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
Once again, if i could have your attention, please. Is the mike working . The mike is working. Itname is Sherry Mueller and is my privilege to service as president of the Public Diplomacy council and to welcome each of you in this room to the First Monday Forum, a monthly event that Public Diplomacy council cohosts with a Public Diplomacy alumni association. And the university of southern annenberg annual 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, who will be introduced by one of our board members,. Botch in a few minutes peter kovach in a few minutes. We are very grateful to George Washington university, they are renovating the normal room that we work with and i appreciate the patience of all of you. We are grateful to the Elliott School and Anthony Desantis who is he
Commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hippel and commissioner weidner. Today we know under the offices of the Advisory Commission we called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, and state department, and the executive director, it is my honor to open this event. And for opening comments, i want to tell you how things will go today. And to principal speakers, they speak to the tagteam formation and at the end of their formation we will take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they finish their presentation. For the moderated q and day session there will be a microphone. Please speak into the microphone, and your questions and answers are part of the transcript that will be part of public record. It is important to capture your question so we can reflect them accurately. It is my great pleasure to turn it over to the chairman. Thank you for the audience being here. The president of Public Di