Creating Cultural Connections, with Rick Ruth (Global, Education, Culture, Government)

https://www.worldlearninginc.org/biography/rick-ruth/?ref=actioncatalyst (Rick Ruth) spent his career creating cultural connections throughout the world on behalf of the United States. Join Dan Moore for this broad ranging conversation with Rick Ruth as he teases out the wisdom, understanding, and lessons learned from a lifetime spent creating cultural connections throughout the world. ““It’s not about the technology, it’s about the person who delivers and the person who receives.” “9/11 was…a catastrophic affront to mutual understanding.” “The single best antidote to a poisoned environment is human authenticity” “There is always something that can be done – there is never a reason to be in despair” “The basis of all human relationships should always be respect.” “No matter how dire the situation may seem – if you just take one step on the basis of respect for others, you can do something.” “The #1 source of information to people from around the world about the United States is movies and television”. “People from around the world just don’t know what Americans are really like”. “You can’t be something for somebody else if you aren’t something for yourself.” More About Rick Ruth Rick Ruth recently retired from his role as acting principal deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He also served as senior advisor to the assistant secretary. In this capacity, he advised on all aspects of international exchange policy, programs and management. Ruth is a former foreign service officer and member of the Senior Executive Service. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he taught Russian language and literature at the University of Arizona. He joined the government in the mid-1970s as a Russian-speaking staff member on a traveling exhibition in the Soviet Union. Ruth subsequently joined the Foreign Service, serving abroad in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union. He was deputy chief of staff at the