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11/12/2020

ACPD Official Meeting Minutes: September 30, 2020 - United States Department of State

Notes from the Disinformation Wars: ACPD Panel Transcript

From getting our own house in order to jettisoning the term "fake news" to an information non-proliferation agreement, check out our experts' insights!
https://www.state.gov/acpd-official-meeting-minutes-september-30-2020/

U.S. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY Minutes and Transcript from the Quarterly Public Meeting on Public Diplomacy’s Role in Countering State-Sponsored Disinformation, based on the September 2020 ACPD special report, “Public Diplomacy and the New “Old” War: Countering State-Sponsored ...

09/11/2020

Public Diplomacy and the New “Old” War: Countering Disinformation

Is it deja-vu all over again? Or are we fighting new battles over influence in the global information space? Join us for an expert panel assessment of current public diplomacy counter-disinformation initiatives.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-diplomacy-and-the-new-old-war-countering-disinformation-tickets-120469253781

An expert panel previews a new ACPD Special Report on public diplomacy’s role in countering state-sponsored disinformation.

08/19/2020

Teaching PD & Information Instruments of Power in a Complex Media Environment | USC Center on Public Diplomacy

KEY FINDINGS FROM RECENT ACPD REPORT ON TEACHING PD & INFO OPS
Check out this summary of expert findings on the related challenges of developing effective audience engagement strategies, untangling influence effects and mastering rapidly evolving information technology tools and resources.

CPD is fully operational and adhering to local and global guidelines in relation to COVID-19 (coronavirus). >> Please see updates for the USC community here and regarding CPD here.

08/18/2020

ACPD Official Meeting Minutes: June 23, 2020 - United States Department of State

HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY? Check out the ACPD's recent expert panel on Data Driven Public Diplomacy for answers!
In 2014, the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy published Data-Driven Public Diplomacy: Progress Towards Measuring the Impact of Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting Activities, a ground-breaking report that became a go-to resource for practitioners, policymakers, and scholars interested in the use of research and evaluation tools to assess the impact of U.S.G information outreach, education and cultural programming. Six years later, we asked a distinguished panel of experts to revisit that report, focusing on current and future trends in public diplomacy research and evaluation. Here's what they had to say.

U.S. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY MINUTES AND TRANSCRIPT FROM THE QUARTERLY PUBLIC MEETING ON DATA DRIVEN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, SIX YEARS LATER, BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE 2014 REPORT, “DATA-DRIVEN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: PROGRESS TOWARDS MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL B...

08/11/2020

Teaching Public Diplomacy and the Information Instruments of Power in a Complex Information Environment (2020) - United States Department of State

NEW ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT ON STAYING COMPETITIVE IN THE GLOBAL INFO SPACE!

As the US postures itself for renewed great power competition, it is ever more important for our military and diplomatic leaders to engage effectively in an increasingly complex, and often hostile, information environment. Our new report builds a body of expertise around the teaching of public diplomacy, information and influence activities across the interagency. Our national security and prosperity depend on it.

The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) is a bipartisan panel created by Congress in 1948 to appraise all U.S. government efforts to understand, inform and influence foreign publics. The Commission makes recommendations to improve the Public Diplomacy (PD) functions vested in U.S. go...

07/09/2020

A pleasure to present on crisis communications to the next generation of Georgian strategists and policy makers.

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რონდელის ფონდი დიდ მადლობას უხდის ვივიენ უოლკერს, აშშ-ის სახელმწიფო დეპარტამენტის სახალხო დიპლომატიის საკონსულტაციო კომისიის აღმასრულებელ დირექტორს, საინტერესო პრეზენტაციისა და დისკუსიისთვის.

ონლაინ ლექცია ჩატარდა „ეროვნული უსაფრთხოებისა და საჯარო პოლიტიკის“ კურსდამთავრებულებისთვის და ეხებოდა კრიზისის პერიოდში სტრატეგიულ კომუნიკაციებს - ბენგაზის შემთხვევა.

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Grateful to Vivian Walker, Executive Director of US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy at the Department of State, for her extremely interesting presentation and insightful follow up discussion with Rondeli Foundation alumni of National Security and Public Policy Program on Crises Messaging in Complex Information Environments - Case of Benghazi.

US Embassy Tbilisi, Georgia

06/03/2020

ACPD Quarterly Meeting: Data Driven Public Diplomacy Six Years Later

Join us for the ACPD's first ever virtual public meeting! On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 from 12:00-1:30 PM EDT we will be discussing developments in data driven public diplomacy to see what has changed since the Commission's 2014 report, “Data-driven Public Diplomacy: Progress Towards Measuring the Impact of Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting Activities."

