MID-CAREER OFFICIALS LEARN TO LISTEN, ADVOCATE POLICIES THROUGH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
JUL 5, 2007

VOA News

In this information age, governments are reaching out to people in other parts of the world in an emerging field called public diplomacy. Mike O'Sullivan reports, mid-career officials from government and international institutions recently came to Los Angeles to sharpen their skills in the field. Read more...

TimesOnline (UK)

HE MAY have failed all his GCSEs and admitted to being baffled by his then six-year-old son’s homework, but David Beckham is poised to lecture at one of America’s oldest universities on the conundrums of global diplomacy. When the 32-year-old footballer arrives at his new home in Los Angeles next month he will be bombarded with invitations. Read more...

USC Center on Public Diplomacy Report

Sixteen diplomats and foreign officials graduated from the inaugural USC Summer Institute: Advanced Training in Public Diplomacy. Funded in part by the United Nations Foundation, the Summer Institute offered an opportunity to critically study public diplomacy in a two-week intensive course. Summer Institute participants came from countries across the world including Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ghana, South Africa, Spain and Thailand. Read more...