Brett Bruen, president of Global Situation Room and former director of global engagement at the White House under President Obama, joined us to discuss crisis communications in the era of coronavirus. He also talked about his time in the White House and the initiatives he launched under the mantra of "counter-crisis communications," including the Let Girls Learn initiative: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/letgirlslearn.

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