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Doug Levy

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Communications Advisor / Media Trainer / Author

Communications consultant Doug Levy advises organizations on strategic communications, including crisis preparedness and response, media training and adapting to the new era of generative AI and other sources of misinformation and confusion. As a journalist, Levy specialized in science and technology and earned numerous awards, including a Peabody, for his investigative reporting. After transitioning to public relations consulting in 2000, Levy tapped his previous experience as a volunteer firefighter to advise organizations on improving emergency management, public information strategies and crisis response . He led communications at two major universities, and his consulting clients have included a wide range of public and private sector organizations.

He is the author of the Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts, a textbook for public relations and public information professionals.

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Nov. 26, 2024

How trust has shifted news consumption and how to adapt. With guest, author Doug Levy | Part 3 of 3 with The Communications Golden Hour® author

Author Doug Levy, of The Communications Golden Hour® Book, joins host Tim Conrad, APR, for the final of three episodes to discuss the roles of public information officers and crisis communications in emergencies and crises/issues. Listen For: 01:08 - Who to trust? 11:17 - Is that a trusted spokesperson? 15:22 - They turned off the news and turned on an app 22:53 - Finale - Three quick questions
Guest: Doug Levy
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Nov. 19, 2024

Communicating in a time of chaos, war and conflict with guest, author Doug Levy | Part 2 of 3 with The Communications Golden Hour author, and host Tim Conrad

Author Doug Levy, of The Communications Golden Hour® Book, joins host Tim Conrad, APR, for the second of three episodes to discuss the roles of public information officers and crisis communications in emergencies and crises/issues. Listen For: 01:05 - Communicating in the chaotic Trump style 10:40 - Media literacy 14:12 - Navigating global conflicts 19:45 - How values can be used to navigate division
Guest: Doug Levy
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Nov. 13, 2024

Public Information Officer: Systems, Role, and Learning | Part 1 of 3 with author Doug Levy of the The Communications Golden Hour® Book

Author Doug Levy, of The Communications Golden Hour® Book, joins host Tim Conrad, APR, for the first of three episodes to discuss the roles of public information officers and crisis communications in emergencies and crises/issues. Listen For: 01:15 - From Practitioner to Author 11:27 - The Role, Skills and Practice of a Public Information Officer 20:30 - Communications is Two-way or It's Not Communications 28:04 - Evolving as a PIO
Guest: Doug Levy