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Addressing 21st-century issues, threats, and opportunities with
time-tested principles, this book empowers corporate communications
professionals to protect, inspire, and energize organizations in
the face of a crisis. Whether due to an external incident or an
internal misstep, every major company or institution will find
itself scrutinized, its normal operations disrupted, and its
reputation and business continuity threatened at some point-and how
it prepares for, and reacts to, a crisis can make a critical
difference in the ultimate outcome of events. This book focuses on
strategic crisis communication as a function of three elements: 1.
crisis preparation-establishing a robust and nimble infrastructure
and plans, in advance of any crisis 2. crisis management-rapidly
gathering information, activating and adjusting plans, making
decisions, and relentlessly monitoring outcomes 3. crisis
communication-reaching multiple audiences, on multiple platforms,
with clear, consistent, and purposeful messages that tell the truth
and defend the organization. Bringing together best practices
gleaned from hundreds of recent case studies, this book is an
unmatched resource enabling corporate communications and PR
professionals, and the organizations that employ them, to
understand how to weather any reputational storm that may threaten
their enterprise.
Addressing 21st-century issues, threats, and opportunities with
time-tested principles, this book empowers corporate communications
professionals to protect, inspire, and energize organizations in
the face of a crisis. Whether due to an external incident or an
internal misstep, every major company or institution will find
itself scrutinized, its normal operations disrupted, and its
reputation and business continuity threatened at some point-and how
it prepares for, and reacts to, a crisis can make a critical
difference in the ultimate outcome of events. This book focuses on
strategic crisis communication as a function of three elements: 1.
crisis preparation-establishing a robust and nimble infrastructure
and plans, in advance of any crisis 2. crisis management-rapidly
gathering information, activating and adjusting plans, making
decisions, and relentlessly monitoring outcomes 3. crisis
communication-reaching multiple audiences, on multiple platforms,
with clear, consistent, and purposeful messages that tell the truth
and defend the organization. Bringing together best practices
gleaned from hundreds of recent case studies, this book is an
unmatched resource enabling corporate communications and PR
professionals, and the organizations that employ them, to
understand how to weather any reputational storm that may threaten
their enterprise.
The estimation of the effects of treatments ??? endogenous
variables representing everything from individual participation in
a training program to national participation in a World Bank loan
program ??? has occupied much of the theoretical and applied
econometric research literatures in recent years. This volume
brings together a diverse collection of papers on this important
topic by leaders in the field from around the world. Some of the
papers offer new theoretical contributions on various estimation
techniques and others provide timely empirical applications
illustrating the benefits of these and other methods. All of the
papers share two common themes. First, as different estimators
estimate different treatment effect parameters, it is vital to know
what you are estimating and to know to whom the estimate applies.
Second, as different estimators require different identification
assumptions, it is crucial to understand the assumptions underlying
each estimator. In empirical applications, the researcher must also
make the case that the assumptions hold based on the available data
and the institutional context. The theoretical contributions range
over a variety of different estimators drawn from both statistics
and econometrics, including matching and other non-parametric
methods, panel methods, instrumental variables, methods based on
hazard rate models and principal stratification, and they draw upon
both the Bayesian and classical statistical traditions. The
empirical contributions focus mainly on the evaluation of active
labor market programs in Europe and the United States, but also
examine of the effect of parenthood on wages and of the number of
children on child health.
