50 Activities for Achieving Cultural Competence

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The Contributors

GaryAlthen

Director

InternationalStudentsandScholars

120InternationalCenter

TheUniversityofIowa

IowaCity,Iowa52242‐1802USA

Tel:319‐335‐0335

Fax:319‐335‐2021

www.uiowa.edu/~intl/

gary‐[e-mail]

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ConductingtheInterculturalMeeting

Gary Althen has been a foreign student adviser at the

University of Iowa for over 25 years. The director of

the Office of International Students and Scholars, he

has held many elective and appointive posts in

NAFSA, including president of the Association of

International Educators from 1997–98. In 1984, he

received NAFSA’s Marita Houlihan Award for his

contributions to the field of international educational

exchange. Gary has written American Ways and The

Handbook of Foreign Student Advising; edited the

original and revised editions of Learning Across

Cultures, and written or edited more than 50 publica-

tions about international educational exchange.

JohnBing

President

ITAPInternational,Inc.

268WallSt.

Princeton,NewJersey08540USA

Tel:609‐921‐1446

Fax:609‐924‐7946

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

www.itapintl.com

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TimeManagementacrossCultures

SaudiArabiaCriticalIncident

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After serving as a volunteer with the Peace Corps,

John Bing stayed on to coordinate international train-

ing as a regional training officer. He has directed pro-

grams in Latin America for the Center for Interna-

tional Education at the University of Massachusetts

and, in recent years, has worked extensively in Europe

through associations with the United Nations and

client companies. He is a founding member of

SIETAR and established the Intercultural Professional

Practices Group attached to the mid–New Jersey

chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and

Development).

MarianneBrandt

GlobalBonding

19584CrystalLakeDrive

Northville,Michigan48167‐2524USA

Tel:248‐735‐3931

Fax:248‐735‐3957

[e-mail]

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WorkinginUnfamiliarSurroundings

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Marianne Brandt is owner of Global Bonding, a con-

sulting firm specializing in global project manage-

ment, process improvement, multicultural teambuild-

ing, coaching, and cross-cultural training programs for

U.S. and European “Fortune 10” companies. She has

managed the roll-out of a customer-service course for

car dealership personnel in five European nations,

assisted in changing the corporate culture of a com-

puter company in three European countries, and

worked on a global project resulting in multimillion-

dollar efficiency improvements.

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MackieChase

CentreforInterculturalCommunication

UniversityofBritishColumbia

5997IonaDrive

Vancouver,BritishColumbiaV6R2P6,Canada

Tel:604‐822‐1436

Fax:604‐822‐1499

[e-mail]

http://cic.cstudies.ubc.ca

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Cross‐CulturalForum(withWernerDraegestein)

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Mackie Chase has had 20 years of experience as a

trainer, curriculum developer, and consultant for inter-

national projects, living and working in China,

Australia, the U.K., Holland, Korea, the USA, and

Canada. She initiated the Certificate in Intercultural

Studies at the University of British Columbia, as well

as the intercultural management programs for interna-

tional executives currently offered in partnership with

UBC’s Faculty of Commerce.

drs.MonikaF.deWaal

UniqueSources

Vlamingstraat56

2611KSDelft,TheNetherlands

TelandFax:+31‐15‐215‐8282

[e-mail]

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NetworkingacrossCultures

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Monika de Waal has a university degree in Education

and Andragology and an MBA from Henley Manage-

ment College. As an independent trainer and consultant

in Human Resources, she specializes in personal

effectiveness and organizational change. Among her

clients are telecom organizations, automotive busi-

nesses, ministries, and city councils. She is director of

Unique Sources, a consultancy firm, and is director of a

European Economic Interest Grouping: the Institute for

Intercultural Communication.

WernerR.Draegestein

InterculturalManagement

DevelopmentInc.

716‐3000YongeStreet

Toronto,Ontario,M4N2K5,Canada

Tel:416‐440‐1332

Mobile:416‐418‐8397

[e-mail]

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Cross‐CulturalForum(withMackieChase)

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Werner R. Draegestein, founder of IMD Intercultural

Management Development Inc. in Toronto, Canada,

specializes in German–North American communica-

tions and management training. He is affiliated with the

Center for Intercultural Communication (CIC) at the

University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver,

and has instructed in its Global Business Communica-

tion Program. He holds an M.A. in Cultural Anthropol-

ogy from the University of Munich, Germany; a Busi-

ness Diploma in Wholesale and Foreign Trade from the

German Chamber of Commerce; and a Certificate in

Intercultural Studies from UBC.