If you’re ever unfortunate enough to find yourself stranded on a desert island, a good communications strategy can effectively improve your chances of survival So, if you don’t know your Yamana from your Noon Gun it’s time to start swotting up; after all you don’t know when your knowledge of communications strategies will come in handy

Anyone who has ever been a member of the armed forces can vouch for the fact that it is vital to uphold a good communications strategy at all times, and the army is no exception to this rule As such, those in roles that focus primarily on communications strategies are some of the most valuable recruits

Communication can be one of the most problematic aspects of any relationship, but this is no new revelation For centuries, couples have quarrelled and quipped over undelivered (or in fact, unsent) messages, and the lack of communication in their relationships

In today’s fast-paced and hi-tech world of the Internet, instant messaging and every other possible form of digital communication, it’s easy to forget that, in the grand scheme of things, it was not so long ago that communications strategies were an entirely different kettle of fish (or pile of wood as the case may have been)

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Did you ever suspect that something as mundane as a park bench can be a key instrument in the communications strategy of secret agents and foreign operatives Next time you sit down to feed the pigeons, check for a suspicious chalk mark or fresh graffiti in the wood

In action-packed television series and big screen films such as 24, James Bond and Mission Impossible, federal agents are constantly relying on communications strategies to get them through their missions unscathed We take a look at three of the best federal and secret service agents television has ever seen

Pagers are great in the middle of a crisis; at least some of our favourite TV characters certainly think so Who could forget Ross’ numerous calls from a male prostitute in friends or the episode of Scrubs where Dr Cox finds J

The communications strategies of secret agencies are in operation all around us Huge amounts of top-level boffin brainpower are put into the creating and the cracking of codes and audio surveillance, but much of what they do is already known to us