The Evolution of Advocating for the Military Caregiving Community
In late October, as the Washington Nationals played Game 2 of the World Series, two of the most well-known people in the United States were in our nation’s capital. And it had nothing to do with baseball. Tom Hanks and Michelle Obama were at The Anthem in Washington,...
Using The Hype of Tech to Talk Reality
Not every technology is going to change the world. But you may think that from reading headlines. From driverless cars to space, most tech journalism focuses on the hype of technology. One morning recently, I visited Wired.com and the main featured video was about how...
Why Is Your Solution Different From Every Other Solution?
How many times have you heard the word “solution” during your career? For me, I’d conservatively estimate about a billion. A colleague shared an anecdote of attending a tech event recently in Washington, D.C. and being greeted by three different people who introduced...
Can The United States Remain Dominant In Space?
“We’ve been shockingly slow in coming back to space defense.” Those were the words of Rep. Jim Cooper, D-TN, during the Defense One Tech Summit, held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on June 28. Cooper was joined by Trey Obering, former director of the Missile...
Military Media Training: Reading is Fundamental
“One size fits all” may be good when you’re buying a baseball cap, but it’s not good for media training. For communications professionals, training client spokespeople to be effective in media interviews and presentations is part of the job. A cursory Internet search...
How SDI Helps DHA Communicate Military Health Benefits Worldwide
by Jennifer Graves Jennifer Graves leads the robust SDI team supporting the communications division of the Defense Health Agency (DHA). DHA is responsible for ensuring both a medically ready force and a ready medical force. SDI works under Deloitte Consulting LLP on...
What Is The Future of Facial Recognition Technology?
May 2019 may be remembered as the tipping point when it comes to the use of facial recognition technologies, and the privacy concerns associated with it. The issue came to a head early in the month, when San Francisco became the first city to ban the use of facial...
Facebook Losing Face?
Discover what is facing an up to $5 billion dollar fine related to its data privacy issues with the latest breach occurring last month...
Why Can’t We Figure out this Cybersecurity Thing? Let’s Start by Avoiding the Noise and Hype
With so much of our world dependent on secure and stable IT networks, it’s a fair question to ask: Why aren’t we better already? It’s not like this IT flash creeped on us. Smart people, dating back decades even, identified vulnerabilities and sounded the...