CO Lessons

CO Lessons

Welcome Message

What is command?

• Commanding Officer
• Executive Officer
• Chain of Command
• Is This the Role for you?

Leadership

• CART: Communication, Adaptability, Respect, Teamwork
• Share Leadership / Delegate
• Listening
• Leading by Example
• Respect
• Managing Problems
• It’s OK to say No
• Further Reading
  • SERVE

Website and Community

• What Makes a Good Website? (CRAP)
• What to Put on it
• Building a Community
• Sim Newsletter
• Resources

Missions

• What is a Plot?
• Plot Types
• Plot Starters
• Directing the Plot
• Bad Guys & Aliens
• Away Teams
• Mission End
• Shoreleave
• Potential Problems

Recruitment

• Introduction to Recruitment
• How not to Recruit
• Image
• Write an Ad
• Where to Recruit

Player & Character Management

• Handling Applications
• Setting up a new Player
• Introducing a New Character
• Enlisted, NCOs, Marines, Civvies
• Recognition and Rewards
• Conflict Management
• LOAs, ELOAs and Resignation / Removal
• Managing Exiting Players / Characters

Advice from Ghosts of COs Past