Here are links to resources that explore some of the innovative work being done by the public and private sectors in government, social media and the entertainment industry.

If you’re looking for the basics the following resources are a good place to start.

Public Diplomacy Alumni Association definition of public diplomacy

Wikipedia’s definition of public diplomacy

“Public Diplomacy: Lessons from the Past” by Nicholas J. Cull

“Random Thoughts on ‘Public Diplomacy’” by John Brown

Videos

Mike Wesch, cultural anthropologist

Mike Wesch’s talk at the Personal Democracy Forum on YouTube culture and the politics of authenticity.

Clay Shirky

Clay Shirky’s TED talk on how emerging technologies help citizens in repressive regimes report on real news.
 

Public Diplomacy 2.0


Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman discusses how social networking technology is changing public diplomacy.

Media as Global Diplomat: Public Diplomacy 2.0: Rethinking Official Media

Panel discussion about strategies for media-based public diplomacy.

Adam Conner

Adam Conner from Facebook discusses how Facebook’s social graphing, applications and newsfeed are helping nonprofits, advocacy organizations and political campaigns

Government

Bureau of International Information Programs (State Department)

Democracy Video Challenge

White House Blog

Academia

George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication

Tufts University Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy

University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communications

USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School

Organizations

Meridian International Center

Public Diplomacy Alumni Association

U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy

Social Media

Twitterholic

Studio Wikitecture

Events

140 characters conference

2009 Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum

2009 Smith-Mundt Symposium

CSIS — Social Network or Sanction? Web 2.0 Technology, Trade Sanctions, and Democratic Participation

GWU — Face-off to Facebook: From the Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate to Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Gov 2.0 Summit

Blogs

Matt Armstrong on public diplomacy, strategic communication, and global engagement

Dancing Ink Production’s Dispatches from the Imagination Age

John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, Version 2.0

Henry Jenkins’ Confessions of an Aca-Fan

Personal Democracy Forum