by David Oates | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog
The holidays normally don’t bring in a whole lot of news, but this most recent one was an exception. It provided a great Crisis PR case study as a result. Unexplainably, the Treasury Department put out a press release the Saturday before the Christmas holiday...
by David Oates | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog
Dave Oates: Welcome to the first of a video series where we’re going to talk to people within the San Diego and southern California communities about crisis management situations from all different perspectives. Welcome, John Rains. John Rains with Alliant...
by David Oates | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog
The recent Marriott cyber breach is a good reminder of why developing a Crisis PR plan for such instances AHEAD of time is so important. Here’s a cheat sheet. Also look at our YouTube video for more info.
by David Oates | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog
Many of you know that one of their brand new 737 aircraft, used by Lion Air, crashed killing everybody on board. If that event weren’t horrific enough, Boeing has exacerbated the problem with their poor crisis PR response. Let’s recap. One of their initial...
by David Oates | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog
I stirred the pot recently back when I made a Facebook comment about how I wasn’t surprised when the courts reinstated CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s White House press credentials. In fact, I was shocked it took as long as it did. The whole event stands as a great...
by David Oates | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last week, you have seen the devastating fires that have plagued California. The reports are now that the Northern California fire is the largest in history, and in fact, the ones that have decimated entire times...