by David Oates | Sep 6, 2019 | Blog
Like a lot of Americans right now, I’m enthralled with the latest developments of Hurricane Dorian. For me, I’m as interested in how the PR people for emergency management, law enforcement and government communities are going to respond to this one. There are...
by David Oates | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog
Dave Oates: Welcome to another Public Relations Security videocast where we talk with experts in and around Southern California and all things related to risk management and crisis communications. We’re privileged to have Gilbert Manzano, senior vice president...
by David Oates | Aug 25, 2019 | Blog
I had a conversation with a nonprofit that has been getting repeated questions from the investigative team of a local media outlet about their operations. They’re not exactly sure why. They’ve been pretty transparent about all the things that are going on...
by David Oates | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog
I got introduced to a CEO of a nonprofit last week that’s dealing with what could be an impending crisis. Now, the nonprofit hasn’t done anything wrong, but their affiliation with a national organization that’s in hot water has the CEO concerned. At issue...
by David Oates | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog
I wanted to get my thoughts out there and what I think are the lessons learned from a Crisis PR standpoint related to the mass shootings. No matter what you believe in in terms of gun control, I think every audience is ticked off by what seems to be a lack of action....
by David Oates | Jul 28, 2019 | Blog
Some days even the best-intended actions can cause a crisis PR. A case in point was Forever 21, the designer apparel store for both men and women, got into a bit of hot water when they caught some social media flack from certain individuals who complained that...
