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
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
Over the past year I was fortunate enough to have a strong Non Commissioned Officer and friend who told me the truth- All the time and for the benefit of
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
I went to a concert a few days ago. Even though people paid a lot of money and traveled from far away places the times, during the concert, when they
You know the extra lame command messages we see on AFN and all around? The ones where the commander reads something next to the senior enlisted guy then at the
Part of our job is to be good communicators and to coach others to be good. “Get the maximum for the minimum.” A guy briefing our class said this was
The first time Dave B. and I drafted a Public Affairs strategy together, we included an outline of our organization’s “key” audiences: Students. Graduates. Potential recruits. Retirees. The American people.
It was a sleepy Monday morning, on a sleepy post when I pulled into the parking lot going the wrong way. There was no traffic anywhere around. To go the
Know when to challenge the false info – direct and indirect. No one likes fake news around their stories.