Upcoming 2011 Events:
Reed College, Portland, OR
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It's Summer Institute Time Again!
The 35th annual Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC), July 13-29, 2011, at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, is just around the corner.
This year we are adding 12 new faculty members and 15 new classes to our already extensive offerings, including the latest in innovative training strategies, more choices in professional development, and an even greater focus on emerging global leaders - India and China.
In addition to over 40 in-depth workshops in one-day, three-day, and five-day formats, SIIC also offers two service-learning options, the SIIC Fellows Program (formerly the Intern Program) and the New Interculturalists Program. These two programs are for those who desire an intense professional immersion experience. If you are interested in either of these opportunities, or know someone who is, please contact us by phone or email. The staff at ICI also welcomes a chance to answer your questions and advise on workshop selection.
Details about the Summer Institute and our other programs are now available at http://www.intercultural.org/siic.php.
Fresh answers to your
professional questions:
New Workshop for SIIC 2011
- Do you need a ready-to-use intercultural professional development program for your organization? (click here to learn more about workshop 5)
- Would you like to bring more anthropological insights to your intercultural training? (click here to learn more about workshop 9)
- Do you find you need to know more about Indian culture, fast? (click here to learn more about workshop 15)
- Are you trying to pull together a collaborative virtual team? (click here to learn more about workshop 19)
- Would you like to bring new perspectives to your training for transitions? (click here to learn more about workshop 30)
- Is it time for you to develop more culturally competent pedagogy? (click here to learn more about workshop 31)
- Do you want to use the developmental model more effectively in training? (click here to learn more about workshop 32)
- Are you intrigued by the idea of imaginative training activities that really work? (click here to learn more about workshop 34)
- Have you wondered about current ways to enjoy and leverage a multicultural identity? (click here to learn more about workshop 35)
- Are you on the line to produce data for diversity return on investment? (click here to learn more about workshop 40)
- Are you looking for an intercultural to approach to teaching and training about sexual orientation and gender? (click here to learn more about workshop 41)
SIIC SCHOLARSHIPS 2011
ICI is honored to offer four partial scholarships to SIIC 2011.
From generous donations to the LaRay Barna Scholarship Fund, ICI is
offering two $500 awards to be used by recipients for the workshop of their choice. Two additional awards of $500 each are being sponsored by the SIETAR Houston Scholarship Fund – an endowment that will award SIIC scholarships through 2015.
To qualify, interested participants should apply to the ICI Scholarship Committee. Please submit a one-page letter of application that reflects not only your interest in intercultural education, training, and research, and/or active participation in organizations that serve diverse populations, but also why this award might be particularly beneficial to you now.
Please also include a resume with contact information for two references along with your letter of application to:
ICI Scholarship Committee
8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 238
Portland, OR 97225 USA
Assessment, Tools & Resources
Do you need a method for assessing the intercultural competence of your students, staff, or faculty?
The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale provides an inexpensive way to assess the intercultural skills and characteristics of your group. There is no qualifying seminar necessary, and the inventory is readily available online. Each participant receives rich feedback about the assessment.
Training:
Are you looking for a new, stimulating way to train students or staff about cultural value contrast?
The Cultural Detective provides culture-specific training materials for over 55 cultures. While Cultural Detective reflects the complexity of comparing and contrasting cultural responses, the easy-to-use materials require no trainer certification. They include critical incidents that are culture specific, and complete guidelines conducting and debriefing the activities.
Culture-Specific Assessment Profile:
Do you need a readily accessible way to learn more about the cultures you interact with?
GlobeSmart provides rich, country-specific information for you to compare and contrast the cultural dimensions of 65 countries. Students can use it to prepare more substantially for their experiences abroad, comparing their own profiles to intended destinations, as well as to other members of their cohort. Aperian Global is offering GlobeSmart at a special reduced rate for students.
Diversity and Inclusion Training Modules:
Have you been asked to include diversity in your program, but you’re not sure where to start?
Diversafari is a fully designed set of modules ready to be used in short time blocks to introduce essential cultural diversity topics to any audience. A comprehensive facilitator’s guide, case studies, and all necessary materials are included. Executive Diversity Services offers this at a special educator’s rate.
Web-based Intercultural Training:
Do you need web-based training in your organization?
Corporate Tribalism provides state-of-the-art web-based intercultural training for organizations, focused on general intercultural competence, as well as culture-specific modules for various groups.
Cultural Detective® Facilitator Certification Workshops
July 22-24, 2011 • Reed College Campus,
Portland, Oregon (during SIIC)
With applications for coaching, training, and facilitation, the Cultural Detective method and materials provide unique and engaging learning opportunities that explore the complexity of intercultural effectiveness. Offering over 60 modules, both culture-specific and topic-specific, Cultural Detective is a versatile, structured method for exploring, understanding, and bridging cultural difference.
Faculty: Tatyana Fertelmeyster
To read more about Cultural Detective® Facilitator Workshops, please visit: http://culturaldetective.com/services#CERT
To register for a Cultural Detective® Facilitator Workshop, please visit: http://www.intercultural.org/cdworkshop.php
The Global Competencies Inventory (GCI)
and
The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES)
from the The Kozai Group, Inc.
2011 GCI Qualifying Seminars
July 22-24 • Portland, Oregon (during SIIC)
The Kozai Group is composed of leading scholars and consultants in areas of intercultural and international education, research, training, and consulting.
The GCI measures personality characteristics associated with working effectively across cultures in an organizational environment, and is predictive of higher levels of performance in international assignments, increased intercultural skills, and greater job satisfaction. Qualifying Seminars are required to prepare professionals to use the GCI.
The IES is a streamlined educational version of the corporate GCI, and has been designed specifically to assess students’ personality characteristics that have been associated with effective behavior in intercultural contexts. Teaching aids are available for the IES, although purchase of the IES does not require certification.
Qualifying Seminars are 2-1/2 days and open to trainers, consultants, and coaches who want to use the GCI. This seminar will help participants understand the development, interpretation, and methods for using the GCI to create a development plan for clients. The seminar also reviews the development and use of the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES). 
To register for the GCI Qualifying Seminar, please visit:
http://www.intercultural.org/gci-seminars.php
“The GCI continues to be extremely useful in helping business leaders develop greater intercultural competence.”
Mark Frederick, Ph.D.
Director, Global Performance Consulting
IOR Global Services
“We believe the Kozai Group’s assessment tools will add a personalized component to our student leadership training that will help them to discover and develop their intercultural skills.”
Esther Louie, M.A.
Assistant Dean, Intercultural Student Center & Student Life
Whitworth University
What We’ve Been Up To
The staff at ICI has been busier than usual the past few months with presentations and exhibits. It’s been rewarding to acquaint new audiences with the wide range of programs and services we offer - the Summer Institute, the MAIR graduate program, assessment, tools and resources.
If you are interested in any of the information we have already presented, you can see some of our PowerPoints,
which are archived on our website at:
http://www.intercultural.org/conferences.php
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