COURSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
Department of Defense Information School,
Fort Meade, MD:
Public Affairs Officer’s Qualification Course Graduation:“Career Creativity,” July
2008
Public Affairs Officer’s Qualification Course: “Strategic Communications Planning,”
Sept, Dec 2005; Mar, May 2006; “Telling the Army Story”
Intermediate Public Affairs Officer’s Workshop, “What the Senior Level
Communicator Should Know,” Oct 2005, Mar 2006
Public Affairs Officer’s Course (Distance Learning) Graduation “Truth and
Trends – What You Should Know,” Aug 2005
Senior Enlisted Public Affairs Officer Course, “The Army’s View, ” May 2005
The Swedish International Training Command,
Sodjertale/Stockholm, Sweden (and in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Belgrade, Serbia)
.Partnership for Peace (PfP) Staff Officer’s Course:1999 – 2009
“Media Relations In Peace Support Operations” and
“Practical Media Training”
United Nations Staff Officer’s Course:1999
“Practical Media Training”
The Norwegian Defence International Centre,
Oslo, Norway
.Partnership for Peace (PfP) Commander’s Course:2007, 2008
“Media Relations In Peace Support Operations” and
“Practical Media Training”
Reserve Forces Policy Board Symposium:“Strategic Challenges:Transforming the Total Force Vision for the 21st Century” May 2003, Washington, D.C.
Symposium Director
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GE
Conference Speaker and Panel Leader:Exploring Military Dimensions in Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism – Amman, Jordan, 2009
Conference Speaker: Exploring Military Dimensions in Countering Ideological Support
for Terrorism “Strategic Communications Questions” – in Rome, Italy, 2008
Executive Course/ Executive Program: 1998 – 2001 (rated the ‘best elective’ by
international students in 7 consecutive course iterations)
Advanced Seminar 723: Role of the Media in a Democracy” Leaders for the 21st Century Course:1999 – 2001
Elective Seminar EL 6280 “Media Relations, the Tactical Challenge”
Elective Seminar EL 6279 “The Media, The Managers, The Means of Staying Informed”
Eurasian Foreign Area Officer Program:1998 – 2001
“Media Relations Training for FAOs”
Marshall Center Conferences:
“Media in a Democracy and National Security” 1998 (multinational)
“The Media’s Power:Influencing Public Opinion”
“Tools and Techniques for Dealing with the Media”
“Military and Media Relations in a Defense and Security Environment” (Balkans – regional) March 2000
Moderator and Master of Ceremonies
“The Role of the Public Affairs Officer”
Military and Media Relations in a Defense and Security Environment
(Baltics – regional) December 2000, Moderator
The NATO School (SHAPE),
Oberammergau, Germany
Media Relations for NATO Chaplains during Deployments:2007
NATO/PfP Operational Staff Officer’s Course:1998, 1999, 2000
“Working with the Media”
NATO Command and Control Warfare and Information Operations Course: 1999, 2000,
“Public Affairs in Information Operations”
General/Flag Officer’s Electronic Warfare Course:1999, 2000
“Public Affairs in Information Operations (Planning and Management)”
Multinational Crisis Management/NATO Crisis Management: 1999, 2000
“Public Information: Communicating in a Crisis”
US European Command (EUCOM) Public Affairs seminars and programs,
Stuttgart, GE
“Theater Coordination in the Counter-terrorism Campaign,” May 2002, in Garmisch, GE,
Conference Coordinator
Public Affairs Campaign Planning (presented by EUCOM Staff) to Slovakian Ministry of Defense press officers, March 2001
Public Information Campaign Planning for the Romanian Navy:presented to
Chief of the Romanian Navy by the EUCOM Plans & Policy Director, May 1999
Public Information Campaign Planning for NATO Accession:presented to Defense
Ministry press officers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, Nov
1998
Joint Forces Command Exercise:“Eloquent Nugget” June 2000, Washington, D.C.
Moderator and syndicate leader
U.S. Army Logistics Management College, Fort Lee, VA:
As adjunct professor taught –
Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Courses “The CEOs responsibility to
Communicate” Taught monthly from 1992 to 1997, Fort Lee, VA
OTHER ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ENGAGEMENTS:
Army Female Chaplains Conference, “Recruiting for a Calling,” Feb 2009, San Antonio,
TX
80th Training Command Commanders Conference, “Communicating Transformation,” Jan
2009, Virginia Beach, VA
US Army Reserve Chiefs of Staff Conference, ”Strategic Transformation,” Jan 2009,
Atlanta, GA
Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Course “Today’s Army Reserve,” Feb, 2008, Fort
Leavenworth, KS
Army Medical Department Symposia, “Telling the Army’s Medical Stories,” Jul/Aug 2006
in San Antonio, TX and Orlando, FL
“Leadership and the Art of Communication,” Defense Contract Management Agency, Jul 2006,
Fort Belvoir, VA
U.S. Naval War College Conference:“Defense of the Commons, International Law and Strategic
Communications,” Jun 2006, Newport, RI
Joint Military Attache’s Training Conference “International Communications,” Apr 2006,
Washington, D.C.
Joint General Officers’ Conference (spouses) “Strategy of Telling the Army Story,”
Mar 2006, Tampa FL
Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command Course “The Army Communications Enterprise,”
Feb, Jun, 2006, Fort Leavenworth, KS
National Guard Bureau Public Affairs Officers’ Conference, Oct 2005, Newport, RI
Health Promotion Professionals Conference “Telling the Medical Story” Aug 2005,
Louisville, KY
Pacific Nations Multinational Public Information Officers’ Conference Aug 2005,
Arlington, VA
Army Senior Commanders Conference “Telling the Army Story,” Jul 2005, McLean,
VA
US Army Garrison Commander’s Conference:“Base Realignment and Closure –
Installation Communications Planning,”May 2005, Fort Bliss, Texas
Army Management Staff College “Army Public Communications” May 2005,
Springfield, VA
PUBLIC SPEECHES/LECTURES
“From Failure to Success,” Lakeview High School Graduation, Sandy Lake, PAMay 2009
“Veterans to Engineers” Signing Ceremony, Oak Ridge, TN, Feb 2009
Armed Forces Enlistment Ceremony, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game, Tampa,FL, Nov 2008
“The Future Army Reserve,” American Legion, Albequerque, NM, Apr 2008
“Communications Challenges since 9/11,” PRSSA Lecture at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, Apr 2007
“Letters from Home:the Family Connection,” South Florida District, The US Postal Service, Oct
2006, Miami, FL
“How Public Relations Can Bring Consistency and Strategy to International Communications,”
The 28th Annual Vernon C. Schranz Lecture at Ball State University, Sep 2006, Muncie, IN
Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Speaker, Johns Hopkins University, May 2005,
Baltimore, MD,
“The Meaning of Opportunity,” U.S. Army War College Women’s History Month celebration,
Mar 2006, Carlisle, PA,
“Army Careers in Public Relations,” University of Maryland Mass Communications Dept,
Feb 2006, College Park, MD,
Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Speaker, Edinboro University of PA, Dec 2005
(w/interviews with Erie television), Edinboro, PA
“They Are my Heroes,” Memorial Day Program, The Women’s Memorial, 30 May 2005
(broadcast live on C-Span), Washington, DC
“The Value of a Liberal Arts Education,” Edinboro University of PA, Distinguished Alumni
Awards Ceremony, April 2005, Edinboro, PA
“A Vote of Confidence,” Women’s Equality Day Program, 26 August 2004, Huntsville, AL
Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Speaker, University of Maryland, May 2004, College
Park, MD