By Joyce Newman, The Newman Group, Inc. —
 Setting off a crisis This hasn’t been a fun couple of weeks for President Obama. Republicans and even members of his own party are gunning for him over the IRS, AP phone records and Benghazi debacles. Starting with the IRS, several mid-level career IRS employees in the Cincinnati office targeted conservative sounding groups like the Tea Party for extra scrutiny when considering their applications for tax-exempt status. Apparently, their instructions for screening these requests weren’t clear – at least that’s the IRS’s defense. …Read more…
By Joyce Newman, The Newman Group, Inc. —
Have you examined your crisis communications plan lately? Is it up to date? Do you even have a crisis plan in place? Apple, the company that invented the smart phone, was dumb about the way it handled the instant crisis of the awful Maps app on its new iPhone 5. You don’t want to find yourself in the in the same predicament if something goes wrong at your company. Silence at First Apple fans were worked up into a tizzy in anticipation of the new phone with the usual lines circling Apple stores when the phone went on sale. But much to their dismay, Google Maps was nowhere to be found. Apple had substituted its own Maps app. What a clunker. Whole cities were missing, and you risked being directed to a street that led nowhere. A new pejorative — “Mapplegate” — entered the lexicon. …Read more…
By Joyce Newman, The Newman Group, Inc. —
Not to be cynical, but this past week or so wasn’t encouraging if you still believe that trust and integrity count in this world. Just yesterday, CNN released the contents of the late Lybian Ambassador Christopher Stevens’ personal journal, after reportedly assuring his family that it wouldn’t. Commenting on the CNN brouhaha, a spokesperson for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quoted as telling a reporter to f–k off.
Do Integrity and Trust Count? The photo of a topless Duchess of Cambridge sun bathing on a private vacation was another media shocker. After the photo appeared in a French magazine, other media took the attitude “they printed it so why can’t we?” So the image is going viral in other countries (but not the U.K.) and so far as we know not the U.S. …Read more…
By Joyce Newman, The Newman Group, Inc. —
The Presidential horse race between President Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican contender, has already begun. As in recent years, the nominating conventions will simply be great big pep rallies.
Visions of the late Mike Wallace and other reporters being pushed around the convention floor by unruly conventioneers are a distant memory.
Now all the real action is on the stump, when the media will be analyzing every word and gesture of the presidential candidates for hidden meanings and bloopers. …Read more…
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Joyce Newman  Joyce Newman, founder of The Newman Group, is a recognized leader in guiding business professionals, celebrities and authors to improve their communications skills in presentations and media interviews. From helping an executive to prepare for the challenge of talking to a reporter during a business crisis to presenting a group of investors during an IPO or keeping a celebrity spokesperson on point, Joyce and her skilled team have the expertise in media and presentation training to meet any business situation. |
