Our class continues – catch up on Communication 101 and 102 if you missed them earlier. We are arming you with the simple communication framework essential to our organizations’ success.
Our class continues – catch up on Communication 101 and 102 if you missed them earlier. We are arming you with the simple communication framework essential to our organizations’ success.
Writing for MaxDis has helped me realize, communicating so the audience understands is hard. We should never assume the information we’re sharing is accepted and understood, it’s likely not. The
Let’s talk about the way your organization tells its story to new members and decision makers. Military commands really dig their history. Corporations and other groups are probably the same
Welcome to our special organization. You’re, no doubt, attending many briefings these first couple days as we get you up to speed. You’re learning about our organization’s structure and mission;
You know how TV shows include the 1-minute recap of the important stuff from previous episodes? This helps viewers who forgot what happened the week before … if they even
Here’s a hard truth: your fellow staff leaders aren’t sure the PAO can have a lasting impact. Maybe communication initiatives are too hard to coordinate, or maybe no one wants
Fun staff activity: after a few months of training and deployment, my brigade staff leaders and I shared enough inside jokes and recurring observations to fill a few bingo cards.
A skilled communicator on my team once banned all uses of the word “that” in speech and writing. He enforced the rule with vigor. Seem unreasonable? It changed the way I
Military communicators, today at 1:30 p.m. (eastern), the SecDef and Chairman will brief the press in the Pentagon. Watch live and pay attention. It’s been exactly one year since then-SecDef
When the Information Bus is barreling down the highway, you’re not doing any good sitting back at the bus station, writing late PAG and talking about the problem. We’ve said