Announcements
SIETAR events, outside initiatives and news items of interest:
SIETAR Forum 2010: Ressource Vielfalt? (Resource Diversity?)
Bonn, Germany
February 25-27, 2010
The SIETAR-Forum 2010 will be three days during which participants can dive into a world of diversity.
The highlights include:
- 12 simultaneous workshops throughout the Forum, following three different tracks: Leading Diversity, Learning from other Worlds, and Diversity Values: Germany, the developing country?
- a kick-off dialog between experts and participants
- the keynote speech of Beatrice Achaleke
- a talk about how to effectively carry out Diversity Management, by Hans Jablonski
- many exhibitors, including the officials of the “Charta der Vielfalt”, the governmental organization of the federal republic of Germany in the field of diversity
- music, dance and dinner every evening during the forum.
However, at this conference it is not only about content -- networking is also a hot topic. On the website www.sietar-forum.de many participants have already published their profiles and are benefiting from this special networking opportunity (see “Kontaktbörse”). All participants have the chance to upload their own personal profile to the website and thus can arrange meetings at the forum in advance.
All in all the SIETAR-Forum 2010 will be full of exciting opportunities for learning, exchanging and experiencing in the context of diversity. The organizing team warmly welcomes everybody to this promising event!
The language will be German.
For more information, visit: http://www.sietar-forum.de/
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IBG Accreditation for Transcultural Business Consultants, Trainers and Coaches: Strategies for Glocal Success
Regent’s College, London, UK, 26-28 February
Intercultural Business Group would like to invite you to an exciting retraining event for consultants, trainers and coaches seeking to expand and develop their thinking and practice within a new transcultural framework. Based on extensive research in individual and organisational complexity, the accreditation course adopts a non-linear, dynamic approach to understanding human co-existence and its implications in glocal business. It will equip participants with a deep and critical understanding of current and dominant 'westernized' theories and models of culture, as well as new orientations and techniques for transcultural training and consulting.
SIETAR members qualify for a 25% discount on the cost of the training.
Download the brochure here: http://interculturalbusinessgroup.com/IBG_Brochure.pdf or email: info at ibgint dot com.
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Saber comunicar, saber enseñar, ... y hacerlo en diferentes culturas
(Know How To Communicate, Know How To Teach…And Do It In Different Cultures)
Barcelona, Spain
March 5, 12, and 20
As part of SIETAR España's growing program of activities and seminars, Anna Fuchs will offer three half-day sessions of training and research based on the models of the German psychologist Schulz von Thun. After the communication models are introduced, their application to other cultural contexts will be discussed. The data obtained will be analysed using a “Qualitative Content Analysis” and then presented as part of Anna Fuch’s thesis on the psychology of communication. The sessions will be held in Spanish.
For more information contact Anna at: Anna-Fuchs at gmx dot de
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The UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Intercultural Communication Professional Programs is hiring a Program Manager for the UBC Certificate in Immigration: Laws, Policies and Procedures. The posting can be found at: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers/staff.html
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The Global People website has grown out of a major collaboration between staff working in British and Chinese institutions: http://www.globalpeople.org.uk/
The website contains:
- an introduction to the project
- a competency framework with lots of authentic examples to illustrate them
- a lifecycle model to help people manage intercultural partnerships effectively
- various documents that can be downloaded free as pdf files or that can be purchased in hard copy format.
If you find the website and materials useful, or if you have suggestions or comments on them, they'd be delighted to hear from you.
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The BMW Group is pleased to announce its first call for submissions for the Award for Intercultural Commitment. The company is looking for intercultural initiators worldwide whose goal is to motivate people from diverse backgrounds to encounter one another with open minds and to take committed action. With the Award, the BMW Group aims to support the best projects and thus contribute to their lasting success. To this end, the company offers award winners customized support services as well as a financial “jump start”.
The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2010. The award ceremony will take place in Munich, Germany, on 18 November 2010. You will find further information about the Award at http://www.bmwgroup.com/award
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Conférence
Lille, France
October 27-30, 2010
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, SIETAR France is planning a congress in conjunction with SIETAR-Europa. Themes will be human rights and diversity. Languages will be French and English.