*Contains both theoretical and emperical contributions
*Examples from both Europe and the US
When Mount Auburn opened as the first "rural" cemetery in the
United States in 1831, it represented a new way for Americans to
think about burial sites. It broke with conventional notions about
graveyards as places to bury and commemorate the dead. Rather, the
founders of Mount Auburn and the spate of similar cemeteries that
followed over the next three decades before the Civil War created
institutions that they envisioned being used by the living in new
ways. Cemeteries became places for leisure, communing with nature,
and creating a version of collective memory. In fact, these
cemeteries reflected changing values and attitudes of Americans
spanning much of the nineteenth century. In the process, they
became paradoxical: they were "rural" yet urban, natural yet
designed, artistic yet industrial, commemorating the dead yet used
by the living. The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in
Nineteenth-Century America breaks new ground in the history of
cemeteries in the nineteenth century. This book examines these
"rural" cemeteries modeled after Mount Auburn that were founded
between the 1830s and 1850s. As such, it provides a new way of
thinking about these spaces and new paradigm for seeing and
visiting them. While they fulfilled the sacred function of burial,
they were first and foremost businesses. The landscape and design,
regulation of gravestones, appearance, and rhetoric furthered their
role as a business that provided necessary services in cities that
went well beyond merely burying bodies. They provided urban green
spaces and respites from urban life, established institutions where
people could craft their roles in collective memory, and served as
prototypes for both urban planning and city parks. These cemeteries
grew and thrived in the second half of the nineteenth century; for
most, the majority of their burials came before 1910. This
expansion of cemeteries coincided with profound urban growth in the
United States. Unlike their predecessors, founders of these burial
grounds intended them to be used in many ways that reflected their
views and values about nature, life and death, and relationships.
Emphasis on worldly accomplishments increased with
industrialization and growth in the United States, which was
reflected in changing ways people commemorated their dead during
the period under this study. Thus, these cemeteries are a prism
through which to understand the values, attitudes, and culture of
urban America from mid-century through the Progressive Era.
The book explores the unique contribution that geographers make to
the concept of place attachment, and related ideas of place
identity and sense of place. It presents six types of places to
which people become attached and provides a global range of
empirical case studies to illustrate the theoretical foundations.
The book reveals that the types of places to which people bond are
not discrete. Rather, a holistic approach, one that seeks to
understand the interactive and reinforcing qualities between people
and places, is most effective in advancing our understanding of
place attachment.
When Mount Auburn opened as the first "rural" cemetery in the
United States in 1831, it represented a new way for Americans to
think about burial sites. It broke with conventional notions about
graveyards as places to bury and commemorate the dead. Rather, the
founders of Mount Auburn and the spate of similar cemeteries that
followed over the next three decades before the Civil War created
institutions that they envisioned being used by the living in new
ways. Cemeteries became places for leisure, communing with nature,
and creating a version of collective memory. In fact, these
cemeteries reflected changing values and attitudes of Americans
spanning much of the nineteenth century. In the process, they
became paradoxical: they were "rural" yet urban, natural yet
designed, artistic yet industrial, commemorating the dead yet used
by the living. The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in
Nineteenth-Century America breaks new ground in the history of
cemeteries in the nineteenth century. This book examines these
"rural" cemeteries modeled after Mount Auburn that were founded
between the 1830s and 1850s. As such, it provides a new way of
thinking about these spaces and new paradigm for seeing and
visiting them. While they fulfilled the sacred function of burial,
they were first and foremost businesses. The landscape and design,
regulation of gravestones, appearance, and rhetoric furthered their
role as a business that provided necessary services in cities that
went well beyond merely burying bodies. They provided urban green
spaces and respites from urban life, established institutions where
people could craft their roles in collective memory, and served as
prototypes for both urban planning and city parks. These cemeteries
grew and thrived in the second half of the nineteenth century; for
most, the majority of their burials came before 1910. This
expansion of cemeteries coincided with profound urban growth in the
United States. Unlike their predecessors, founders of these burial
grounds intended them to be used in many ways that reflected their
views and values about nature, life and death, and relationships.
Emphasis on worldly accomplishments increased with
industrialization and growth in the United States, which was
reflected in changing ways people commemorated their dead during
the period under this study. Thus, these cemeteries are a prism
through which to understand the values, attitudes, and culture of
urban America from mid-century through the Progressive Era.
