If recent corporate debacles are any indication, there’s no time like the present to be working the field of crisis communications. A great article in today’s New York Times looks at the “reputational implosions” of BP, Goldman Sachs, and Toyota over the past year and the wrongheaded PR strategies caused them. Where did they go [...]

I love it when a professional development opportunity pays off in tips that actually work! A few weeks ago I attended a highly fascinating summit on social media offered by the DC chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network.  The focus was on how nonprofits can implement a social media strategy, and why it’s important. [...]

The media buzz here in DC is all about the new website TBD and how it may (or may not) succeed as a customizable, all-you can-eat type of local news site. Launched by the same publisher who created the hugely successful Politico, the new news site will set itself apart by including news links with [...]