The Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) released the first ever National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) on July 31, 2008. This plan is and will continue to ...

Nicole Tidei is a Vice President at Pinkston, a Washington D.C.-based full service branding, marketing and communications firm. In my more than a decade in public relations, I’ve seen plenty of ...

Any company, no matter how diligent, can find itself suddenly thrust into a crisis due to internal or external factors. Incidents ranging from a product safety recall to a downturn in industry funding ...

Solid communication is the foundation of any successful business. Every employee needs to be on the same page as upper management when it comes to messaging, and that unified message needs to reach ...

No one wants to require crisis communication services, but a crisis communication management plan can be invaluable when the proverbial "stuff" hits the fan. Developing your crisis communication plan ...

When tensions are high, we’ve seen that brands don’t always get it right. Brand teams are comprised of humans, who are known to make mistakes occasionally when in a panic-level situation. But there is ...

To achieve success, organizations of all sizes across industries need to be adaptable to change. While change is constant in almost every organization, managing change is easier said than done.