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
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
“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,
We wrote a lame post using only military cliches. I understood what we were saying, did you? Probably not. Since the military is a small family with shared culture and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs The Civil Rights Movement was fueled, in part, by the magnificent communication of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The most celebrated portion of his 1963 speech in Washington, “I