I have a handful of speaking events lined up. Readers of this blog be sure to say hello if you attend. October 21, Thursday, 7 p.m., Carson City, Nevada, Comma Coffee. Non-partisan panel discussion (me and Ryan Jerz) on political advertising and how to avoid the pitfalls of misinformation during political elections. October 27, Wednesday, [...]
October 8, 2010
Why a PR campaign won’t bring resolution to the family of a police shooting victim Read part one. Erik Scott’s family has hired an attorney and is threatening a civil suit against both Las Vegas Metro and Costco. A PR campaign alleging police corruption was launched that included billboards posted around Las Vegas and a [...]
October 1, 2010
Why a PR campaign won’t bring resolution to the family of a police shooting victim, part one of two The Erik Scott case has begun to spread nationally. For review, Scott was ex-military and had a concealed weapons permit. He entered a Las Vegas Costco with two concealed guns, one in his waistband and one [...]
September 10, 2010
The crisis management arena is fraught with uncertainty. As technology develops, newsrooms are downsized and the condition of public opinion is in a constant state of flux, it’s easy to get excited about the crisis of the day, week or month. More and more PR bloggers, myself included, are quick to weigh in—whether it’s on [...]
September 3, 2010
Attorney Robert Wone was murdered on August 2, 2006. The circumstances surrounding his death are both gruesome and mysterious. Three individuals were recently acquitted of charges associated with the murder: conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering. After Robert’s murder, four media professionals — Craig Brownstein, Michael Kremin, Doug Johnson and David Greer — [...]
October 14, 2010