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4 Tips for Transitioning From Military Public Affairs to the Civilian Sector

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With more than two decades of experience in public relations and military public affairs, Dr. Sweetser offers advice to those on the cusp of transitioning from military public affairs to the civilian sector. • In the civilian world, you’re competing with professionals who went to school for public relations.

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Painting a Picture of the U.S. Military: Lessons From Public Affairs Officers

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Beyond their primary role as conduits between the American public and the military , military public affairs officers often want to build relationships with entertainment stakeholders. Do you think public affairs officers provided technical support? Kaye Sweetser, Ph.D.,

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Advice From a 94-Year-Old Veteran of the Military and Public Affairs

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Air Force, where he spent most of his career in public affairs. Then, after his liberation from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp, he spent 41 years in public affairs. We soon started getting a lot of questions from the media. Perdue, is retired from the U.S. In honor of Veteran’s Day on Nov.

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Royal Mail’s innovative digital public affairs response to attack by Jeremy Corbyn

Stuart Bruce

The post Royal Mail’s innovative digital public affairs response to attack by Jeremy Corbyn appeared first on STUART BRUCE. Royal Mail’s innovative response even got international attention as this story in the Washington Examiner shows “ The Royal Mail just trolled Britain’s socialist leader.

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Astroturfing has no place in modern public relations or public affairs

Stephen Waddington

Propaganda has no place in modern public affairs or public relations. Lobbying firm CTF has allegedly run social media campaigns on behalf of its clients that appeared to originate from grassroot activities. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms. Facebook provides tools to target and amplify content.

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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

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Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It Here in the public affairs office there are just two of us — there used to be five, and then there were four, and then three.

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Insights Into the Role of Communicators at the U.S. Department of Defense

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By Roddy Rasti, Karl Feld, Victoria Leoni and Lee Hill for the Defense Information School, a component of the Defense Media Activity. Traditional media skills such as radio broadcasting and television production are still vital. As with civilian PR, social media has assumed a dominant role in military public affairs.