Public Affairs

How we think, why we do it our way and a little expertise on Texas.

How The Monument Group Views:
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Playbook: How to Handle Negative Publicity in Texas

Negative news about your company or its initiatives can range from damaging to distressing to distracting. Handling bad press in Texas presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities.  Developing an effective response to negative publicity requires properly diagnosing its impact, establishing the appropriate team, knowing when to stay quiet

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All Hat and No Cattle

All Hat and No Cattle

We live in a world awash in disinformation, divisiveness and vitriol. Causes, companies and even people can be “canceled,” or at least severely derailed by small but influential armies who fight with charged rhetoric and distortion. Fact and truth are the casualties. Somebody call in the cavalry. Our team is

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We Shake Hands

We Shake Hands

If You’re Gonna Play In Texas… you’ve gotta have a field in the band. We live in a digital first world. Social interaction, entertainment, news intake and essential needs are all being fulfilled online. Corporate campaigns have taken note, designing low-cost strategies for education and advocacy. But these interactions are

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Reading the Line: Content vs. Credibility

Reading the Line: Content vs. Credibility

I often meet with prospective clients in search of a “PR firm” for their business, campaign or issue.  “PR” means different things to different organizations and has been generally interpreted to mean: Guiding a client in its interactions with the news media in a proactive or defensive posture; Event-based support

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reporter taking notes while sitting with others

Playbook: How to Handle Negative Publicity in Texas

Negative news about your company or its initiatives can range from damaging to distressing to distracting. Handling bad press in Texas presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities.  Developing an effective response to negative publicity requires properly diagnosing its impact, establishing the appropriate team, knowing when to stay quiet

Read More >
All Hat and No Cattle

All Hat and No Cattle

We live in a world awash in disinformation, divisiveness and vitriol. Causes, companies and even people can be “canceled,” or at least severely derailed by small but influential armies who fight with charged rhetoric and distortion. Fact and truth are the casualties. Somebody call in the cavalry. Our team is

Read More >
We Shake Hands

We Shake Hands

If You’re Gonna Play In Texas… you’ve gotta have a field in the band. We live in a digital first world. Social interaction, entertainment, news intake and essential needs are all being fulfilled online. Corporate campaigns have taken note, designing low-cost strategies for education and advocacy. But these interactions are

Read More >
Reading the Line: Content vs. Credibility

Reading the Line: Content vs. Credibility

I often meet with prospective clients in search of a “PR firm” for their business, campaign or issue.  “PR” means different things to different organizations and has been generally interpreted to mean: Guiding a client in its interactions with the news media in a proactive or defensive posture; Event-based support

Read More >