Live or virtually, 2020’s summer will bring changes of command, retirements, goings away, and team get togethers all the same. Your organizations’ speakers are going to need your guidance. Here’s
Live or virtually, 2020’s summer will bring changes of command, retirements, goings away, and team get togethers all the same. Your organizations’ speakers are going to need your guidance. Here’s
This is a true but sad story. My wife was going to be home later than me. She started dinner but wasn’t able to finish. Some mixture of pinto beans
As public affairs people our job is to communicate, help members of our command (specifically our bosses) communicate and guide our organization’s communication. We communicate to audiences. Audiences are disinterested.
As PAOs, we should either be helping our boss and the members of our organization prepare to talk or talking ourselves. Preparation is key; normally, it is the audience who
“Hey Dave, I’m talking on leadership at Smith University in May. Please draft some comments, sketch something out for me this week,” General Snuffy said. “No problem, Sir,” I said.
I was on the phone with a car shop the other day and the guy said, “We’re busy. We don’t even leave room on our schedule for our up-sells.” Wait.
Good news public affairs friends, PAOs are professional communication coaches. We coach our bosses and members of our organization to communicate effectively internally and externally. Often we are the ones
It’s speech season 2019, kid. We’re looking ahead to another summer of farewells and changes of command. Review last year’s advice, and a couple additions for the new year: The
“First I’d like to thank you, Sir, for doing this. What a great honor it is. (If religious) – Also I’d like to thank God, through him all things are
Remember that famous scene in Glengarry Glen Ross when Alec Baldwin says, “Put that Coffee down. Coffee is for closers”? Baldwin introduces his talk to the subordinate salesmen by saying,