Worldorlando Inc

TO IMPLEMENT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS TO CULTIVATE LASTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CURRENT AND EMERGING PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOREIGN OPINION MAKERS TO GAIN FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT U.S. SOCIETY CUTLTURE, AND POLITICS.

IN 2020 WORLDORLANDO HOSTED 10 PROJECTS INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 100 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS. NINE OF THE TEN PROJECTS WERE THROUGH THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE OTHER WAS FROM A DIFFERENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC WE STOPPED HOSTING INPERSON PROJECTS AFTER FEBRUARY, AND TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL PROJECTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. OF THE TEN PROJECTS, FOUR WERE IN-PERSON AND SIX WERE VIRTUAL. IN-PERSON HOSTING CONSISTS OF SHORT TERM (37 DAYS) VISITS TO ORLANDO THAT INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH AREA BUSINESS LEADERS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, HOME HOSPITALITY, AND MANAGING HOTEL/GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED LOGISTICS. VIRTUAL HOSTING CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ZOOM MEETINGS (BOTH PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND HOME HOSPITALITY), WITH NO TRAVEL COORDINATION REQUIRED, BUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. IN ADDITION TO OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION OF IMPLEMENTING EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, WE CONDUCTED INTENSIVE INTERNAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING WORK REQUIRED TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, A LARGESCALE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO OUR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI. THIS RESULTED IN DOZENS OF SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL EXCHANGES BEING PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CONSUMPTION BY OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK PARTNERS (EX: RECORDED VIDEO FOLLOWUP DISCUSSIONS, "LETTER TO MY ORLANDO FRIENDS").

IN 2020 WORLDORLANDO HOSTED 10 PROJECTS INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 100 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS. NINE OF THE TEN PROJECTS WERE THROUGH THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE OTHER WAS FROM A DIFFERENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC WE STOPPED HOSTING INPERSON PROJECTS AFTER FEBRUARY, AND TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL PROJECTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. OF THE TEN PROJECTS, FOUR WERE IN-PERSON AND SIX WERE VIRTUAL. IN-PERSON HOSTING CONSISTS OF SHORT TERM (37 DAYS) VISITS TO ORLANDO THAT INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH AREA BUSINESS LEADERS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, HOME HOSPITALITY, AND MANAGING HOTEL/GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED LOGISTICS. VIRTUAL HOSTING CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ZOOM MEETINGS (BOTH PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND HOME HOSPITALITY), WITH NO TRAVEL COORDINATION REQUIRED, BUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. IN ADDITION TO OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION OF IMPLEMENTING EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, WE CONDUCTED INTENSIVE INTERNAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING WORK REQUIRED TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING, A LARGESCALE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO OUR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI. THIS RESULTED IN DOZENS OF SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL EXCHANGES BEING PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CONSUMPTION BY OUR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK PARTNERS (EX: RECORDED VIDEO FOLLOWUP DISCUSSIONS, "LETTER TO MY ORLANDO FRIENDS").