As a public relations practitioner during most of the past 20 years, I’ve been “knee deep” in my share of crises, many of which involved losses of life and property. Upon learning of Virginia Tech University’s release yesterday of a report about the April 16 tragedy, I was eager to compare their findings to my [...]
PR Vet Unsatisfied with Report on Virginia Tech Tragedy
August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: · Cho Seung-Hui, Crisis PR, Crisis Public Relations, pr, Public Relations, public relations nightmare, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Shootings
PR Vet Traces Poor Handling of Crisis to Lawyers
April 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Beneath a Fox News.com headline, Parents Demand Firing of Virginia Tech President, Police Chief Over Poor Handling of Mass Shooting, this morning, is an article about the parents of a Virginia Tech student expressing outrage at what they call an “inadequate response by college brass to the worst mass-murder shooting in American history.” The cruxt [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Communications Plan, Crisis Management Public Relations, Legal Counsel, Parents Demand Firing, Police Chief, Poor Handling of Crisis, PR Vet Traces Poor Handling of Crisis to Lawyers, Public Relations, University President, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Campus, Virginia Tech Shootings, Virginia Tech Tragedy, Virginia Tech University
