A lesson in trusting your gut and following your path

By Natalie Bauer Luce I first met Dennis Culloton at a fundraiser in Bucktown for Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.   After a brief chat and a few big laughs at his prime one-liners, we exchanged business cards, and I thought that was that.   How wrong I was.  Little did I know in the

2022-12-08T23:45:49+00:00September 26, 2022|

Interviews with Lynn, Part 5: “Do You Advise Threatening Lawsuits to Kill Stories?”

This is the fifth episode of “Interviews with Lynn” a seven-part series from Culloton + Bauer Luce on the issues facing public affairs and crisis management practitioners and their clients. Lynn Holley, senior consultant at CBL and a former financial news anchor, interviews founding partners Dennis Culloton and Natalie Bauer Luce. These communications strategists

2022-09-21T20:19:40+00:00September 21, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Interviews with Lynn, Part 4: “What Can Culloton Bauer Luce Do to Make a Difference?”

This is the fourth episode of “Interviews with Lynn” a seven-part series from Culloton + Bauer Luce on the issues facing public affairs and crisis management practitioners and their clients. Lynn Holley, senior consultant at CBL and a former financial news anchor, interviews founding partners Dennis Culloton and Natalie Bauer Luce. These communications strategists

2022-09-08T15:37:36+00:00September 8, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Interviews with Lynn, Part 3: “How Does an Agency Remain Balanced?”

This is another episode of “Interviews with Lynn,” a video series from Culloton + Bauer Luce on the issues facing public affairs and crisis management practitioners and their clients. Lynn Holley, senior consultant at CBL and a former financial news anchor, interviews founding partners Dennis Culloton and Natalie Bauer Luce. These communications strategists offer

2022-08-31T14:21:04+00:00August 31, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Interviews with Lynn, Part 2: “What is the Biggest Mistake Clients Make when Confronted with a Crisis?”

This is the second episode of “Interviews with Lynn” a seven-part series from Culloton + Bauer Luce on the issues facing public affairs and crisis management practitioners and their clients. Lynn Holley, senior consultant at CBL and a former financial news anchor, interviews founding partners Dennis Culloton and Natalie Bauer Luce. These communications strategists

2022-08-03T16:55:32+00:00August 3, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Interviews with Lynn, Part 1: “Can Someone Get Un-Canceled?”

This is the first episode of “Interviews with Lynn” a seven-part series from Culloton + Bauer Luce on the issues facing public affairs and crisis management practitioners and their clients. Lynn Holley, senior consultant at CBL and a former financial news anchor, interviews founding partners Dennis Culloton and Natalie Bauer Luce. These communications strategists

2022-06-22T23:39:22+00:00June 22, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

The Parenting School of Crisis Management

At home, I’m the mom of two rambunctious, fun and occasionally out-of-control little boys. At work, I’m a partner in our public affairs and crisis management firm. While the two roles may seem vastly different, it turns out my 9-to-5 is not that all that dissimilar from my other full-time job of parent. Here’s a

2022-05-17T19:27:58+00:00May 17, 2022|

Hello Dolly: Legendary singer shows PR pros how to do their job better

I was half-heartedly watching a music award show while multi-tasking when I heard country music star and coronavirus fighter Dolly Parton dedicate the show to the people of Ukraine. Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion told the audience it felt “strange” to celebrate winning an award while a war rages in Ukraine. “There are people fighting

2022-03-08T15:58:20+00:00March 8, 2022|

A lesson in crisis communications: “Gone Girl”

Do you remember the book "Gone Girl" written by Gillian Flynn? Whether you read the book, saw the movie starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, or both, I think most of us had the same initial reaction of "wow, that's messed up." But after joining the Culloton + Bauer Luce team and recently re-watching the

The digital mindset: How to reach your target audience

Whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or a nonprofit community organization, success in the digital space starts with being able to reach your target audience. But with new digital platforms emerging almost daily, which channels should you be using to effectively communicate to your intended audience? To put it simply (and unhelpfully), it depends. Are

2022-04-20T14:07:37+00:00February 15, 2022|
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