Learning Objective:	Broaden awareness of today’s most significant international relations issues.
Learning Activities:	Attend Distinguished Speaker programs and eight Great Decisions programs conducted by the Council during this semester. (Fall and Spring semesters only)
Evaluation Mechanisms:	Encourage discussion of subjects addressed and assess intern’s interest, comprehension and ability to reason.
Learning Objective:	Understand the basic structure of non-profit organizations, their legal basis (501c3 criteria), their financial responsibilities and liability and their value to the American way of life.
Learning Activities:	Attend selected board or committee meetings and/or participate in staff discussions that address these issues.
Evaluation Mechanisms:	Assess the nature of questions and the level of curiosity exhibited by the intern. Discuss these issues during mid-period and final interview sessions.
Learning Objective:	Understand and arrange a significant public event with guest speakers or panelists, involving meals, distinguished speakers and all preparatory administration.
Learning Activities:	Actual performance assisting the Council staff and leadership in these endeavors.
Evaluation Mechanisms:	Assess the intern’s ability to foresee issues, pre-plan, deal with changes, create solutions, and conclude an event with gratitude for participants. Discuss the same during final interviews.
Learning Objective:	Become aware of the day-to-day activities that a not-for-profit organization must accomplish to be healthy, competent, effective and able to respond to opportunities or to challenges.
Learning Activities:	Answer phones; manage, act on, or direct to appropriate persons for action, the Council’s daily email messages, regular incoming mail and fax messages as appropriate. Maintain the Council’s membership database, its program reservations database, and other databases accurately.
Evaluation Mechanisms:	Assess the intern’s sense of responsibility, his or her readiness to ask for guidance rather than risk important files, his or her ability to pay attention to detail while maintaining sight of larger objectives. Discuss same during final interviews.
Learning Objective:	Understand the role, value and use of technology in an organization.
Learning Activities:	Increase proficiency in MS Excel, and Outlook in planning and organizing tasks and information.
Evaluation Mechanisms:	Assess the intern’s ability to create files and databases, maintain electronic calendar, download information from the internet, create and respond to e-mail messages, manage a to-do list. Skills will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.