International leaders coming from all over the world want to connect and learn from people just like you in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Be part of the exchange experience by becoming an ambassador through hosting a dinner, highlighting Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky leading expertise, 或者成为一名当地导游. You are truly an ambassador for your city, state, nation, and world.

Hosting allows Cincinnatians to make friends and colleagues from around the world, experience different and exciting cultures, as well as hear first-hand what is happening around the world.

Take the first step and complete this volunteer application:

Ways to become an ambassador at the office, 在家里, and in the community as emerging leaders from around the world visit:

成为一名专业主持人

通过会议和实地考察, professional exchange participants learn successes and challenges in specific industries from local professionals like you! You can be a superb resource for our visitors even if you don’t work on global projects.

分享你的专业

Exchange participants meet with government officials, 律师, 非营利组织, 教育工作者, and businesses from small to large. They are eager to discover how your successes and challenges have impacted this community and potentially the community at large.

Host as a professional resource and increase your visibility not only through blogging and local media outreach but within our national partner networks, 全球的联系你.S. 和你.S. 国务院.

It’s easy to create lasting relationships and begin collaborating across the world through professional meetings and workshops. Become a professional host and share your specialty.

做一个“只是晚餐”的主人

Our community has the unique opportunity to meet international participants through hosting “just dinner.”

“Courtesy and curiosity are 更多的 important than culinary skills!” shares a devoted host, Becky Linhardt.

International guests often stay in hotels, 在当地的餐馆吃饭, and explore our downtown area but do not have the opportunity to see the “real America” until going into homes of our local community.

There is no typical dinner host – just like homes around Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

  1. Informal dinner with prestigious international visitors to talk culture, politics, art, business, & 更多的
  2. Visitors first time, typically, seeing an American home
  3. 邀请朋友 & 同事们——人越多越开心
  4. 寄宿家庭付餐费
  5. Host family transports visitors to and from hotel (varies with amount of visitors)
  6. You will receive background information, 饮食限制, 语言, 以及其他的偏好.
  7. Sometimes groups are accompanied by interpreters

做一个“一夜之间”的主持人

Our community has the unique opportunity to connect with international participants through hosting “just overnight.”

International guests often stay in hotels, 在当地的餐馆吃饭, and explore our downtown area but do not have the opportunity to see the “real America” until going into homes of our local community.

There is no typical overnight host – just like homes around Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. This is your time to showcase what you love about this community to our international guests.

  1. Typical length of stay is a weekend visit.
  2. Visitors first time, typically, seeing an American home
  3. Minimum of 2 guests per home (varies with each opportunity)
  4. Each guest needs own bed, not necessary to have own room
  5. Host family transports visitors to and from designated location
  6. You will receive background information, 饮食限制, 语言, 以及其他的偏好.
  7. A staff member will conduct a short 20 minute visit to your home to meet you in person, 看到住宿, and answer any questions that you might have for us.

成为一名当地导游

Share your pride for Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky as you become an ambassador for your community by accompanying exchange participants on their daily activities such as professional meetings and cultural activities.

There is so much to do in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, exchange participants need you to share the best that there is to offer within our community. Help participants discover why Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is a great place to work, 生活, 并蓬勃发展.

  • Provide transportation for small groups or join the group’s arranged transportation
  • Act as a city guide and ride along with groups – answering questions, providing cultural context and history

成为一员

Stay involved with World Affairs Council long after our visitors leave. 加入巴黎人官方注册强大的会员网络.

现在加入!

I plan to follow up and exchange ideas, 计划, and to see how this experience impacted their 生活s and their communities. This was a special moment as we got to know the visitor's life story, their struggles and their successes as they look to better serve their communities back in their country.”
- 志愿者举办晚宴