On the second day of the Transatlantic
Seminar 2015, Sabine Witt from Engagement Global, a German government office which supports development
initiatives in Germany, spoke to the seminar participants. Ms. Witt talked
about the work of Engagement Global, particularly the organization’s
cooperative projects with the German military, the Bundeswehr. She pointed to
the challenges of such a cooperation but also stressed that both sides regard
this exchange between development experts and the military as beneficial for
their work, especially in terms of learning about the relationship between
communication, safety, and project development.
After Ms. Witt’s presentation, each team
had time to get feedback from the Transatlantic Seminar teaching staff,
including Prof. Crister S. Garrett (ASL), Prof. Brook Beshah (Ohio), Allison
Schoeppner (Ohio), Steven Rhue (Ohio), and Richard A. Bachmann (ASL), on the
ideas they had developed on Monday. Asked to further refine those ideas for the
next day, each team met again with the teaching staff on Wednesday for a second
round of feedback. After each day, students and instructors came together for a
relaxing social evening.
On Friday, US Consul General Scott Riedmann
from the American Consulate Leipzig met with seminar participants to talk about
the challenges of analyzing a complex policy situation and communicate one’s
findings in writing. Looking back on fifteen years in the Foreign Service, Mr.
Scott was able to share his rich experience and useful insights with all those
present. This was an excellent opportunity for the students to learn about the
craft of writing policy memos, something which they are asked to do for their
final presentations next week.
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| Seminar participants with Sabine Witt from Engagement Global. |
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| Transatlantic Seminar teaching staff and students during one of the Feedback sessions. |
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| US Consul General Scott Riedmann explains the nuts and bolts of being a diplomat. |
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