Session III a: July 26-30, 2010

31. Keeping It Fresh, Keeping It Real: Customizing Favorite Simulations, Games, and       Activities Dianne Hofner Saphiere

Designed for Objectives Learning Activities Dianne Hofner Saphiere Experienced professionals devoted to developing core intercultural competence in people and organizations: community leaders, international managers, educators, team leaders, members of governmental and nongovern­mental organizations, diversity and inclusiveness consultants, and organization development practitioners. Participants will have the opportunity to: Expand and enrich their repertoire of facilitative tools for harvesting the advantages of diversity Define intercultural competence with richness and precision, deepening their understanding of the complex dynamic of multiple differences in groups, and clarifying the kind of learning that competence requires Improve their ability to analyze an audience, set objectives, and design learning for maximum effectiveness Learn to adapt simulations, games, and activities for multiple purposes by tailoring design, delivery, and debriefing Go beyond understanding differences to focus particularly on techniques for bridging differences Establish a network of like-minded individuals Create an activity to enable a group to better collaborate across differences Small and large group activities including games, simulations, and discussions Short presentations Reading assignments Small group planning and facilitation Self-reflection and journaling   Dianne Hofner Saphiere has facilitated intercultural effectiveness efforts since 1979, working with people from over 90 nations and living and working in Mexico, Spain, and Japan. She is a practitioner who emphasizes the practical and experiential, transforming challenges into enabling solutions. She is the creator of the Cultural Detective® series of intercultural effectiveness materials, a collaboration of 130 international interculturalists. Dianne is co-author of Communication Highwire: Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles; the creator of Ecotonos: A Simulation of Multicultural Collaboration; Redundancía: A Foreign Language Simulation; and Shinrai: Building Trusting Relationships with Japanese Colleagues. She is a regular contributor to the Pfeiffer Annuals and the Team and Organization Development Sourcebooks. Since 1999 Dianne has facilitated an online resource-sharing group of over 1300 interculturalists worldwide, called Intercultural Insights. In 1994 SIETAR International recognized her with its Interculturalist Award of Achievement.