Our job as military communicators is to help ensure our military has the resources, support, and authority to conduct our mission – to protect America. Just a
Our job as military communicators is to help ensure our military has the resources, support, and authority to conduct our mission – to protect America. Just a
It’s been a long time since I read about what Public Affairs Officers are supposed to do in regulations. I do read a lot about what we
You can solve anything at a whiteboard. Anything, no matter how abstract or complex. Too often we stare at PowerPoint slides, unable to achieve understanding through a
Go to the Ceremonies Listen up, today is the Army’s 247th birthday, and your unit is hosting a cake-cutting ceremony. Some of you are considering skipping it.
Why do businesses put signs next to the bathrooms to remind us and their employees to wash our hands? Of course, it’s because the bathroom is the
Some people believe as long as they follow their organization’s “process,” then quality content will inevitably follow. Others (myself included) will focus on creating quality content in
It’s the reflection (and a beer) at the airport, waiting for the flight home. Mission complete and ideas flowing, you’ve got time and space to play back
You know our friend, the staff weather briefer in the JOC? I love the staff weather briefer, because they only talk about today’s and tomorrow’s conditions (and
Here’s an addition to the Banned Words list: transparency. PAOs talk about the importance of being transparent with the media and American public. Why? We in the
Wake up, you’re on the personal staff (at least according to the Army). That means we are under the immediate control of, and have direct access to,