AudienceCentral Partners with LippService LLC
AudienceCentral Partners with LippService LLC
Crisis Communications Consulting Firm to Expand AudienceCentral’s Representation on the East Coast
March 30, 2005—Bellingham, WA—AudienceCentral, a leading provider of innovative communications software, today announced a partnership agreement with LippService LLC, a Wilmington, Delaware-based issue and crisis communications consulting firm. Working with businesses, corporations and communities, LippService will refer leads to AudienceCentral as well as co-sell the PIER communications management system along side the AudienceCentral team. The partnership will expand AudienceCentral’s representation in the East Coast market.
“We are pleased to announce the partnership with LippService and to have someone with Irv’s extensive experience in issue and crisis management partner with AudienceCentral,” said Paul Grey, CEO of AudienceCentral. “His expertise in crisis management planning and direction, along with his proven leadership and strategic talents are great additions to our partnership team.”
“This is a great opportunity. AudienceCentral has designed a compelling and innovative communications software solution which I look forward to introducing to my peers in the crisis management field,” said G. Irvin Lipp, principal of LippService LLC. “Every company that could potentially face a crisis should consider obtaining a virtual communications center designed by AudienceCentral.”
Lipp is a communications professional with more than 35 years of global experience in crisis and issues management and consent-to-operate community relations. Lipp, as a DuPont Fellow, was the company’s leader in its crisis/business continuity management and planning function. In addition to developing crisis/continuity management plans for the DuPont corporation and its manufacturing facilities across the world, his body of work includes consent-to-operate community relations programs and issue/crisis management plans in a number of countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Korea, Taiwan and Brazil.
About LippService LLC
LippService LLC, established in 2004, provides full-service communications and planning guidance to businesses, corporations and communities seeking guidance on issue and crisis/continuity management and community relations planning and development. The primary focus is on understanding and using risk assessment and communications to the advantage of prospective clients.
About AudienceCentral
Based in Bellingham, Washington, AudienceCentral provides software and services to assist organizations in managing internal and external communications. The Company’s premiere product, PIER (Public Information and Emergency Response), is a web-based system designed to help communications professionals and senior management communicate faster, more efficiently, and more consistently.
The PIER system is optimized for fast changing situations, such as emergencies or time sensitive issues and incidents. The system is also effective in helping communications professionals with ongoing relationship and reputation building for their organization. For more information visit www.audiencecentral.com.
Alternate contact information:
Irv Lipp, LippService
302.652.2385
irvapr@comcast.net
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About PIER Systems
- PIER Systems is an all-in-one, web-based solution for crisis preparedness, communications management, public relations and business continuity.
- PIER provides flexible solutions for handling internal and external communications, making it easy to deliver messages, streamline processes, automate tedious tasks and prevent inaccuracy during routine events, minor incidents and major catastrophes.
- PIER is easily accessible from Internet-enabled computers and mobile devices, allowing businesses and organizations to provide information and maintain operations with minimal interruption in the event of disaster or disruption.
- PIER is used by many Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations including: BP, Boeing, Houston Urban Area Security Initiative, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Marathon Oil, NASA, University of Houston, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard.
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For more information contact:
Katie Schafer
PIER Systems
Phone: (360) 756-8080
Fax: (360) 756-5264
1204 Railroad Ave
Suite 200
Bellingham, WA 98225
info@piersystems.com
