Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Time: 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern
Duration: 1 hour

Encounter Seminar: Communicating Across Cultures

In a global business marketplace, the lines between nationality, ethnicity, culture and demographics seem to disappear. In reality, those lines don't disappear. A global business world means learning to communicate across cultures. Cross-cultural communication is fast becoming a critical skill whether you are working down the hall or in downtown Beijing.

The day-to-day work place is already a "culture rich" environment and the factors of culture effect how or even if your message is heard, let alone acted on. In this webinar, Peter Berol will introduce 7 concepts that will help you get your message across and help you get the job done.

Focusing on real world examples and participant stories, this webinar will give you a better understanding of:

• How to assess situations in order to determine cross-cultural communication needs
• Critical behaviors and clues for a better message
• The roles that nationality, ethnicity, culture and demographics play in communication
• Face-to-face do's and don'ts
• Saving face when you have blown it
• Resources for cross-cultural communication

Peter will be accepting live questions during this webinar. To prepare for this session, please think of a time where you could have been a better cross-cultural speaker. What happened? What went wrong? What went right?

 

About our speaker: Peter Berol

Peter Berol works with Red Stone Management Systems Inc., a business development company focused on the needs of Colleges and Universities conference programs. Red Stone Management works with Colleges and Universities that are tired of low cash flows, concerned with under-utilized facilities or are frustrated with the returns on their current conference programs. Red Stone provides full conference support, including marketing, program design and implementation, with a focus on your institution’s mission, long term goals and asset management.

Prior to Red Stone, he served as Chief Operating Officer for a production company and for seven years as Executive Director of Continuing Education, Conferences and Special Events for Eastern University in St. Davids, PA.

A frequent seminar speaker, Pete also serves as an Adjunct Professor at The Campolo School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Eastern University, where he instructs Graduate and Undergraduate students in management, ethics, management communications, marketing and group dynamics.

To learn about Red Stone Management Group, please visit www.redstonemgt.com.

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