Public diplomacy

6 Scientific Tips to Get More Retweets

As a community manager, I know that people working in social media are always searching for the ultimate tweet: 140 characters of pure perfection...

A Defense (Sort of) of Twitter I don’t tweet, but I see why some...

I am not on Twitter. I am not a snob about it. Some of my best friends tweet. Nor do I believe that my absence...

Marking the Foreign Secretary’s 200,000 twitter follower

This week the Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed student Gopal Rao to the Foreign Office. The meeting was the result of a competition launched...

The United Nation’s Social Network

Several weeks ago I wrote a blog post in which I attempted to illustrate and analyze the social network of the world’s foreign ministries....

Canada Advocates for Digital Diplomacy

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird threw his lot in with digital diplomacy in a speech given yesterday at the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development...

Serbia – In Pictures… Thanks For Your Help

Roman Ruins of Sirium in Sremska Mitrovica You know that Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina suffered some of the worst flooding on record in 120 years, but...

How China wins friends and influences people — with pandas

This week, a pair of pandas finally arrived at Kuala Lumpur Airport in Malaysia. The arrival was a long time coming: China had inked...

“It was a Dark and Stormy Night…” – How Social Media is Adding Color...

Nelson Fernandez is diversity chair, executive director and managing director of APCO Worldwide in New York. The field of public affairs is serious business. The classic...

I’m Not Serbian. Nor Do I Live In Serbia. I’m An American Man Helping...

Matthew Trinetti is not Serbian, nor he lives in Serbia. He is a young American living in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. And what this American...

Exclusive interview with Gal Rudich, Head of new media section at the Israeli foreign...

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to further my study of Israel’s Digital Diplomacy by interviewing Gal Rudich, Head of New Media Section...