Chris Christensen, our CEo, was a guest on this week’s episode of the For Immediate Release podcast – FIR #31: Bring Back The Tourists! Topics included crisis management communications for destination. We look at some good and bad examples.
- The panel included:
BloggerBridge CEO Chris Christensen (who also hosts the Amateur Traveler podcast), - Voce Communications Senior VP Christopher Barger (who is about to open Christopher Barger Communications)
- CustomScoop founder Chip Griffin
- Shel Holtz – host of For Immediate Release
Topics included…
- The implications for communicators of the growing trend of corporations embracing gay rights and issuing public statements opposing statewide legislation that restricts those rights
- Egypt’s plan to win back tourists despite no recognition in the plan of terror risks, while Mexico has found a way to address the Zika virus
- The widely reported story of an executive who deleted his entire startup with a single line of code, which turned out to be a publicity stunt
- The decline in personal posts on Facebook and how it affects communicators who have invested heavily in Facebook as a channel
- Dan York’s report on Facebook’s F8 developer conference
The pivot to video by many news organizations and whether company communicators need to follow suit - Communication jobs opening up focused on writing the scripts chatbots use