Jeffrey Epstein

A former White House media relations director under President Ronald Reagan whom insiders call a “fixer” for Republicans and CEOs facing public relations crises coached late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on PR strategies in 2008 when he was facing allegations of sexually abusing children,...

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Everyone should subscribe to this newsletter. Hennes Communications has great articles on how to deal with a crisis, what to say, what NOT to say, and dealing with everyone involved. This one is about a communication plan for a bar, (a topic I don't know much about...). However, you can switch the word bar to about anything and learn something. Great job https://rec-law.us/2p9632fu

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Speaking Out or Staying Silent: A Guide to Creating Communications Plans for Bars | Hennes Communications

By Nick Hansen, writing for The American Bar Association “If you can see it coming, it’s not a crisis,” said Bruce Hennes, CEO of Hennes Communications, to audience members at his 2024 Bar Leadership Institute workshop “Speaking Out or Strategic Silence? Organizational Approaches to Issuing Public Statements.”Hennes, along with (now former) Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association [...]

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Tesla is a brand built on good will and practically no competition. Now the good will has been spent and the competition is accelerating, raising new challenges for Tesla's in the energy storage business as well as its cars.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/28/new-long-duration-energy-storage-system-to-challenge-tesla-megapack/

#tesla #teslaev #teslabatteries #teslamegapack #energystorage #longdurationenergystorage #battery #batteries #decearbonization #energytransition #renewableenergy #grid #brands #brandreputation #brandcrisis #crisiscommunications

New Long Duration Energy Storage System To Challenge Tesla

A long duration energy storage startup is laying plans to manufacture its new iron-sodium battery in the US.

CleanTechnica

Tesla is a brand built on good will and practically no competition. Now the good will has been spent and the competition is accelerating, raising new challenges for Tesla's in the energy storage business as well as its cars.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/28/new-long-duration-energy-storage-system-to-challenge-tesla-megapack/

#tesla #teslaev #teslabatteries #teslamegapack #energystorage #longdurationenergystorage #battery #batteries #decearbonization #energytransition #renewableenergy #grid #brands #brandreputation #brandcrisis #crisiscommunications

New Long Duration Energy Storage System To Challenge Tesla

A long duration energy storage startup is laying plans to manufacture its new iron-sodium battery in the US.

CleanTechnica

Some really pertinent advice here when it comes to maintaining brand trust and responding to cyber attacks from the AUSCERT chief.

For reasons that are probably obvious, I've gotten rather interested in the value of good, clear communication following a cyber attack, and Dr. Ivano Bongiovanni's opinions really mirror my own.

#cybersecurity #crisiscommunications

https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/11790-customers-value-brand-trust-when-it-comes-to-cyber-security-according-to-auscert-boss

Customers value brand trust when it comes to cyber security, according to AUSCERT boss

Cyber security reliability is becoming a foundational part of many brand’s value offerings, but how incidents are reported matters just as much, according to Dr. Ivano Bongiovanni.

Cyber Daily
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#Prep4TheKids - Episode 15 - ESF#15: External Affairs

Our last episode of the behind-the-scenes details, on the making of the NPDC's social media posts.

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From our archives - how tourism marketing pros can use their social media accounts during natural disasters and crises. Help keep people informed, even before you're ready to welcome visitors back:

https://www.tourismcurrents.com/your-megaphone-tourism-social-media-and-natural-disasters/

#SocialTown #tourism #turismo #tourisme #CrisisCommunications #HurricaneHelene

Your megaphone: tourism, social media, and natural disasters

How a CVB, DMO, or other tourism organization can use social media to be a trusted information source after a natural disaster.

Tourism Currents®

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If you are with a local #school district, we want to know how you #communicate #crisis messages to the public (including parents, kids, etc.). Thank you. #crisiscommunications #collaboration #children
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