The meeting will feature a panel of public diplomacy experts from the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media who will provide updates on the practice of using data to formulate public diplomacy programming.

You can register via EventBrite--here's the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acpd-quarterly-meeting-data-driven-public-diplomacy-six-years-later-tickets-106392839848

You can also register by emailing ACPD Program Assistant Kristy Zamary at [email protected].

We look forward to your participation.

The June 2020 ACPD Quarterly Public Meeting focuses on "Data Driven Public Diplomacy-- Six Years Later."

02/05/2020

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy: 2nd Edition (Paperback) - Routledge

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy: 2nd Edition (Paperback) - Routledge

The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, co-edited by two leading scholars in the international relations subfield of public diplomacy, includes 16 more chapters from the first. Ten years later, a new global landscape of public…

01/22/2020

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01/21/2020

2019 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting - United States Department of State

ACPD's 2019 ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING is now live! With this edition we are celebrating 70 years of ACPD Reporting (1949-2019). Check it out at https://www.state.gov/2019-comprehensive-annual-report-on-public-diplomacy-and-international-broadcasting/.

If you need assistance accessing this report, please contact the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Executive Director Vivian Walker ([email protected]) or Senior Advisor Shawn Baxter ([email protected]).

11/22/2019

Working through public diplomacy/strategic communication challenges with another impressive group of Georgian policy professionals.

Dr. Vivian Walker, Executive Director of the U.S Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, conducting the module on Strategic Communication for the National Security and Public Policy cohort.

10/17/2019

ACPD Official Meeting Minutes: September 4, 2019 - United States Department of State

Take a look at the transcript of the ACPD’s September 4, 2019 quarterly meeting for an exclusive look at the recent merger between the Bureaus of Public Affairs (PA) and International Information Programs (IIP), and the resulting creation of the Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA) at the Department of State. The transcript can be found on our website at https://www.state.gov/acpd-official-meeting-minutes-september-4-2019/

U.S. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY MINUTES AND TRANSCRIPT FROM THE QUARTERLY PUBLIC MEETING ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE GLOBAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS BUREAU WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, September 4, 2019 | 10:00-11:45 a.m....

10/10/2019

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10/09/2019

United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy - United States Department of State

Big changes at the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy! We have a new team on board, a new annual report coming out, and a fresh approach to our historical archives to better serve researchers and policy makers. Stay tuned!

The New ACPD Team:
Executive Director Vivian Walker ([email protected])
Senior Advisor Shawn Baxter ([email protected]
Program Assistant Kristy Zamary ([email protected])

The New Website Address:
https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/united-states-advisory-commission-on-public-diplomacy/

Stay tuned for the following:
*The 2019 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting--coming in December!
*New ACPD reports never before featured on our website dating back to the 1960s--coming in Spring 2020

We want to hear from you. Please don't hesitate to reach out with your suggestions, comments and questions.

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05/02/2018

Optimizing Engagement: Research, Evaluation, and Learning in Public Diplomacy

Friends of the Commission: very pleased to share our latest report, Optimizing Engagement: Research, Evaluation, and Learning in Public Diplomacy. This field-defining effort offers a comprehensive accounting of best practices from around the world. Drawing upon 28 detailed case studies, it provides in-depth analysis of the research and assessment practices from 17 countries.

The Commission invites you to explore this report in great depth. The findings are both instructive for research and assessment professionals, but also aspirational for those overseeing public diplomacy campaigns, offices, and operations.

https://www.state.gov/pdcommission/reports/281372.htm

03/14/2018

ACPD Executive Director Shawn Powers spoke at SXSW this week on Diplomacy v. AI: Foreign Policy, Bots & Blockchain (with Moira Whelan, James Barbour, and PIF Amy Wilson). You can watch the hour-long panel here: https://www.facebook.com/EUintheUS/videos/2004081322999140/

03/14/2018

Friends and colleagues, please join us next week at the Rayburn Office Building to for an event on Optimizing Diplomatic Engagement: An Evidence-Based, Results-Oriented Approach, with the brilliant Katherine Brown and Gerry Power. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/optimizing-diplomatic-engagement-a-evidence-based-result-oriented-approach-tickets-43623339583

03/05/2018

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Thrilled to see the latest edition of State Magazine out, including an article on the Commission's 70th anniversary. Take a look!

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02/26/2018

The Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy organized a Research, Evaluation, and Learning Summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace (hosted by PeaceTech Labs) on Feb 22-23.

The Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy organized a Research, Evaluation, and Learning Summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace (hosted by PeaceTech Labs) on Feb 22-23.

