Who’s that new person in the headquarters? That one fresh out of some school in Maryland. Usually in the JOC or with the commander. Always talks about Protecting America. Briefs
Who’s that new person in the headquarters? That one fresh out of some school in Maryland. Usually in the JOC or with the commander. Always talks about Protecting America. Briefs
The other day was Veterans Day. How did your commander and command sergeant major talk about it? Follow enough military organizations on social media and you’ll catch the ones leaning
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.
Like all staff sections, military Public Affairs Offices exist to help their organization get resources, approvals and support. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these RAO. RAO are granted by our
Let me know if this cycle sounds familiar: Spend money on food. Don’t use the food. The food expires. Throw the food away. Let’s try to think of our interactions
My desk at work has a green phone for unclassified conversations, and a red phone for classified conversations. Without exception, I follow the rules about what I can say over
I’ve been thinking about the way our community handles crisis communication. Is it just me, or do PAOs get real nervous, and drop into “no comment” mode, when bad things
We’ve made it. A journalist asked a question. The journalist has enough interest in our topic that he or she e-mailed us. Once you respond they are likely going to
“This is personally very important to me…” “Let me tell you about my personal experience…” “I care about this…” “My experience tells me…” “You have my personal guarantee…” Talking points,
It’s your job to communicate about your organization. It’s your job to enable other to communicate about your organization. Your organization does a handful of things. Maybe it’s your METL.