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Sound Bite of the Year from Tony Hayward
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Crisis Communications, media relations, public relations, reputation management on December 30, 2010
The sound bite that will live in infamy.
Top quotes of the year: “I’m not a witch” and “I want my life back”
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial on December 13, 2010
Why is “I am not a witch” such a memorable sound bite?
1. It’s funny. When is the last time you heard a candidate say that?
BP to Commission Film About Oil Spill
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications on November 29, 2010
Hmm…this can’t end well. BP had an uncanny knack for ruining not only the environment but their reputation as well. According to the Times, PB claims to want the video just for internal uses. Something tells me it will get public airing and the reviews won’t be pretty. BP should spend less time creating controlled media and instead try to focus on their messages to the rest of the media.
New BP CEO Takes Up Where Tony Hayward Left off–with Foot in Mouth
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Uncategorized on October 26, 2010
BP’s new CEO Bob Dudley has been on the job for a short time and thinks he has uncovered the culprit in their crisis–the news media! What an imbecile! Blaming the media for leaking 52,000 barrels a oil a day for month after you said you were leaking 5,000 barrels a day is not going to work. Read more here.
Short take–BP looks for new spokesperson
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Media, Media Training on August 2, 2010
BP should look for someone who can say three things:
1. Here’s what we are doing to clean up the spill.
2. Here’s what we are doing to compensate people and organizations we have harmed.
3. Here’s what we are doing to make our business a lot safer so we never have big spills again.
And then has the discipline to keep his or her mouth shut!
Worst Speaker of the day
Posted by TJ Walker in Uncategorized, Worst Speaker of the Day on July 27, 2010
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