The Tongue and Quill (U.S. Air Force)
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Military members and civilian employees of the Department of the Air Force must communicate clearly and effectively to carry out our missions. Although we live in an era of rapid personal and mass communication that was barely imagined just a few years ago, our Air Force still requires face-to-face briefings, background papers, and staff packages to keep the mission moving forward. This handbook, together with AFMAN 33-326, Preparing Official Communications, and the templates posted on e-publishing website provide the information to ensure clear communications-written or spoken.
Front Matter
1: A Basic Philosophy of Communitcation
2: Seven Steps to Effective Communication
3: Step 1 (Analyze Purpose and Audience)
4: Step 2 (Research Your Topic)
5: Step 3 (Support Your Ideas
6: Step 4 (Organize and Outline)
7: Step 5 (Draft)
8: Step 6 (Edit)
9: Step 7 (Fight for Feedback and Get Approval)
10: Air Force Speaking
11: Effective Listening Strategies
12: Electronic Communications and Social Media
13: Meetings
14: The Official Memorandum
15: The Personal Letter
16: Air force "Papers"
17: The Staff Study
18: The Staff Package
19: Writing Better Bullet Statements
20: The Official Biography
21: The Résumé
22: Envelopes and Mail
23: Air Force Publications/Forms
24: Writing Terminology
25: Punctuation
26: Abbreviations
27: Capitalization
28: Numbers
Back Matter
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