Journalists are your friends. At least the pros are. Journalists are also the filter most of us use to publish information. I keep in touch with journalists. A mentor asked
Journalists are your friends. At least the pros are. Journalists are also the filter most of us use to publish information. I keep in touch with journalists. A mentor asked
“First I’d like to thank you, Sir, for doing this. What a great honor it is. (If religious) – Also I’d like to thank God, through him all things are
Lest we forget that the PAO is on personal staff? One of our original posts, nearly 200 posts ago, explains the PAO’s position on personal staff. When interacting with PAOs,
I read this article about the USS Fitzgerald’s plight after it crashed into a shipping vessel near Japan. Many of the leaders lost mental and/or physical control of themselves. Some
Imagine a big King Kong-like thing walks in to save a city. He probably knocks over some buildings, kills some people, and devastates the enemy. Sometimes he tries to communicate
Every single word written on MaxDisclosure is in effort to benefit you. Every word. Every. Single. Word. We believe what the Department of Defense does is important. We believe what
The public affairs person does public affairs: advises the commander, does media engagements, maybe slings some PAG … even a tweet or two. The PSYOP person does PSYOP ( or
I’m a popular guy. Every PAO is, right? Especially when you have something to offer. You probably provide good input to discussions, you have access to a camera, you can
It’s cliché these days to say, “we don’t like slides.” Or to quote Mattis, “PowerPoint makes us stupid.” I don’t know that it has any direct impact on one’s intellect.
I recently hosted a big-name media outlet and anchor. They were a good crew; fair and receptive to our input. We had a good plan and were providing very good