Post on 14-Aug-2015
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
INSTITUTEFacilitating Intercultural Competence: Experiential Methods and Tools
Maggie Finney
July 2014
PORTLANDARRIVAL TO A BEAUTIFUL CITY
• Founded in 1845
• State of Oregon
• Estimated population 609, 456
PORTLAND, OREGON
• Willamette and Columbian Rivers
• City of Roses
• Liberal political values
• Microbreweries, micro-distillleries, and food cars
• Wine country – Pinot gregio grapes
SIGHT SEEING
Saturday’s MarketRiverboat Ride
Sleepless in Seattle
Hunt for Red October Heading to the Downtown Amazing View
THE WALK HOME EVERY NIGHT AND THE WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL
Put herself through school singing in Karaoke competitions
The Blue Bridge
Our Dorms
INTRODUCTION
• Great instructors
• Absolutely fantastic facilitators
• Incredibly knowledgeable
• If you were to facilitate an IC workshop, what would keep you up at night?
• Knowledge
• Facilitation skill – reaching hearts
• Being inclusive
Basma and Tatyana
KNOWLEDGEKEY LEARNING POINTS
• Our knowledge is partial
• Don’t know what others have experienced or thinking
• Four key points
• Right knowledge
• Right moment
• Right attitude – keep looing for times to transfer knowledge and influence the rocess
• Right job
THREADS OF COMPETENCY
ONERealize the good things and be
thankful
TWODespair can pull us down
THREEFaculty
Balancing between grace and beauty of life and despair
How balanced are we, and why does it matter
How do we turn events into experiences?