Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) Releases Online Safety Proposals

We've dedicated a lot space on this blog to communicating on the internet. Today, we look at the internet from a different angle: child safety. Read on for important information from a Womble Carlyle partner.

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) released its report Making Wise Choices Online in which it provides a survey of ongoing initiatives to ensure the safety of children using the Internet as well as four policy proposals for the coming Administration to consider. The release coincides with the Second Annual FOSI Conference, held today in Washington, D.C., themed "Safe At Any Speed: Rules, Tools & Public Policies to Keep Kids Safe Online."

Womble Carlyle is pleased to have sponsored the FOSI Conference and to have forged a friendship with this organization.

Click here to learn more about FOSI's Internet safety proposals. Link those words to http://www.wcsr.com/?id=680&objid=220

Consider Bob Newhart before your next interview

If you don't think you need interview training, check out this classic clip from the Bob Newhart Show and continue reading below.
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Ms. Corley's sneak attack on Mr. Newhart reinforces two time-tested rules about media relations that every serious organization must consider.

First, do your homework: If a company's CEO is to appear on television or radio, have a basic familiarity with the reporter, the format, and the line of questioning.

Second, do some training: Interview training is the most valuable exercise available to those who interact with the press, especially radio and television. Your tone, facial expressions, attire, and posture all impact how you are perceived by a viewer or listener. Womble Carlyle's strategic communications pros have made careers in front of the camera and behind the camera. They regularly coach clients through training scenarious such as press conferences and live television interviews to help them respond with poise and effectiveness to tough questions from ambitious journalists.

Still think you don't need any training? Presumably, so did Bob Newhart.