Nick currently develops and teaches graduate-level crisis management courses at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the founder and retired Chairman and CEO of Nichols . Dezenhall Communications Management Group, Ltd. With over three decades in the communications business, he specializes in crisis management and risk communications. Nick began his career as an investigative news correspondent. He left the news business to become Chief of Staff for the Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance, and was subsequently appointed State Deputy Secretary of Revenue. Nick relocated to Washington, D.C. to become senior media spokesperson for the Cuban-Haitian Task Force under the Carter and Reagan administrations, where he managed crisis communications following the controversial 1980 Mariel boatlift. Before forming Nichols . Dezenhall, Nick was senior vice president and account group manager at Needham Porter Novelli (Omnicom), then the fourth largest public relations agency in the world. Nick has appeared as a spokesperson on television network news programs including ABC's Nightline, NBC's The Today Show and the CBS Evening News. He has also participated as a guest expert on numerous talk shows. His opinions and recommendations on how to combat eco-terrorism have been the topic of Congressional testimony and featured in national, regional and business publications. Nick is a frequent lecturer on the topics of crisis management, high-stakes media relations, environmental policy, domestic terrorism, and the global challenges confronting free enterprise. He has addressed state and federal legislators, federal agency executives, numerous international and domestic trade associations, academic institutions, corporations, and policy groups including the National Governors Association, American Legislative Exchange Council and the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise. Nick is the author of a book, "Rules for Corporate Warriors," which was published in October, 2001. He has also written a series of articles and corporate publications that define and examine crisis management strategies and media relations tactics. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I was born and raised in Wisconsin, so when a politician calls other Americans "un-American," it conjures up the bad old days of Joe McCarthy-that cold war demagogue sent to the U.S. Senate by Dairy State voters. Not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2009/08/15/contemplating_joe_mccarthy,_socialized_medicine,_brothels__whiskey 7f589434-1ac9-4a13-a4a3-bcc9ce366b4d Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT Just when I thought that those in Congress responsible for the collapse of the housing market had diverted their attention to the destruction of other sectors of our free market economy (health care and energy), up pops... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2009/06/27/diplomacy_the_art_of_saying_nice_doggie_until_you_find_a_rock 30c77fde-5aa1-4f89-b9e4-d1253d6c969f Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT It is rare that a news headline catches my attention these days. Most of them are simply variations on the same theme: "Isn't it wonderful that Barack Obama descended from on high to become The Leader . . . blah . . .... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2009/05/16/will_corporate_social_responsibility_save_obamas_socialist_experiment 931906fe-2906-42c3-9cf7-6aa7d006cab4 Sat, 16 May 2009 04:01:00 GMT On February 3, 2009, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told a gathering of news media lapdogs that the House Financial Services Committee-Barney chairs the committee-would consider legislation to apply compensation restrictions... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2009/04/04/corporate_social_responsibility_appeasers 0fa4adda-f771-49c4-80bd-b369351e8596 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT On Valentine's Day, I like to think positive thoughts. So, I would like to believe that even the dark cloud known as the "stimulus package" may have a silver lining. With the "package" wrapped up nice and pretty and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2009/02/14/historys_cesspool_of_bad_ideas_socialism_and_corporate_social_responsibility 4c87e8de-9c54-4200-af09-edc68f0ca1c9 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT 'Twas two days after Christmas and all through the land Retailers were panicked-huge supply, no demand. Consumers weren't spending, like they did in the past, For fear that their credit just wouldn't last; The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/12/27/'twas_two_days_after_christmas eeae130e-baf1-4fee-b9a5-267cabc515bf Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:00:28 GMT J.R.R. Tolkein cautioned in The Hobbit that, "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations if you happen to live near one." For those who value private property, free speech, unfettered competition,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/11/15/shame_on_you! d300d365-3559-4852-beb7-6d136bea4c7a Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT Last January I wrote a column entitled: Are Polar Bears Edible? I pointed out that during good times, people worry about whether polar bears will have ice in one-hundred years-but when times are tough we wonder... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/10/04/who_is_in_charge_karl_marx_or_the_marx_brothers 7f1a4eb3-de16-4917-a424-4327b2178e72 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:09:49 GMT Last January I wrote a column entitled: Are Polar Bears Edible? I pointed out that during good times, people worry about whether polar bears will have ice in one-hundred years-but when times are tough we wonder... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/10/04/who_is_in_charge,_karl_marx_or_the_marx_brothers dd636c58-f842-4707-8473-5930afb9c884 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:00:09 GMT Like millions of other Americans, I have contributed copious amounts patriotic energy and a good deal of couch-potato time to observing every minute of Olympic coverage offered by NBC and its various progeny-including,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/08/23/never_sleep_with_pigs,_you_get_dirty_and_the_pigs_enjoy_it 75e9e3e4-d1bf-471a-be8b-3c2c59e7b5d9 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT My wife and I spent Thursday afternoon at the doctor's office. Our physician not only performs medical miracles, but he is also a dyed-in-the-wool conservative who makes it his business to keep abreast of the high... