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A PR View Of CEO Apologies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Media training can be a useful communications tool, whether it be for national TV interviews or phone chats with small trade press. Several factors determine how the public will receive a video/interview apology. In interview with Jim Cramer on his CNBC show, Stumpf accepts no real responsibility. Contrition?

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Startup PR & How to Get Lift-Off For Your Launch

Onclusive

From customers to potential investors and employees, the key to reaching your audience is understanding what interests and motivates them. Additionally, board members or investors might recommend people in their networks who would be willing to participate in an interview or offer a third-party opinion. Focus on Your Audience.

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Can I Quote You on That? Three Interviewing Blunders to Avoid

Shift Communications

In my last post , I shared three ways to bungle your product launch and touched briefly on preparing your executives for media interviews. First, why is media training so important? 1) They think an interview is just about answering questions. An interview is not about answering a reporter’s questions!

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For Sensitive Subject of Job Losses, CEOs Need Sound PR Counsel

PRSay

And when told they’ll lose their jobs, employees are just as shocked today. Still, when layoffs become necessary, there’s a lot that employers can do to mitigate the pain and difficulty that employees experience. Garg came to represent accusations that corporations treat employees as expendable units. People were shocked then.

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Avoid These 7 PR “Surprises”

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Of course, employee turnover can happen at any company, but when it happens on the agency side, it should be a blip, not a breakdown. Occasionally we see overconfident executives who feel they aren’t in need of media training. The negative media story. . This is bad practice all around.

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PR Rock Stars: Life Time’s Dan DeBaun

Communications Conversations

But, as you’ll quickly see in this short interview, Dan is a whole lot more. And, he may be the first (and only) journalist to interview cats on TV! Let’s go back to the beginning–how did you get your start in the media world? I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching.

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Generative AI – know when to stay out of the conversation

PR in High Definition

This could be towards improving internal comms, boosting employee relationships and thereby your own reputation as a business. It could be a chance to strengthen customer relationships, leading to case studies that could in turn find their way onto the site or even as hooks for press interviews later down the line.