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Launch of Options for Influence






Launch of Options for Influence; Global campaigns of persuasion in the new worlds of public diplomacy at the RSA, London.

Options for Influence


Launch of Options for Influence - panel and audience


Options for Influence - Breakfast launch


On Tuesday 4 March, the British Council launched Counterpoint’s latest publication Options for Influence. The event was held at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).


Host John Worne, Director of Strategy and External Relations, gave an introduction in which he outlined the importance of cultural relations in the challenges of today’s international environment. After a brief presentation on Options for Influence by Ali Fisher, Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA, introduced the other panellists: Dame Sandra Burslem, an educationalist and civil service commissioner, and consultant psychiatrist Nicholas Beecroft, who is working with the Royal Navy and the Army and has a special interest in foreign affairs. Both provided an analysis of the practical implications of the ideas outlined in the book.
The audience were a mix of practitioners in the field of public diplomacy. International and national representatives from embassies, high commissions, cultural institutes and related organisations debated the applicability of a long-term strategy based on trust, mutuality and reciprocity from their respective perspectives.


If you would like more information about the event and how to get a copy of Options for Influence, please contact us counterpoint@britishcouncil.org


 
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Options for Influence
Options for Influence: Global campaigns of persuasion in the new worlds of public diplomacy
Author: Fisher, Ali; Bröckerhoff, Aurélie
Options for Influence explores the implications of working in public diplomacy. It provides practitioners with the essential tools they need in the field and addresses some of the major issues.

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Faith and Secularism
Author: Bechler, Rosemary ed.
The widest of all mental gaps is not between warring nations or religious groups – it is between those who believe and those who don't believe in a transcendental God. Can secular and religious people build trust effectively across this gap?


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Counterpoint is the cultural relations think-tank of the British Council. Since our foundation in 2002, we have started to shape and develop thinking on the future of public diplomacy and cultural relations.

We bring together cultural relations and public diplomacy practitioners, thinkers, writers, journalists and policy makers from around the world to challenge orthodoxy and confront the barriers to genuine and equal dialogue within and between cultures. We offer consultancy and organise seminars, conferences and workshops, as well as publishing a significant number of books and articles.


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