1. The Untapped Potential of English Teaching
- Author:
- Megan Metrick
- Publication Date:
- 04-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Council of American Ambassadors
- Abstract:
- Public Diplomacy (PD) at the State Department shows signs of going through a serious rethink. The push to be more strategic in our programming has taken off. Public Diplomacy officers can rattle off the Integrated Country Strategy goals with the best of them. More rigorous program planning and evaluation may be coming to a cloud platform near you soon (see the excellent article by my colleague Carissa Gonzalez in the previous issue of The Ambassadors Review). Social media regulations are in the Foreign Affairs Manual. EducationUSA and American Spaces have slick branding, unified looks, and centralized websites. These new strategies and tools are great, and in many cases, long overdue. However, as we redesign Public Diplomacy for the 21st century (albeit we are already well into that century), we should go back to the basics for a moment, and remember why we’re here.
- Topic:
- Diplomacy, Education, and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus and United States of America