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Charlie Sheen Announces He is Going to Haiti with Sean Penn
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Crisis Communications on March 5, 2011
This may be the first headline about Charlie Sheen that hasn’t been a disaster and a further blow to his reputation. Is this the first step toward Sheen rehabilitating is image? Doubtful…
Fox News Names top 14 Celebrity Meltdowns of 2010 – lessons in Crisis Communications
Posted by TJ Walker in celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, media relations, public relations, reputation management on December 16, 2010
Here’s a good summary of celebrities who mishandled their crisis communications. Some have destroyed their reputations forever. Others, like Sean Penn and Charlie Sheen, will continue producing valuable shows and movies and don’t appear to have done lasting damage to their careers. More at Fox.
Academy Award Acceptance Speech Ratings
Posted by TJ Walker in Body Language, Fear of Speaking, Great Lectures, Humor, Media Training, Public Speaking Skills, Social Speaking, Story Telling, Uncategorized, Voice on February 23, 2009
So how did the stars do with their acceptance speeches last night? Overall, it was a solid night, with no disasters turned in by the major winners. Here are the highlights:
Sean Penn—He deserves a solid A rating. “You commie, homo-loving, sons of guns” was funny, self-mocking, clever, clean, quotable and well-prepared. Penn was off to a great start within the first two seconds of his speech. Penn was gracious, rehearsed and yet seemed spontaneous. He poked gentle fun at himself and singled out his fellow nominee Mickey Rourke for praise. Penn’s political message about gay marriage came across as sincere, non-preachy and authentic. The only place where I take off points for Penn is when he had to pull out his script and his glasses. Thanking people looking up and at them would come across as more sincere than staring down at paper. And if you are going to use paper, why not fill up the sheet with very large type so as not to waste time fumbling with glasses? Still, Penn began and ended strongly and further burnished his positive image with the speech.
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