BA McDONALD – A Guide to Speaking in Public

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Summary

• All officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers are given formal training designed to develop their oral and visual communication skills in instructional situations, for the prime purpose of imparting knowledge to others.

• Little formal training is given in the similar but subtly different skills needed to effectively inform, explain and persuade.‘On duty’ speaking for these purposes is usually confined to briefing military audiences and speaking to civilian audiences as a representative of the Army.

• The TIB in this issue are designed to provide guidance on how to express ideas clearly, completely and convincingly in either circumstance.Credit is given to the Canadian National Defence Headquarters the Presentations Division, Headquarters, Far East Air Forces, United States Air Force and the United States Army Armor School for the basic manuscripts from which these TIB were developed.

• Both TIB are unclassified and contain no copyright material.

• – Headquarters Training Command 17 October 1980 Issued by command of the Chief of the General Staff (B.A. McDONALD) Major General General Officer CommandingAbout Author:Major General B.A. MacDonald is director of plans, J-5, Australia.