Public Discussion About PPP Loan Program Reveals Perception Pitfalls

Public Discussion About PPP Loan Program Reveals Perception Pitfalls

When Congress created the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Paycheck Protection Program was a cornerstone of the financial relief offered to small business owners. At the time, businesses such as restaurants, hotels, retailers and gyms were forced to furlough or lay off workers in droves.

July 2020

Does Your Company Have an Employee Activist Policy?

Does Your Company Have an Employee Activist Policy?

As a way to create social change and right injustices, activism has been a part of human culture throughout human history. Indeed, activism has been at the heart of social change for centuries. But when it comes to the world of commerce, how do businesses approach social and activist movements? How should businesses handle activists within their own ranks?

June 2020

Media Relations During a Pandemic

Media Relations During a Pandemic

I’ve heard a familiar response from journalists since March: “We’re inundated with coronavirus coverage. I’ll try to get to this next week.”

This is not unexpected. Coronavirus will be setting the media’s agenda for the foreseeable future, and newsrooms have been agile in reassigning roles and working remotely from home.

May 2020

Air Travel and Tribulation in the ‘Now’ Normal

Air Travel and Tribulation in the ‘Now’ Normal

As the sun rose over Philadelphia International Airport the morning of May 19, the orange-hued light illuminated an airport changed radically from the busy hub that area travelers would have recognized.

May 2020