Working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They are renovating the normal room we work with. I appreciate the patients of all of you the patience of all of you. We are grateful for all of the hospitality you provide to us for these First Monday Forum in the First Monday Forum first monday forms. The First Monday Forum will fea
Browse all of our products. Next, we hear from the executive director of the u. S. Advisory commission on Public Diplomacy talking about the commissions history and recommendations for furthering its agenda. Once again, if i could have is thetion please, mike working is the mic working . It ise is sherry mueller, my privilege to serve as director of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event the Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and the university of southern Annenberg Center for leadership communication and policy. Also, just to correct, i saw the president here. It is the Public Diplomacy association of america. We got it. I promise. All three organizations are really pleased to cohost our special guest, dr. Vivian walker, will be introduced by one of our Board Members in a few minutes. I just wanted to let you all know we are grateful to George Washington university. They a
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I am pleased to introduce todays forum, a conversation on the emerging role of statewide debate commissions. The Ohio Association of broadcasters is the association of local radio and television stations here in ohio and we have been involved with the Ohio Debate Commission since its inception last year with many stages around the state during the debates organized by the Commission Last fall. Been anl debate has integral part of the american political process at all levels. ,nd yet, over the last decade debates between candidates seeking Political Office has declined. This is not for lack of effort as community and civic groups including the city club as well as television stations and other media organizations have organized the debates only to have candidates often incumbents turned down invitations, refusing to debate their opponents or desiring highly choreographed debates in front of their supporters. In 2006, the city club famously gubernatorial candidates after their refusal to
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