Episode 4 w/ Allison Bentley, Former Zappos Director of Women's Fashion; Current VP of Sales, Marketing & Merchandising, Hemp Synergistics
Release Date: 12/22/2020
Episode 11 w/ Michael Marr, Director of Government Relations & Compliance, Encina
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
serves as the Director of Government Relations & Compliance for , an environmental technology start-up company planning a $1.1 billion investment in a circular plastics recycling plant. Marr has led public affairs and crisis communications responses for some of the world’s top companies, including and . In 2008, he was on the frontline of the shutting down and restarting BP’s operations during the historic Hurricane Ike disaster. Recently, he led public affairs for Shell’s multi-billion dollar ‘cracker’ plant in Beaver, Pennsylvania – managing environmental group protests on one...
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Episode 10 w/ Kris Maher, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
To launch On Crisis Season 2, host Joanna Doven sat down with 's , one of the nation's most esteemed national journalists writing about major American crises, from Flint's Water Crisis to the spread of PFAS contamination in American communities. Kris just launched his book, , last fall. Telling the story of an environmental lawyer who waged a seven year legal battle with a large coal company over what was suspected to be a contaminated water supply in Mingo County, West Virginia, the book has been very well-received. Learn what makes Kris tick, and understand the mindset of...
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Episode 9 w/ Jeff Hahn, Owner and Principal, Hahn Public
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
Jeff Hahn is one of the nation’s top experts in crisis communications and recently published his first book, Breaking Bad News. His Austin-based agency combines data analysis with researched methods on how to best respond to crises. In this episode, we talk about why crisis communications is a skill set more necessary than ever in the age of social media. We also riff on why universities are slow to respond to crises, and dissect Jeff’s 5 step method to crisis response that ensures narrative control.
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Episode 8 w/ Sean Hamill, Reporter, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
COVID-19 has thrust nursing homes and other facilities into a crisis communications storm. In this episode, we talk with Sean Hamill, the award-winning lead health reporter at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; his recent series on one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in any American nursing home has led to data reporting changes and attorney general investigations that seek to increase accountability. We also discuss the future of local newspapers and the key role Google and Facebook can play in their comeback.
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Episode 7 w/ Billie Jo Weyant, Executive Director of CAPSEA
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
This week, we’re shining the “On Crisis” spotlight on a non-profit victim service agency in one of the most rural parts of America. CAPSEA's small but mighty staff, led by Billie Jo Weyant, has been hit with steep surges in crisis calls, shelter placement needs and trauma therapy. We talk with Billie Jo about how the pandemic has stretched her agency’s resources and the opportunity within this reality to tell its heroic story of helping victims live a safe and healthy life.
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Episode 6 w/ Chris Togneri, Pittsburgh's Public Information Officer
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
In episode six, we talk with Pittsburgh's Public Information Officer, Chris Togneri. Formerly a beat reporter in California and an award-winning journalist for one of Pittsburgh's top newspapers, Chris became the city's Public Information Officer in 2018 and immediately innovated, utilizing social media to turn the information portal he was in charge of into a newsroom. We get his insider's perspective on the "defund the police" movement, the lack of editor leadership in local newsrooms, and more.
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Episode 5 w/ Gerardo Interiano & Faryl Ury of Aurora
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
Get ready; it’s coming. What does a self driving future look like and how do we get there? We talk with two of self-driving vehicle technology company Aurora’s top executives in communications and public affairs, Faryl Ury and Gerardo Interiano, about the communications mindset, overcoming public misconceptions and why aggressive communications on the company’s “safety first” commitment is paramount -- especially as they seek to shape regulations for a whole new industry.
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Episode 4 w/ Allison Bentley, Former Zappos Director of Women's Fashion; Current VP of Sales, Marketing & Merchandising, Hemp Synergistics
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
As head of women's fashion for Zappos, one of the most revolutionary online shopping companies of all time, Allison Bentley of Hemp Synergistics learned alongside the renowned and brilliant -- the late Tony Hsieh. Now, Bentley turns her focus onto CBD, as one of the only female leaders in the growing hemp industry. We talk about how Bentley is deploying lessons-learned at Zappos to differentiate Hemp Synergistics from competitors, why she made the shift from shoes to CBD, and more.
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Episode 3 w/ Ira Weiss, Partner with Weiss Burkhardt Kramer
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
With new health regulations issued almost weekly, school districts are constantly being faced with conflicting obligations. And as cyber-charter school enrollment hits an all time high, public schools competing against private or other public institutions face great challenges.
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Episode 2 w/ Clearstead Senior Managing Director Mike Shebak
On Crisis With Joanna Doven
Since COVID-19 swept the globe, financial advisory firms have been thrust into an uncomfortable dual role: becoming both financial and crisis communication experts. On this episode, we talk with Mike Shebak, senior managing director of Clearstead, one of the largest independent financial advisory firms in the Midwest, on how they pivoted from managing nearly $25 billion in client assets and setting daily client communications that quelled fears and created opportunities for stronger client relationship
info_outlineAs head of women's fashion for Zappos, one of the most revolutionary online shopping companies of all time, Allison Bentley of Hemp Synergistics learned alongside the renowned and brilliant -- the late Tony Hsieh. Before online shoes and online shopping were a thing, Hsieh believed that online shopping powered by transparent, real-deal customer service (even executives, like Bentley, answered customer calls) could engage early adopters and create an online shopping industry. Now, Bentley turns her focus onto CBD, as one of the only female leaders in the growing, yet unpredictable hemp industry. We talk about how Bentley is deploying lessons-learned at Zappos to differentiate Hemp Synergistics from competitors, why Bentley made the shift from shoes to CBD, and how the lack of federal regulation of the burgeoning product represents an opportunity for those who are focusing on substance, science and solutions first.