Ep326: Averting Crises Through Empathy With PR Expert Dave Oates

Dave possesses more than 25 years of strategic public relations experience dealing with a wide array of adverse public events. Starting as a U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer and later as a Corporate Chief Marketing Officer and Non-Profit President, he excels in expertly addressing a myriad of crises spans military, government, corporate, charity, and start-up environments. His Crisis Communications experiences, including handling employee and executive misconduct, cybersecurity attacks, product recalls, mass layoffs, large-scale accidents, criminal investigations, and civil litigation matters.   A sought-after speaker, Dave served as a lecturing professor teaching the semester-long PR Media & Messaging program to upper-division undergraduates at San Diego State University. He actively gives back to others through his role as a Past President of the Rotary Club of San Diego, the sixth largest service club in the world. Dave previously served in leadership roles that raised tens of thousands of dollars for organizations that include the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Operation Homefront, Free to Thrive, and others.   Dave authored four Amazon e-Books and co-produced four LinkedIn Learning courses. He is an accredited PR specialist (APR) who received his MBA from San Diego State University in 2004 and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1991. More from Dave: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oatescrisispr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OatesCrisisPR LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidoates/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PublicRelationsSecurity Website: https://publicrelationssecurity.com/ Click here to enter the giveaway!