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Life After State: Employment Opportunities in Academe Dr. M. Karen Walker, co-chair of PDCA's Academic Study Committee, offers suggestions on employment opportunities for people who have served at the Department of State. Dec. 8 - Celebrating Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace

Click on the image to register for more information and to register. How Your Donation Strengthens Public Diplomacy 🇳🇱 “Dutch Fulbright Board Members Resign Over U.S. Pressure on Academic Freedom” PDCA Member Julie Moyes, former PAO in The Hague, delves into the decision to resign by half the bilateral commission that runs the Netherlands Fulbright Program. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ef9Vgm4x PDCA Member Lonnie Johnson, former Executive Director of Fulbright Austria, responds to the underlying issues highlighted by the Dutch resignations here: https://lnkd.in/eGKHApwV PDCA’s After State: Employment Opportunities in Academe 📅 December 2, 2025 | 🕛 6:00 PM ET | 💻 Zoom Join us for our third “Life After State” program to hear insights from experts on...

This session will feature discussion on jobs for administrators and roles such as the Senior International Officer. Whether you’re currently searching for your next role or considering future opportunities, this event is one you won’t want to miss. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMtstfDh 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from the Public Diplomacy Council of America! 🧡 This thanksgiving, we are especially thankful for our members and supporters. In these challenging times, we continue to make it our mission to support and connect the PD community.

We couldn’t do this without you- and your support. As Giving Tuesday approaches on December 2, we hope that you will consider giving back to the Public Diplomacy Council of America so that we may continue to sustain our programs, speaker events, awards,... Read more and donate or pledge at https://lnkd.in/eJnWvfEH PDCA’s December Monday Forum: “Celebrating Eisenhower's Atoms For Peace” 📅 December 8, 2025 | 🕛 12:00 PM ET | 📍GWU Lindner Family Commons + Zoom In the speech before the United Nations General Assembly... Eisenhower suggested a means to transform the atom from a scourge into a benefit for mankind. His "Atoms for Peace" speech embodied his most important nuclear initiative as President.

PDCA’s panel dives into the past and present of nuclear technology, looking back at Eisenhower’s nuclear initiatives and looking forward with a panel of experts to the future of nuclear technology for peace and... 📍 GWU's Lindner Family Commons (1957 E St NW, Room 602, Washington, D.C.) 🥪 Light lunch for early arrivals (by 11:40 AM) 🎥 Also available via Zoom 🔗 Register to attend in-person or online... 🇺🇸 In honor of Veterans Day, PDCA Member Julie Moyes poignantly writes about the fallen American service members that are buried at cemeteries and memorials overseas - and the importance of those historical ties... 💻 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/epMZZeqS This feature, authored by Andrew Dubbins, was included in CPD's 2023–2024 Annual Report. Public diplomacy is at a critical juncture.

To remain relevant and effective, practitioners must adapt to hyper-speed technological changes and an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape. They must learn to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and tap into digital communities, while never forgetting the need for a human touch in public diplomacy. “Public diplomacy is still fundamentally about relationships,” said Paul Kruchoski, Director of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy’s Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources at the U.S. Department of State, who spoke at a June 2024 event on the future of public diplomacy, co-hosted by CPD and the Public Diplomacy Council of America and held at USC’s new Capital Campus in... Public diplomacy has long been about engaging foreign publics to shape perceptions, build relationships, and promote mutual understanding. And it remains so.

However, as Kruchoski noted, the current reality presents unprecedented challenges. “We are also competing not just with state actors but every other draw on people’s attention, affinity, and identity,” he explained. This competition includes corporations and civil society organizations, all of whom have access to advanced technological tools that enable them to shape narratives more effectively. One of the most significant, and indeed revolutionary, of those tools is AI. AI is rapidly transforming the field of public diplomacy, offering innovative, easy-to-use solutions that enhance communication, content creation, and strategic engagement. Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic...

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We’re sorry, this site is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again in a few moments. Exception: forbidden First Monday Forum is the PDCA’s major public program, spanning all aspects of diplomacy in the public sphere. Photo by Bruce Guthrie. The Public Diplomacy Council of America – a new professional organization for the new era in global engagement

The PDCA, a nonprofit association of practitioners and scholars, promotes excellence in the professional practice, academic study, and advocacy for public diplomacy. We will: Publics are more engaged and important than ever before No longer can governments decide the world’s fate irrespective of their own publics and those of other nations. Both old and new media mobilize publics as never before. Leaders consult stakeholders, carefully analyze public opinion on a daily basis, and seek to shape media and popular support.

Deeply held values and cultural norms affect public perceptions and judgments about issues. PDCA is managed by a Board of Directors, drawn from the membership, who volunteer to serve the organization without compensation. The Board of Directors numbers between fifteen (15) and twenty-one (21) and meets at least quarterly. The Board of Directors adopts PDCA policies, guides programs, appoints Committees, leads PDCA activities, sets member dues, approves the annual budget, and secures and monitors the organization's finances. Karl Stoltz retired from the U.S. State Department of State in October 2024 after a 38-1/2 years as a Foreign Service Officer, primarily in Public Diplomacy positions.

He served as an Assistant Information Officer in Wellington and Moscow; as Cultural Affairs Officer in Jakarta; as Branch Public Affairs Officer in Christchurch, NZ; and as Country PAO in Papua New Guinea, Malaysia,... He also served twice as Deputy Chief of Mission in Myanmar and Denmark. In Washington, D.C., Karl was Office Director for Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and for Citizen Exchanges in ECA. He also served as Regional Exchanges and Cultural Coordinator in USIA’s East Asia bureau and as Public Diplomacy Fellow at George Washington University. Karl’s final job at State was acting Deputy Coordinator and Senior Advisor at the R Bureau’s Global Engagement Center (GEC). In retirement, Karl teaches a graduate course at GWU, serves as Chair of the Walter Roberts Endowment, and works part-time as a foreign policy advisor for Deft 9 Solutions LLC.

Karl is married to Tania Garry, who also has a prior background in public diplomacy with the governments of New Zealand and Australia. Karl speaks Russian, Indonesian, and Malaysian; his favorite free-time activities are travel, trivia contests, theatre, and music, and participation in Hash House Harriers hiking clubs. Contact: President@PublicDiplomacy.org. The former Executive Director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Dr. Vivian S.

Walker is Practitioner in Residence at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Adjunct Professor in GU’s MSFS degree program, Chair of the Foreign Service Journal Editorial Board, co-editor of the Palgrave... Previously, she taught at the Central European University, the National War College, and the National Defense College of the UAE. Then, the Public Diplomacy Council of America is your professional organization. Why: Membership enables professionals and practitioners to network and engage with individuals who are supportive of each other and share the same goals and aspirations. You should be a member. What: The Council, a 501(c)(3) organization, supports the academic study, professional practice, and responsible advocacy of public diplomacy.

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