Organizations: Get Involved

How Organizations Can Support Public Diplomacy

Models for Action:

Developing business practices that make public diplomacy a core element of international corporate public action

• Name a corporate officer responsible for public diplomacy
• Incorporate U.S. business practices consistent with U.S. values of respect for the individual, opportunities, and entrepreneurship

Promoting Understanding of American Society, Culture, and Values

• Become part of the local community through employee volunteerism, strategic philanthropy, and greater engagement with responsible NGOs
• Create “circles” of influence through relationships with organizations, chambers of commerce, journalists, and local business leaders
• Create local opportunities to win internship opportunities in the U.S.
• Provide English-language training and overseas studies for disadvantaged students

Building Relationships of Trust and Respect

• Support the creation of a corps of “foreign service officers” made up of academics and business people with specialized expertise who could work abroad on short-term assignments
• Provide incentives for non-U.S. workforce to visit the U.S. and for U.S. work force to travel overseas
• Sponsor international short-term assignments for U.S. employees
• Have private sector public diplomacy summits in key geographies
• Provide financial support for some State Department educational and cultural exchanges