Africa
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) has over ten years of training the world's public diplomats through our cutting-edge professional education program which integrates academic scholarship and real-world problem-solving.
The 2016 two-week program reflected the fast-changing diplomacy landscape while providing a wide range of hands-on skills and analytical capabilities essential for high-impact public diplomacy practice. The 2016 summer curriculum included:
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Whether you call it PD, nation branding, or PR for nations, it's a global phenomenon.
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What makes or breaks relationships between stakeholders in public-private partnerships.
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Diasporas, public-private partnerships, and the limits of digitization.
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A look at the digital elements of organizational culture.
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PD experts forecast what's on the horizon.
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