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
Fun staff activity: after a few months of training and deployment, my brigade staff leaders and I shared enough inside jokes and recurring observations to fill a few bingo cards.
What’s movement without a purpose? When my organization moves, it’s for a purpose. I bet yours does, too. It’s probably easy for you to read this, sip your coffee and
Respect their time: prepare to be brief with one clear message. Respect their intelligence. Assume they will understand complex things as long as you explain them properly. Respect their curiosity
I joined my current organization as the Deputy PAO almost three years ago. Since we shared one calendar to rule them all, I could tell one meeting was noticeably absent:
We’ve made it. A journalist asked a question. The journalist has enough interest in our topic that he or she e-mailed us. Once you respond they are likely going to
Novels and movies love the build-up and payoff, right? It’s fun, and entertaining, to spend hours gathering all the pieces and then finally, surprisingly, find out how they fit together.
Several years ago as a young PAO, I volunteered to help escort and support reporters during one of our higher headquarters’ big annual conferences, which included a multinational military capabilities
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
People used to use recipe books. They had a list of ingredients and short instructions describing how and when to add each of the ingredients…boom, you had your dish.