At times, community relations can seem pretty straightforward—however, in our decades of experience providing this service for our clients, we’ve seen it can be easy to have good intentions but still fall short in terms of delivering results for the client and the community. By taking into account these three things, you can improve your own community relations programs.
Governor Newsom’s March 19 Stay at Home order abruptly impacted how all Californian’s live, work and play. Workplaces that weren’t deemed essential had to quickly adapt to a new normal. Many of us focused on maintaining productivity and services that somewhat resemble life before COVID-19 – a true example of learning as you go.
With our move finally announced, we wanted to share a few reflections the Cerrell team has made leading up to this big announcement. While we want to look back on the good times we’ve had in Larchmont Village, we also want to share what we are excited to experience at our new home in the Miracle Mile.
2020 has rocked our economy. Unemployment has skyrocketed, travel and tourism has been decimated, and people are more conscious about where their money goes. It is clearly not business as usual.
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected working styles across the globe. The same is true at Cerrell: we’re all working from home, including us interns! Our intern class is made up of recent graduates and graduate students, who have had to adjust not only to remote work but to remote school as well during this time of transition.
Most cities throughout California are facing a quandary – how can they replace revenue that’s derived from economic activities when the economy has mostly come to a standstill? And for some, calling the current situation a quandary is probably a gross understatement.
Governor Newsom’s March 19 Stay at Home order abruptly impacted how all Californian’s live, work and play. Workplaces that weren’t deemed essential had to quickly adapt to a new normal. Many of us focused on maintaining productivity and services that somewhat resemble life before COVID-19 – a true example of learning as you go.
While we’ve all seen missteps by brands and companies trying to market their non-essential products and stay relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health care organizations don’t need to do this dance. Whether they’re treating COVID-19 patients or not, there’s no greater time for health care systems, both large and small, to be talking to the public about what they do best: providing life-saving and life-changing care to patients and disseminating medically-accurate information to keep people and communities healthy.
With unemployment rates soaring, economic uncertainty is now a real concern for people and communities across the country and throughout the world. For people furloughed in industries like service and hospitality and for extremely vulnerable populations like low-income families with children and unhoused individuals, resources and support are critically needed.
With unemployment rates soaring, economic uncertainty is now a real concern for people and communities across the country and throughout the world. For people furloughed in industries like service and hospitality and for extremely vulnerable populations like low-income families with children and unhoused individuals, resources and support are critically needed.