Bureaucrats sigh when we walk in the room. My complacent peer rolls his eyes when we talk. We raise the blood pressure of the over-zealous security guy. Even some of
Bureaucrats sigh when we walk in the room. My complacent peer rolls his eyes when we talk. We raise the blood pressure of the over-zealous security guy. Even some of
“A circular yellow signal means “caution” and indicates that the signal is about to turn red. Stop for a yellow signal unless you are too close to the intersection to
Everyone loves to scoop the Public Affairs Officer and find things in the media before we’ve seen or shared it ourselves … just like we all take pride in fixing
Several years ago as a young PAO, I had some very specific and wild thoughts on how our higher headquarters should respond to a reporter’s query. I spouted off my
One of the great things about public affairs is you get to define what you do and how. The only truly limited resource we have is time. Where are you
You put together this crazy long report for your commander because that is what he asked for. You send it to him and 300 other people in your command and
We have a small garden in our backyard where we grow tomatoes and stuff. We’re moving so I wasn’t planning on planting anything. My garden was going to be left
Our senior leaders held a town hall session with several staff sections, including ours (we actually go to all the town hall sessions, regardless of audience). The other attendees probably
We love to reference public affairs officers’ ‘if only’ comments. I often hear PAOs say, “If only we had a seat at the table.” We do. We have a seat
We talk often about knowing your command’s communication needs. We circle the topic here, here and here – like it ought to be second nature for you. Yep, it is