Live or virtually, 2020’s summer will bring changes of command, retirements, goings away, and team get togethers all the same. Your organizations’ speakers are going to need your guidance. Here’s
Live or virtually, 2020’s summer will bring changes of command, retirements, goings away, and team get togethers all the same. Your organizations’ speakers are going to need your guidance. Here’s
In this fifth and final chapter of the “How a Coast Guard pilot quickly became a PAO” series, I will talk about experience. So far, we have discussed the importance
I write long. I know it’s a flaw. I am naturally inclined to use two adjectives where one would do.* I literally double down on certain topics by restating entire
Bathroom humor ahead, in case you missed the headline. When my organization is on-boarding new members, my Public Affairs team teaches a brief class about clear and effective communication. Heading
Hey, New Video Guy! Welcome to our organization. We’re glad you’re part of the team. We need your skills. You see, our organization helps defend the nation, and you give
Quick recap from part 1: Our conversations are covered in grid squares. Guide your audience into the right place but don’t go deeper than you (and they) need. Let’s keep
You already know we should carry a map. Can you use it? We’ve all had some land navigation training, right? A quick review: maps are graphic representations of the Earth,
1. Answer questions and tell stories. 2. As soon as you can. 3. With the information you have at the time. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph C Boggio,
The other day a guy I work with had something to tell me. I had to piss and of course I waited till the last minute when it was a
The short answer: everywhere. A colleague, who is also a blogger, asked me where we get “so much” content for MaxDisclosure. (This surprised me, because we’re figuring this out as