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Logos Sponsors Walter Cronkite Awards Gala

New York, November 6, 2007 – Logos Consulting Group joined prominent journalists, religious leaders, and policymakers as a sponsor of the Interfaith Alliance Foundation’s 10^th Annual Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award Gala. This year’s Cronkite Award winners were Newsweek editor Jon Meacham and Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn.
	Cronkite Award Winners with Mr. Cronkite and the Host Committee Co-Chairs. L to R: Jon Meacham, Sally Quinn, Walter Cronkite, Helio Fred Garcia, the Right Reverend Joan Holmes Dixon.

Ad Age Tips for Avoiding Chinese Burn

When Mattel's toy recall brought the safety of Chinese-made products to the front pages, Advertising Age magazine sought expert commentary on how companies can protect themselves from consumer backlash. Logos Institute executive director Helio Fred Garcia provided the following commentary: "Any product made in China is now vulnerable. You don't want to be the company that seemed not to care when the world noticed that Chinese products were unsafe." For more, see:

Article: http://adage.com/article?article_id=119954

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Logos Crisis Article Wins Award for Excellence from Emerald Literati Network

"Effective Leadership Response to Crisis" by Helio Fred Garcia, which appeared in the January/February issue of the peer-reviewed management journal Strategy & Leadership, has been honored at the Emerald Literati Network 2007 Awards for Excellence. The article received the 2007 Highly Commended Award, indicating that it was "one of the most impressive pieces of work" the journal's editorial team saw throughout 2006. The editorial team that recommended the award consists of eminent academics and corporate managers who review articles for Strategy & Leadership. Emerald, the publisher of Strategy & Leadership, is the world's leading publisher of management journals and databases.

LOGOS comments on Duke's reaction to accusations against students

When charges were dropped against the members of the Duke Lacrosse team, the Chronicle of Higher Education invited LOGOS Institute executive director Helio Fred Garcia to reflect on lessons other universities can learn from the Duke scandal. Excerpts, in the form of an expert roundtable, appeared in the Chronicle's April 20, 2007 issue.

Expert Commentary on JetBlue's Woes

LOGOS Consulting Group executive director Helio Fred Garcia provided expert commentary to a number of news organizations in the wake of JetBlue's problems stemming from the February 14 ice storm. Interviews included CBS Television, CBS Radio, the New York Daily News, and New York public radio station WFUV.
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The President's Crisis Management Record

The Washington Post invited Helio Fred Garcia to submit a brief assessment of President Bush's crisis management record, which appeared as part of an expert roundtable in the Sunday, December 3 Outlook Section.
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Now Available: Reputation Management by John Doorley and Helio Fred Garcia

LOGOS Consulting Group is pleased to announce the publication of Reputation Management: the Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication, by John Doorley and Helio Fred Garcia (Routledge, 2006).

Reputation Management is a how-to guide for professional communicators and business executives, as well as advanced students in communication. Organized by functional area (investor relations, media relations, employee communications) and by cross-functional discipline (ethics, corporate responsibility, crisis communication, issues management), the book provides a field-tested guide to core challenges in managing all the ways organizations engage their stakeholders to protect, maintain, and enhance reputation.

LOGOS INSTITUTE executive director Helio Fred Garcia provided commentary on how to protect reputation in a crisis in a sidebar to a story on the Boston guerilla marketing campaign that inadvertently shut down the city of Boston in late January.

"After a Stunt Backfires"

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Logos Moderates Marine Corps Panel on Iraq Insurgency and Media Coverage

Quantico, VA, April 27, 2006 – LOGOS INSTITUTE executive director Helio Fred Garcia, left, moderated a panel discussion by leading journalists at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. The panel, on Selling the Truth: Media Portrayal of Insurgents, Government, and the Military, was part of the college’s two-day Military and the Media Symposium. The previous day Garcia conducted a workshop on how the news media predictably behave, and how to engage the media in a crisis.

Ready, Set, Crisis!

For Effective Leaders, Preparation = Reputation
by Helio Fred Garcia
WHARTON LEADERSHIP DIGEST
March, 2006, Volume 10, Number 6

More often than not, business leaders still see crisis preparation initiatives as a nuisance, a distraction from the “business as usual” tasks of running the organization. Even with good intentions and numerous examples of the risks of being unprepared, serious crisis planning is perpetually postponed.

The Westchester Arts Council (Westchester County, New York) presented Helio Fred Garcia with its 2006 Arts Patron Award in a ceremony in White Plains, NY on April 7. Garcia, who is chairman of the board of the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art was cited for leading the museum through a period of crisis and changes in governance and senior staff. He was also cited for work he has done with the boards of two other Westchester County arts institutions, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts in Peekskill, NY and the Studio in Armonk, NY.