Our CEO, Matthew Hughes, spoke with Joanna Pineda on the Associations Thrive podcast about the impact of the Council network, civil discourse, and how the WACA National Office supports and represents 90 nonpartisan organizations. 🎧 Listen to the podcast below!
How do you set guidelines and parameters for contentious conversations to keep discussions civil? How do you bring voices to the table that have been historically excluded? In this episode of Associations Thrive, Matthew Hughes, CEO of the World Affairs Councils of America. discusses: 🌎How WACA is a trade association of Local Councils around the country that bring diplomats, journalists and professors to communities, to foster discussion and understanding about foreign affairs and global issues. 🌎His journey from the education world to the association world. How and why world affairs should matter to everyone in the US, despite our domestic issues. 🌎How WACA develops partnerships with organizations that provide local councils with resources and speakers. 🌎How the WACA100 trains local council leaders and volunteers for the jobs of running a local council, promoting events, fundraising and running a sustainable organization. 🌎How WACA trains local councils to manage difficult discussions around polarizing issues to remain true to WACA’s mission of informed civil discourse. 🌎How WACA inspires the next generation of citizens to contribute to the discussion through the Academic WorldQuest program. 🌎How WACA’s annual conference last November saw an increase in attendance and was a big success. #associations #nonprofits #worldaffairs #CEOjourney #civildiscourse #associationsthrive #podcast
I loved my interview with Matthew Hughes! We talked about the work of the councils, how WACA supports the councils, and why Americans should care about world affairs. If you want to listen, here is a link where you can listen in the browser and find links to podcast networks. https://www.matrixgroup.net/associations-thrive-podcast/episodes/matthew-hughes-ceo-of-the-waca-on-why-world-affairs-should-matter-to-all-americans/