Congrats! You’re getting promoted, moving up the chain, maybe taking on a Public Affairs assignment at the Division or Corps staff (or higher). Sure, you’re further away from the action
Congrats! You’re getting promoted, moving up the chain, maybe taking on a Public Affairs assignment at the Division or Corps staff (or higher). Sure, you’re further away from the action
Yes – I understand we don’t pick nor choose the journalists we work with. We are transparent public affairs professionals who work for the government. A commander of mine once
Maybe it’s not as serious as the title. The question is, as the public communicator, do you want to know? Do you need to know about the secret plan to
I work for a strategic command. You’d think I only would care about pie in the sky, strategic stuff.A Coalition vehicle broke down in Kabul the other day. The engine
The leak conversation. Your access or lack of access to the commander. Oh my gosh, you met that reporter once? Food. Your last meal. Your next meal. The meal you
Leaders should think. There are volumes of research on the topic. There are thousands of business books that remind us to keep an eye on the big prize, the strategic
“I want to thank me for believing in me, I want to thank me for doing all this hard work. I wanna thank me for taking no days off. I
You can’t ask a reporter to hold a story if you’re not willing to have a conversation about context. You can’t put your commander on camera if you’re not going
Remember this post? There’s more to the formula. Review – Everyone in my shop knows everything, all the time – this is called shared understanding. Understanding enables action. Action gets
Welcome to public affairs, you are always on the record…unless you’re not. And if you’re not you have to be 100% explicit in mutual understanding between you and the media.