The Human Rights Campaign’s push for marriage equality follows the PR-savvy methods of similar campaigns, like the It Gets Better project. Boldfaced names from politics, sports, and entertainment star in video testimonials to express support for the right to marry, regardless of gender. The latest videos feature Anna Wintour, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and Lloyd Blankfein….
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The Goldman Sachs Hearings: A Sh**ty Deal For Taxpayers
by: Dorothy Crenshaw in: communications, Crenshaw Communications, crisis management, public relations, reputation What more is there to say about this week’s financial hearings? Goldman Sachs executives, including the infamous “Fabulous Fab” Tourre, were grilled, lectured, and scolded by members of a Senate panel in a much-anticipated spectacle this week. But, instead of Watergate redux, the hearings played out more like a group of middle school principals rebuking eighth-graders. Sure,…
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Wall Street’s Apology – So Far, Just PR?
by: Dorothy Crenshaw in: communications, Crenshaw Communications, crisis management, public relations, reputationTwo former banking executives got another workout last week. So did the “apology PR” movement. This time it was Citibank ex-CEO Charles Prince and former director Robert Rubin. Under the hot glare of cameras – and the even more heated glares from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, each expressed the most sincere-sounding contrition to date…
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Goldman Sachs And The Cost of Bad PR
by: Dorothy Crenshaw in: communications, Crenshaw Communications, crisis management, public relations, reputationWhat’s a reputation worth? For most businesses, there’s an obvious cost to negative publicity. Sure, a few are still stuck in the “any PR is good PR” camp. And then there are those for whom public perception simply doesn’t matter. A year ago, I would have put Goldman Sachs in that category. With a track record of breathtaking…
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What Goldman Can Learn From Toyota: Apology Communications
by: Dorothy Crenshaw in: communications, Crenshaw Communications, crisis management, public relations, reputationLately, the public apology has been cheapened to the point of commodity. Hardly a month passes without a tearful, televised mea culpa from a politician or athlete. On the corporate front, the typical PR offering is more along the lines of “mistakes were made” – a masterful mouthful of nothingspeak. The banking industry’s contrition is…
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How Goldman Can Beat Its Bad PR
by: Dorothy Crenshaw in: communications, Crenshaw Communications, public relations, reputationWhen news broke last week that bankers at Goldman Sachs had received the H1N1 vaccine amid shortages at doctors’ offices and hospitals, it was one more public relations headache for the firm. And there was a feverish reaction from the blogosphere and the mainstream press, including a hilarious Saturday Night Live sendup. As the bankers got their shots, everyone…
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