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When
crisis strikes, help is a cell phone call away: 541.954.1231
Leslie Habetler
will respond rapidly to help you manage your crisis. She specializes
in strategic communication and crisis media management. Leslie
will help you avoid crisis by assessing your company's vulnerability
and developing a rapid response plan and trained response
team. She is sought out as a speaker and a trainer for businesses,
organizations and associations.
Leslie
Habetler is a public relations professional with more than
20 years of experience in media relations and crisis communication
in the United States and Germany.
She has
been recognized for her outstanding management of crisis information
for many incidents, including the Loma Prieta earthquake in
California, forest fires, domestic terrorist activities, illegal
occupation of Forest Service lands, a U.S. Army fuel tanker
explosion and fire in Germany, an injury fire at an adhesives
manufacturing plant in Louisiana and firefighter fatalities
in Colorado and eastern Oregon.
"On
June 21, 2002 our Firm had faced our worst nightmare,
a traffic accident resulting in five firefighter fatalities.
We were not prepared for the media blitz that occurred
afterwards. Leslie came on early and effectively helped
deal with the media. Her services allowed us time to deal
with grieving and other situations that arrived out of
a crisis of this magnitude. Her expertise in dealing with
media helped us immensely. I would highly recommend her
service to anyone."
Michael
D. Wheelock
President, Grayback Forestry, Inc. |
Leslie
was awarded the Department of Army Commander's Medal for Civilian
Service in 1990 for her emergency information work during
the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco and in the Idaho-Oregon
wild land fires.
"When
the earthquake struck, Ms. Habetler single-handedly began
public affairs emergency operations, answering media queries
and preparing briefings for the next 21 hours. In addition,
her public relations performance In the Oregon-Idaho fires
that summer prompted the Department of the Army to ask
her to present the report of that effort to the Worldwide
Public Affairs Conference in Washington DC. She is a professional's
professional."
Kenneth
M. Petrack
Deputy Chief, Public Affairs,
Sixth US Army. |
Leslie's
experience includes public relations work in education, federal
agencies, non profit organizations and private industry where
she has won the respect of media at all levels from local
to international.
"I
commend you for the excellent job of reporting the fuel
tanker fire at the U.S. Army fuel storage point at Zell
(Germany). The emphasis community news releases placed
on tanker trailer safety features and environmental protective
measures for preventing river pollution is a fine example
of sensitivity to properly addressing the concerns of
the local German community. Great public affairs work!"
Ronald
L. Watts
Lt. General, U.S. Army Commanding, HQ VII Corps. |
She is
a talented communicator who understands both the needs of
the media and the needs of her clients as she brings them
together to their mutual satisfaction.
"Your
work has shown us how effective public and press relations
can be in raising community awareness of the disease and
the agency."
Stephen
Smith
Board President-Elect
HIV Alliance. |
Leslie
is a skilled trainer and speaker. She has conducted training
in almost all areas related to the media and public relations.
"The
media training was one of the best I have attended.
An excellent trainer, great material and practical techniques
that really work made this training invaluable. And,
it had the added benefit of increasing my confidence
in making presentations and responding to questions
in a variety of settings."
Chuck
Forster
Executive Director
Lane Workforce Partnership
"Thanks!
You did a great job and truly helped this company...Everyone
was very pleased and felt we are 100% better prepared
to handle an incident than we were yesterday. We were
all pretty amazed with the scenario - it was very creative,
realistic and thought provoking."
Ed Waggoner, Chief of Operations
NorthTree Fire International
"Your
presentation of Public Affairs in the Military Community
at the USAREUR Community Commanders' Course was outstanding.
You contributed immeasurably to the resounding success
of our course."
Isaac D. Smith
Major General, Deputy Chief of Staff
U.S. Army Europe
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