This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens,
architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC
and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally
a major theme, Themistocles' career before and after those
conflicts is also considered in detail. Themistocles was a leading
exponent of a new kind of populist politics in the young democracy
of Athens, manipulating the practice of ostracism (exile) to get
rid of his political rivals. Jeffrey Smith explains Themistocles'
rise to a position of virtual hegemony which allowed him to
institute his far-sighted policy of preparation against the growing
Persian threat. In particular he strengthened Athens' fleet and
thereby secured the support of the poor thetes, who found
employment as rowers. During the first invasion, Themistocles
fought, and possibly held joint command, at the decisive battle of
Marathon. When the Persians struck again in 480, he commanded the
fleet at Artemisium and Salamis. The latter battle he won by
subterfuge and secured Athens' liberation and survival. Ironically
he was himself eventually ostracized by his fellow citizens and
ultimately entered Persian service, ending his days as governor of
Magnesia in Asia Minor.
This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens,
architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC
and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally
a major theme, Themistocles' career before and after those
conflicts is also considered in detail. Themistocles was a leading
exponent of a new kind of populist politics in the young democracy
of Athens, manipulating the practice of ostracism (exile) to get
rid of his political rivals. Jeffrey Smith explains Themistocles'
rise to a position of virtual hegemony which allowed him to
institute his far-sighted policy of preparation against the growing
Persian threat. In particular he strengthened Athens' fleet and
thereby secured the support of the poor thetes, who found
employment as rowers. During the first invasion, Themistocles
fought, and possibly held joint command, at the decisive battle of
Marathon. When the Persians struck again in 480, he commanded the
fleet at Artemisium and Salamis. The latter battle he won by
subterfuge and secured Athens' liberation and survival. Ironically
he was himself eventually ostracized by his fellow citizens and
ultimately entered Persian service, ending his days as governor of
Magnesia in Asia Minor.
The book explores the unique contribution that geographers make to
the concept of place attachment, and related ideas of place
identity and sense of place. It presents six types of places to
which people become attached and provides a global range of
empirical case studies to illustrate the theoretical foundations.
The book reveals that the types of places to which people bond are
not discrete. Rather, a holistic approach, one that seeks to
understand the interactive and reinforcing qualities between people
and places, is most effective in advancing our understanding of
place attachment.
Ladbrokes on and off the rails is the history of Ladbrokes from its
inception in 1886 up to its disappearance as an independent entity
in 2015, when it was merged into what became the Ladbrokes Coral
Group. Also included is the story of the London casinos, including
those owned by Corals, Playboy and others, during the 1970s, when
nearly every casino lost its license due to the questionable
activities of the directors. It is the story of Arthur Bendir and
Cyril Stein, without either of whom Ladbrokes would not exist
today. It contains instances of corporate and personal greed,
together with examples of good management practice and
mismanagement and the boardroom cricket match in which one director
after another is bowled out for one reason or another. The author
held several positions within the Ladbroke Group during the 1970s,
including that of Group Chief Accountant.
Bryan Draper is a criminal defense attorney with a small problem.
His own client has accused him of murdering her husband. Bryan had
means and motive but, has no alibi. He must find the real killer
before the police find him. Will he be in court as the accused or
the attorney?
Bryan Draper is a criminal defense attorney with a small problem.
His own client has accused him of mudering her husband Draper had
motive, means, and opportunity. He doesn't have an alibi. He is in
a race against time to find the real murderer. The police are
looking for him Will Bryan be in court as the attorney or the
accused? Either way, will his client ever start telling the truth?
Millions of Christians around the world have discovered Prayer Pups
Christian Comics, a daily comic strip created just for them,
featuring five little dogs who try to live their lives in a way
that is faithful to God's principles. Funny for children and
thought-provoking for adults, Prayer Pups is an exciting new way to
experience the Word of God...and to share it with others.
Don't let foreclosure happen This book will tell you everything you
need to know to avoid foreclosure, stay in your home for as long as
possible, and give you a good idea of what time frame you're
looking at. Several options and choices are available to you and
you'll find out the good, the bad, and the ugly on each choice and
option. It's only too late if your house has actually been
foreclosed and sold at auction. If it hasn't, you still have time
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