Posts Tagged: Bp
Press Releases are not dead in our neck of the woods
There is a certain group of trend arbiters around whom I envision being skinny, wearing all black, with black framed glasses who think that when they speak the entire work of public relations will turn on a dime to do their bidding.
Over the last several years I am becoming progressively irritated when PR pundits keep saying that the standard press release is dead. Maybe the body is cold from where they sit, but in our line of work the old tried and true, boring and predictable press release is our lifeline to the media.
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Public Relations Funding sought for the Gulf
With the line getting longer for businesses, government entities and displaced workers seeking funds from BP and the federal government to assist in a crucial time of need, one does not exactly think of PR services as a fundable project – well think again.
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While Nero Fiddled, Obama Practiced his Short Game
Suppose there was a on-going crisis in your community. Could your chief still go out of town to that fire service convention?
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A New BP Spill
Rare video from inside BP corporate headquarters reveals shocking new spill
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A Crisis Communications Crisis
There was a time when a good crisis communication plan addressed the situation at hand in a timely transparent manner. The plan owned up to admitting and confronting the bad, showing a solid plan for rectifying the situation and giving folks confidence that the best and brightest were working to develop the best resolution.
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Boots on Necks doesn’t cut it
From a crisis communications point of view the Obama administration has failed miserably in providing any sort of semblance of order in providing crucial information, known expertise or a strong face and voice for the overwhelming oil spill in the Gulf.
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Raw video from service station fire in Prince George’s County.
Fire early Sunday morning at a BP station in Seat Plesant.
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OSHA Levies Record Fine for Refinery Fire in 2005
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) has just levied penalties against the BP oil giant in the amount of $87,430,000 for its failure to take corrective actions following a deadly explosion ...
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