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

PRSay

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

PRSay

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. Douglas MacArthur came to meet my two-star general. Perdue, is retired from the U.S. In honor of Veteran’s Day on Nov. But every time Gen.

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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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Brexit – 12 immediate actions for PR, corporate communications and public affairs professionals

Stuart Bruce

Public relations, corporate communications, public affairs and corporate affairs professionals will have an essential role in helping employers and clients to navigate this period of momentous change. Therefore the UK will likely leave the EU in October 2018.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

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In the plan, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opted to implement a system where VA facilities operate as two separate “zones” (Standard and COVID-19) for inpatient care. We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills.

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Meet Board of Directors Nominee Dr. Kaye Sweetser, APR+M, Fellow PRSA

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Current title : Professor of Public Relations, San Diego State University; Director of the Glen M. Broom Center for Professional Development in Public Relations; Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Location : San Diego. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, U.S. Navy Reserve. Board nominee position : Director, Western District.

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Reflecting on a Long Military Career and the Rewards of PRSA Accreditation

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Army Public Affairs Officer (PAO). In those days at DINFOS, broadcast students who failed to meet the standards would find themselves walking the halls with a hockey stick and everyone knew what that meant. Learn more about earning your APR by visiting PRaccreditation.org. But once again, I never gave up.