by David Oates | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog
Let’s talk about something completely unrelated to COVID, but no less of a crisis: the Washington Redskins. Or at least that’s what they used to be called. Full disclosure, I used to be a huge fan of that team 20 years ago. I stopped not because of their...
by David Oates | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog
Well, COVID is shutting down businesses again as we talked about last week. Yet some businesses continue to do well, even thrive! If you own such a company, congrats! But how do you position it without sounding opportunistic or boastful? Doing so can create your own...
by David Oates | Jun 18, 2020 | Blog
I recently read the BuzzFeed article on CrossFit’s founder and now former CEO Greg Glassman’s racist tweet. The piece also cites what I can only describe as a bizarre Zoom call with other CrossFit franchise owners where he stated, “We won’t...
by David Oates | May 19, 2020 | Blog
I started to get a lot of inquiries from companies and business owners and executives wondering if they should start planning PR contingencies for percolating, ancillary COVID-19 issues. Grumblings from a disgruntled employee not happy with their reduced work hours or...
by David Oates | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog
Many of my friends on Facebook and LinkedIn asked me to comment about the Virginia political Crisis PR scenarios going on there. Before I do, let me ask Virginia voters to do elect better people. Now, I’ll reset the events. The governor, Ralph Northam, and attorney...