11/29/2017

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Friends: sharing news of our next public meeting on Dec 8 on the future of public diplomacy training. The discussion will feature remarks from Under Secretary Steve Goldstein, and FSI's Will Stevens and Elizabeth Fitzsimmons. Hope to see you there! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acpd-public-meeting-the-future-of-public-diplomacy-training-tickets-40873261024

11/03/2017

New article by ACPD's Shawn Powers: Forget all the drama and intrigue. Time to value public diplomacy programs as the backbone of American diplomacy. https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/valuing-public-diplomacy

09/28/2017

2017 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting

Thrilled to share the Commission's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting. Enjoy! https://www.state.gov/pdcommission/reports/274698.htm

ACPD is a bipartisan panel created by Congress in 1948 to formulate and recommend policies and programs to carry out the public diplomacy (PD) functions vested in U.S. government entities, and to appraise the effectiveness of those activities across

09/22/2017

Friends of the Commission: Writing to invite you to our next public hearing, scheduled for September 28 from 10:30-12:00p at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. In addition to rolling out the 2017 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting, which is a great resource for anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of PD, we’ll also be joined by Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and co-lead on a bipartisan effort to counter Russian disinformation aiming to weaken Western democratic values and institutions. You may be more familiar with the project's Hamilton 68 dashboard, which tracks Russian influence operations on Twitter.

More info, and RSVP, here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advisory-commission-on-public-diplomacy-public-meeting-tickets-38099074357

07/19/2017

Can Public Diplomacy Survive the Internet? | USC Center on Public Diplomacy

Check out the new post from ACPD's Chris Hensman and Shawn Powers on emerging challenges for public diplomats, and some paths forward.

Feedback is welcome, and thanks to the USC Center on Public Diplomacy for the opportunity.

http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/can-public-diplomacy-survive-internet

The CPD Blog is intended to stimulate dialog among scholars and practitioners from around the world in the public diplomacy sphere. The opinions represented here are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect CPD's views.

05/11/2017

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Check out ACPD's newest report "Can Public Diplomacy Survive the Internet? Bots, Echo Chambers, and Disinformation." A fascinating new report on how online conversations are being artificially influenced and how government can keep up in this space. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/271028.pdf

04/21/2017

Echo Chambers, AI & Bot-Driven Disinformation: New Challenges in PD

Thrilled to announce the Commission's next public meeting on May 9 featuring Congressman (retired) Mike Rogers; former White House & State Department Technology Lead Tom Cochran; White House Interim Chief Digital Officer (and incoming Digital Lead at State) Ory Rinat; and others.

Please mark your calendars, share, and RSVP here!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/echo-chambers-ai-bot-driven-disinformation-new-challenges-in-pd-tickets-33893465267

This session will examine how public diplomacy practitioners need to adjust strategies and tactics for the modern information ecosystem, including understanding echo chambers, automated disinformation, algorithmic bias, and the proliferation and diversity of foreign propaganda efforts. Congressman…

12/13/2016

US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

For folks who missed last week's panel on countering violent extremism and public diplomacy, here is audio recording. Enjoy!

In case you missed last week's meeting on Countering Violent Extremism, here is the audio recording from our session featuring Commission Members and a panel of experts including: Peter Mandaville, Sheldon Himelfarb, Abbas Barzegar, Alicia Kearns, Haroon Ullah, and Sarah Sayeed. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ih7per899txj0b6/Dec_2016_Public_Mtg.mp3?dl=0

12/13/2016

Dec_2016_Public_Mtg.mp3

In case you missed last week's meeting on Countering Violent Extremism, here is the audio recording from our session featuring Commission Members and a panel of experts including: Peter Mandaville, Sheldon Himelfarb, Abbas Barzegar, Alicia Kearns, Haroon Ullah, and Sarah Sayeed. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ih7per899txj0b6/Dec_2016_Public_Mtg.mp3?dl=0

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09/21/2016

2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting

Our 2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on #PublicDiplomacy and International Broadcasting can be found here: http://www.state.gov/pdcommission/reports/2016/index.htm

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09/15/2016

2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy--ACPD Official Meeting

Please join us at our public meeting on Tues, Sept. 20 from 10-11:30am at the Dirksen Senate Building, Room 106, where we'll release the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting. The report will also be available on our website: http://www.state.gov/pdcommission on Tuesday morning. www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-comprehensive-annual-report-on-public-diplomacy-acpd-official-meeting-tickets-21684359503

The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) will hold its next quarterly public meeting from 10:00am-11:30am on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106. The Dirksen Senate Office Building is on Constitution Ave, NE between 1st and 2nd St, NE. The Comm...