"How to Write a Promotable EER" was this month's Public Diplomacy Council Lunch and Learn Series discussion focus. The forum held on March 14 at the American Foreign Service Association included four panelists from the State Department who provided valuable insight to the Do's and Don'ts of writing an EER. Photo Credit: Alma Burke

PDC President Adam Clayton Powell III attended the first ever Africa-US Public Diplomacy Conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on March 10th. The conference was co-sponsored by The Public Diplomacy Council, aims to commence the first Public Diplomacy Project in Africa. Pictured L-R: Adam Clayton Powell III, President of the PDC; Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala, Director, African Center for the Study of the USA; Prof. Tawana Kupe, Acting Vice Chancellor of the university; Jay Wang, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy; and Dr. Bob Wakesa, Director of the university's new Public Diplomacy initiative. (Photo credit: Koko)

The Public Diplomacy Council hosted its March First Monday Forum on "The Public Diplomacy of Spain". Cristina Fraile, Deputy Chief of Mission to the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C. spoke at the GWU Elliott School of International Affairs on Spanish-American history and Spain's approach to global cultural engagement and public diplomacy through the arts, STEM and digital media. Photo Credit: Adam Powell III

Our collaboration with the American Council of Ambassadors for the Kathryn W. Davis Fellows. Council members meet with each Fellow for several mentoring meetings where they share their experience in public diplomacy and career management. Pictured are the 2017 Fellows, Maren Payne-Holmes (far left) and Julius Tsai (right), with the Honorable Bruce Gelb. Photo Credit: Brian Carlson