Archive for 'Blogpost'

Take a look at the Army’s Social Media Best Practices

Just saw this via Col Kevin Arata’s Facebook feed and wanted to get it out on the blog. Col. Arata is the Director of the Army’s Online and Social Media Division (a job I would love to have someday). There is some good stuff in here and it is worth a look. You can view [...]

Finding that communication ‘Sweet Spot’

Since I got my iPhone, I’ve been experimenting with some new things. Im trying to be a bit more mobile-friendly and see just what I can do via the phone. Im also thinking more about ’streams’. Because of that, I’ve been tweaking some things.
So first thing is I’ve tweaked my blog theme a bit. The [...]

Im Mobile!

Prior to moving to Korea in 2008, I disconnected from my then-Blackberry and was issued a very generic work cell-phone for the two years I was assigned overseas. In the meantime, I watched the mobile world take off with the introduction of the iPhone followed by a number of other mobile devices and mobile platforms.
So [...]

Crowdsourcing my Thesis Topic

Im working on a Masters of Military Arts and Science here at the Command and General Staff College, and my thesis topic is obviously going to be something related to Public Affairs. I have a couple ideas in mind, but wanted to get your input.
Is there a relevant PA topic that no one is covering [...]

Should we have PAO’s dedicated to regions?

Foreign Area Officers (FAO) receive region training and language qualification. Civil Affairs does the same thing. Why not Public Affairs?
I say ‘yes’, and here are a couple reasons why.
Part of the new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy is developing a ‘seasoned corps of expert officers‘, giving them language and cultural training and them assigning them to the area [...]

“Look to the future…”

My kids are on a ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ kick lately, so I’ve watched it several (hundred) times over the past month. I get a good laugh out of the greedy Mayor, voiced by Bruce Campbell, who is always ‘looking to the future’. He tries to find ways to increase the status of [...]

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