O'Brien Communications

03/27/2024

Pleasure to be interviewed by Kendra Barnett for this piece in on Boeing’s troubles. A new CEO is necessary but just a first step.

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/03/26/boeing-ceo-plans-his-exit-pr-pros-warn-there-s-still-turbulence-ahead

Regaining the trust of airlines, consumers, shareholders and regulators won’t be as easy as tweaking a comms strategy, PR experts say. It demands an organizational overhaul.

10/27/2023

How a Crisis Communications Pro Manages Stress | via

If you want to be happy, know that you are in control over how you react to the world.

https://medium.com//stress-management-lessons-after-decades-in-crisis-communications-84c58bdc7c95

If you want to be happy, know that you are in control over how you react to the world.

09/20/2023

Cognitive Dissonance and Confirmation Bias, and Why if You Work in PR, You Should Understand Them via



https://medium.com//cognitive-dissonance-and-confirmation-bias-fc14d492177c

And Why if You Work In PR, You Should Understand Them

08/22/2023

From The Essential Crisis Communications Plan: A Crisis Management Process that Fits Your Culture https://a.co/d/bmF2I8o

08/09/2023

Agility PR Solutions - The Bulldog Reporter just ran this excerpt from my new book, “The Essential Crisis Communications Plan: A crisis management process that fits your culture.” You may find this of interest.

Learn from This Crisis or It Will Repeat: A thorough post-mortem after a crisis may prevent the next one.

https://www.agilitypr.com/pr-news/public-relations/learn-from-this-crisis-or-it-will-repeat-a-thorough-post-mortem-after-a-crisis-may-prevent-the-next-one/

The following article is excerpted from the newly published book entitled, The Essential Crisis Communications Plan: A Crisis Management Process that Fits Your Culture: In some crisis situations, you may have had the luxury in advance

08/04/2023

Books arrived. Some light reading for the weekend. Available at Amazon.

08/03/2023

O'Dwyer's ran this excerpt from my new book, "The Essential Crisis Communications Plan." You may find this of interest. The Six Lines of Defense to Isolate a Crisis.

When dealing with a crisis, you need to start is by identifying where in proximity to the organization’s reputation it lies

08/02/2023

I’m pleased to announce that my new book, The Essential Crisis Communications Plan: A Crisis Management Process that Fits Your Culture, is now available. What makes this book different is that it is an actual crisis management plan readers can quickly adapt to their own operating cultures.



https://obriencommunications.com/2023/08/new-crisis-management-book-the-essential-crisis-communications-plan/

07/25/2023

One Thing to Remember When Managing Your First Crisis – OBC Blog

https://obriencommunications.com/2023/07/one-thing-to-remember-when-managing-your-first-crisis/

07/21/2023

- In PR to be the Conscience of the Organization You Need to First Have a Conscience - via

https://medium.com//ethics-to-be-the-conscience-of-the-organization-you-need-to-have-a-conscience-10027f4d65c4

By Tim O’Brien

06/14/2022

PR: How to Prepare for a Media Interview in 5 Minutes | OBC Blog

http://obriencommunications.com/2022/06/pr-how-to-prepare-for-a-media-interview-in-5-minutes/

06/07/2022

PR: Make Sure You’re Talking to the Right Specialist | OBC Blog

http://obriencommunications.com/2022/06/pr-make-sure-youre-talking-to-the-right-specialist/