“Public affairs sucks, they are so slow.” “Public affairs sucks, they can only tell the truth.” “ISIS is so good at messaging, why can’t we be that good? Public affairs
“Public affairs sucks, they are so slow.” “Public affairs sucks, they can only tell the truth.” “ISIS is so good at messaging, why can’t we be that good? Public affairs
Ever hear of the grey man? Urban Dictionary has it right: A man who can blend into any scene or situation without standing out, hiding his skills and qualities. In Ranger School, I worked hard to
In my experience, our government uses one document to coordinate every communication about an operation. It’s called a Tick Tock. You can imagine, in a major event of international significance,
Y’all started a great discussion after our post about PAO positions at the brigade level. Lots of competing ideas, all coming from the right places. What’s the right answer? I
A division commander recently told me he was going to pull the PAOs in the Brigades and subordinate units, up to Division Headquarters. He had a few good reasons –
Commanders, I wrote you before but I wanted to introduce you to your new PAO. She’s smart and versatile. Believe it or not, she’s been specially selected for this job.
This is the final piece to this series, wrapping up our lessons from Communication 101, 102 and 103. We are arming you with the simple communication framework essential to our
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
“Hey, look mister, we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast. And we don’t need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere.” –
Remember getting a gold star at the top of the paper? A gold star sticker was super special. A stamp was pretty good as well. Point is, the teacher recognized