
Resilience
A Blog for Modern Communications
Strategic Simplification: Communicating Complex Topics Without Dumbing Down
Actionable strategies for ensuring decision-makers navigate complex without oversimplification.
Avoid Meh: Intentional Friction in Storytelling
Too much pressure to “get it done” can lead to “meh” content. How installing friction into a process can help us tell better stories.
How Customer Communities Strengthen Relationships and Reduce Churn
Creating a community among your customers can be a secret weapon for your business.
Why Quitters Day Matters and How Storytelling Can Save Your Company’s Initiatives
How to make your organization’s initiatives last longer than New Year’s Resolutions
Substack: PR Opportunities
For PR practitioners, the landscape is always changing. Welcome to Substack.
Editing Wikipedia for PR: An Interview with Rhiannon Ruff
Rhiannon Ruff of Lumino, a digital marketing agency, joined me to discuss the massive influence wikipedia has and how PR people can effectively make sure it reflects the organizations we represent.
Validation Strategies in an Era of Media Skepticism
Gallup data shows media trust is not rebounding.
Communicating When Your Audience is Facing Uncertainty
People think differently when they are anxious and well-intentioned communications can make things worse.
Ethical Guidelines for Public Relations Practitioners Using AI
AI has required us to re-look at new ways to translate PRSA's ethical program into our everyday practice.
Crisis Communication: Adjusting to Mistakes in Real-Time
History teaches us that mistakes are inevitable. How can we use that knowledge in our crisis communication planning?
The Most Survivable Crisis is the One That Didn’t Happen
The easiest crisis to survive is one that didn’t happen.
As Bad As You Think: Research on Confidence
The Gallup research on confidence is as bad as you think. There’s a good chance that your internal stakeholders and external stakeholders don’t have confidence in you. Here are four takeaways and four ideas.
Be Quick. Don’t Hurry.
Did a basketball coach who grew up on an Indiana farm crack the code of being effective and fast?
A Look at the New and Improved PESO Model
The PESO Model from Spin Sucks helped define the modern practice of PR and has now been updated.
Lighthouse or Weathervane?
Bud Light has lost $1.4B from the Dylan Mulvaney partnership and is coming back slower than they expected. Based on current research, how can organizations avoid this fate?
Edelman, Trust, and People Like Me
The Edelman Trust Barometer shows the public is nervous about “innovation” in our society. As communicators, this is our time.