Crisis communications 101: Tear off the band aid
The Senate expense and Rob Ford cocaine scandals have reinforced that tearing off the band aid in one swipe is preferable to peeling it off slowly and carefully.
Summary of IdleNoMore traffic for May 19 – 25
IdleNoMore celebrated its six month last week. As more people have taken to using the hashtag for all forms of criticism, have the voices who started the movement been marginalized?
Nearly 44,000 tweeters comment on the Senate scandal and its players
Nearly 44,000 tweeters have joined the online chatter about the cascading Senate scandal, expressing near-unanimous anger with the Government & PM.
Nigel Wright’s resignation and PMHarperMustResign ignite CDNpoli
CDNpoli online chatter gets energized by the resignation of PMO Chief of Staff Nigel Wright and an online effort to pressure PM Harper to resign.
Summary of IdleNoMore traffic for May 12 – 18
The death of Elijah Harper and a report suggesting conditions are ripe for an indigenous uprising weren’t enough to reignite public interest in IdleNoMore.
Ezra’s not here
Until this post, I’ve never written about Ezra Levant let alone Ezra Levant alongside Jack Layton.