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/07/12/the_eco-nannies'_energy_plan_get_off_the_grid_and_get_off_the_planet 36f49ad1-9cad-486b-9f30-9dde21118db0 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Whenever I become convinced that Americans have slurped too much left-wing Kool-Aid, sang too many choruses of "Kumbaya," and are about to turn the White House over to the wine and cheese socialists, I turn my attention... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/05/24/drinking_left-wing_kool-aid_and_singing_kumbaya 4dd71a75-6c91-48a3-aad6-503fc6a1daa1 Sat, 24 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT The moment I read the front page of the Washington Post on Wednesday I knew that the folks who enjoy spending other people's money (OPM), while calling it corporate social responsibility, were prepared to use every... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/04/12/dont_feed_the_weasels_and_hyenas_let_them_eat_corporate_social_responsibility 786889c0-96bb-418b-b24a-59d12dfa5f88 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT A few weeks back I noted in my column that when times get tough, Americans will stop worrying about whether polar bears have enough ice and start asking whether those white, furry critters are edible. That comment ca http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/03/01/a_total_crock_of_doo-doo! 6aa15363-d86a-4333-9206-7d0f7fb38b8d Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:40:14 GMT My 2008 New Year's resolution was to stop haranguing about weak-kneed politicians and corporate executives who worship at the appeasement altar every time a group of activist nannies demands tribute. I concluded that http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2008/01/19/are_polar_bears_edible 747dcf28-6ed3-488b-ac8a-0d15c814b455 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT A cursory look at the state of the economy, the political landscape, and the turmoil that exists in many parts of the world suggests that Thanksgiving dinner in 2008 may be very difficult to swallow. I am not... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/12/01/should_target's_goose_get_cooked_for_thanksgiving_2008 a5a17565-44b3-43ce-b8b4-32fc5200ee5b Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:38:12 GMT I am an unabashed fan of President Calvin Coolidge because he was not afraid to say that, "the business of America is business." He should have added that the business of business is to maximize profits because lately,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/10/04/csr__a_left-wing_conspiracy_dressed_up_as_a_right-wing_conspiracy 8f394afe-b2f8-4cf5-a5c1-3a33424c7ad0 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:51:15 GMT Economist Milton Friedman once wrote that some "businessmen believe that they are defending free enterprise when they declaim that business is not concerned merely with profit but also with promoting desirable social... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/08/18/corporate_social_responsibility_picking_91_million_pockets d0dee92d-0b69-4cb2-bba3-763b634adb38 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:00:01 GMT While many of us were celebrating our nation's hard won sovereignty, the United Nations (UN) was orchestrating a summit meeting of Global Compact leaders at its Geneva, Switzerland headquarters. The UN describes the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/07/07/is_corporate_socialism's_trojan_horse_running_lame b711bea8-369e-43e4-a3ea-86dbb1a62326 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:00:01 GMT Mr. Google was kind enough to send me a press release last week trumpeting the results of yet another public opinion survey on corporate social responsibility (CSR). According to the release, a huge percentage of Ameri http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/05/19/not-so-strange_bedfellows 5a40e78a-2cf1-4c41-af72-3b815d33fc00 Sat, 19 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT Every time I flip on my computer these days a new alert pops up from down under about another skirmish between the Aussies and one of the many carpetbagger activist groups that have taken up residence in their country.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/04/09/its_time_to_strip_the_wolves_of_their_sheeps_clothing! 552c8a58-9760-44cc-8731-d6afbb6b5881 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:44:30 GMT 2007 may prove to be a very bad year for activist groups who discovered decades ago that they could raise lots of tax-exempt cash by telling the rest of us how to run our lives. They preached planetary doom and gloom,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/02/24/what_is_good_for_the_goose_is_good_for_the_gander 33deccc3-3c35-4e03-b6e2-4426d863d508 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:01:10 GMT It is the season when politicians, pundits and partisans of various stripes pontificate about what is in store for the rest of us in the coming year. If you choose to believe these self-appointed soothsayers, we're... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2007/01/06/welcome_to_2007! 309c4dca-3a29-4ef2-b7d9-7d23a40ea0ce Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT If you have read my columns about the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement or have heard me speak, then you already know that I think the corporate Neville Chamberlains who buy into this socialist claptrap... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2006/10/11/let's_force-feed_activists_some_social_responsibility c5edee89-5da4-41fa-bef2-d3ee24e6ebaf Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:11:52 GMT While waiting for the wind called Ernesto to make its way up the East Coast - bent on flooding our basement for the second time this year - a Google Alert blew into my inbox from the website www.worldchanging.com. I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/NickNichols/2006/09/09/its_time_to_hoist_the_black_flag_and_start_kicking_some_butts c9759d43-69cd-4e98-9ebc-645adcf509e5 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:03:24 GMT