Alright. We’ve spent the last year writing more than 100 posts about Public Affairs. Let’s have the OPSEC talk. Traditionally, this is the program through which we hide and protect
Alright. We’ve spent the last year writing more than 100 posts about Public Affairs. Let’s have the OPSEC talk. Traditionally, this is the program through which we hide and protect
We write often about spending time in your organization’s Joint Operations Center (here and here and here and here and here) because it is your organization’s hub for centralizing and sharing information.
For my organization, each day begins with our primary staff stand-up in the Joint Operations Center (JOC). We discuss intelligence developments, legal actions, resources, maneuver units’ completed actions and scheduled
I wrote a draft press release and sent it to my higher headquarters for consideration and release. They kept the factual information but changed 100 percent of the words I
Every PAO wants to know, what do I do about my IO (Information Operations Officer)? First the dude says he is in charge or all information ops which includes public
When I was a second lieutenant attending the Public Affairs Qualification Course almost a decade ago, I asked the Army’s Chief of Public Affairs what I needed to do in
My office believes in “need-to-know” information. As in, everybody needs to know everything. Here’s how we do it. Set a group distribution list and use it for everything. When staff
It takes less than one minute to draft one sentence in your own words. Then, as time permits, it might take two minutes to re-read that sentence and make it
Trackers organize and energize my daily routine. We’ve talked about this before, but let’s double down on the details. When I put our team’s initiatives, next steps and priorities in
The average American types 38-40 words per minute. The average English sentence length is about 14 words. Do the math: you’ve got time to make an impact. This is great