Impact of Exchange

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Drinks and Diplomacy

World Affairs Council of New Hampshire

10 episodes

4 hours ago

This ten-part fun, engaging, informative, and important episodes are about how the world works. By listening you will come away with a better understanding of key issues, players, challenges, and opportunities to engage and understand your role in global conversations. Each episode kicks off with a conversation about a different drink (some alcoholic, others not) that the hosts and guests look to tie to the topic at hand. These conversations are designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to better understand these key issues, whether you have studied international affairs or not.

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Impact of Exchange

Drinks and Diplomacy

48 minutes 53 seconds

1 year ago

Impact of Exchange

Every day, people from around the world are visiting the United States through various exchange programs. From high school students visiting for a semester to working professionals coming for three-week tour for meetings with their counterparts, there is a wide range of opportunities for unique experiences. However, we know that it is not just these international visitors who benefit from cross-cultural engagements.

In this episode, we talk with Janine Branch, Senior Program Officer for the International Visitor Leadership Program at FHI 360, about how she has seen, firsthand, the power of exchanges to build connections and shape the world. We also share stories of impact, providing insights into the ways in which exchanges have affected the local communities we all live in.

Janine Branch is a servant leader on a mission to foster purposeful global engagement by uplifting and nurturing civic-minded leaders to persevere and be resilient. Currently, Janine is a Senior Program Officer implementing the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program at FHI360, a nonprofit human development organization, and is the Onboarding Champion for the Global Connections department.

Janine spent more than a decade developing professional exchange programs at the World Trade Center Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. She uses her unique combination of over 13 years of international exchange program management and talent management experience to engage across cultures and create shared understanding through meaningful person-to-person interactions. In addition to the U.S. Department of State, Janine has worked with a variety of clients, including the Open World Leadership Center, U.S. Agency for International Development, Korea International Trade Association, the Embassy of the United States to the United Kingdom, and the University of Jos in Nigeria.

Janine is passionate about using professional development as a driving force to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations around the world. Janine is dedicated to building practical training programs to provide young leaders with opportunities to explore the international exchange industry and apply their academic knowledge to the “real world.” In doing so, Janine hopes to increase the network of citizen diplomats who have the individual willingness to build relationships to help sustain a secure, economically sound, and socially interconnected world.