Celebrity Diplomacy Workshop

USC's Annenburg School offered an entire workshop about celebrity public diplomacy in April. If you visit this site (http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/index.php/events/events_detail/5496/) you can watch the entire thing via a YouTube video. Enjoy!

Obama re-brands America

For years, many of those who follow the nation brands phenomenon have bemoaned the loss of American credibility and subsequent brand strength in the world. There were many symptoms of Brand America’s power loss: Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, Axis of Evil, Florida, Shock and Awe, Hurricane Katrina. Then along comes one guy who steps into this media and mind space to reboot Amerca’s image in the world in just a manner of a year.

To read the entire post:
http://www.nation-branding.info/2009/01/31/obama-brands-america/

Cool Resources

Hey guys! After listening to your ideas this past week, I thought of some resources that might be useful to some of you for initiating your public diplomacy projects.

MagCloud is an organization that helps to print, publish and distribute your own magazine.
(www.magcloud.com)

Also, Ning is a site that allows you to create your own social network.
(www.ning.com)

Hope this is some helpful stuff!

Group Projects

Hello!

Group Projects -- does anyone know who is in each group and what each group is reading and presenting on for this week (10.21.09)?

I have heard that some people remember talking about it and most of the other people have no idea. I was at the last class I do not recollect any mention of the groups or the assignments.

Thanks guys!

Katie-Coral

Can your final project pay for a trip to DC, New York, and Hollywood?

Yes, it can! You might win an "all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., New York and Hollywood" with your final project.

If you are still looking for a final project idea, here is your chance.

State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) has a video challenge, where you are expected to complete the phrase "Democracy is...." with a short video of 3 minutes. You are free to use any story telling style including, fiction, documentary, comedy, music video or animation.

The six publicly identified winners, (one each from the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific), will travel to the United States to claim their prize in the fall of 2010.

Please see the website for further details:

http://www.videochallenge.america.gov/

And, you can use your submission as your final project for CC471.

Social Marketing within Frangible Societies

I hope that after this week's lecture we are all more aware of the importance of communications to international soft and smart power.

We briefly touched in class how the web and social media are coming into play with Public Diplomacy.

Dr. Payne sent details out about this event last week, and with a finalized date, please take note and I hope that some of our classmates can attend!

What: Social Marketing within Frangible Societies
(a case study of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur’s (UNAMID) Strategic Communications Division)
When: 3:00-5:30 pm
Where: Bill Bordy Theater
Who: Open To Emerson Students

Social Marketing within Frangible Societies
(a case study of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur’s (UNAMID) Strategic Communications Division)

Major Andrew Duprey (BFA ’87 Professional Writing), US Army Special Operations Command, will first review the definitions of social marketing and frangible society as well as challenges and implications in overarching terms that would apply in a universal construct. These topics would include, but not be limited to, language, culture, legitimacy, demilitarization, and re-integration. The second half of the presentation will be participatory in nature. Students will divide into small groups that will “become” the nucleus of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur’s (UNAMID) Strategic Communications Division. They will independently develop a campaign plan to communicate critical issues to indigenous persons of the Darfur region for the UN Forces Commander. They will then present their ideas to the class at large and discuss the challenges and implications of their decisions.

Contact: Tom Vogel

Welcome aboard!

Hi everyone,

I would like to start by introducing myself and welcoming all of you to our blog on Public Diplomacy.

My name is Efe Sevin. I am currently a visiting scholar in Emerson College (Boston, MA, USA) under the Fulbright program. With a background of international relations, current studies in political communication and being a "Fulbrighter" as an occupation, I spend most of my time working on public diplomacy and political communication concepts.

This semester, I am working with Dr. Gregory Payne on CC 471 Public Diplomacy Seminar. Our class met for the third time this Wednesday, and I am really glad to say that we have enjoyed another week of lively discussions.

This blog is created as a platform for the students of CC 471 to share their ideas! I invite all the authors to introduce themselves and to start blogging!

Once again, welcome aboard!

Efe