BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Despite decades of globalization and\nmulticulturalism\, miscon ceptions about those deemed “culturally different”\nprevail\, often leadin g to conflict. Yet\, cross-cultural interactions are\nubiquitous\, making the need for positive and effective communication more\npressing than ever . But how do we get there? This workshop will help you develop\nskills to foster better communication across cultural differences. It will\nprovide you with an opportunity to reflect about the meaning of “culture\,” a\nwor d often invoked but little understood\, and its role in shaping our\nperce ptions and interactions. Building on anthropological notions\, real world\ nexamples\, and practical exercises\, the workshop will promote an underst anding\nof cultural differences as a rich element of the human experience rather than\nas barriers that divide us. These reflections will be the fou ndation for\nconcrete practices of communication that are respectful of di fferences but also\nproductive for finding common ground to achieve mutual ly satisfactory goals. \n\n \;\n\nPresenter: Dr. Carolina\nArango-Varg as\, Director of the Conflict Management Center\n\n \;The workshop is FREE and open to all\, but registration is\nrequired. To register\, please fill out this quick form or send us an email to cmc@maxwell.syr.edu with your name\,\nstatus\, department/community organization\, and dietary rest rictions. Let us\nknow if you require special accommodations. Morning coff ee and light lunch will be provided!For more information\, please contact Carolina Arango-Vargas at cmc@maxwell.syr.edu or 315.443.2367.Sponsored by the Conflict Management Center DTEND:20180407T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T161046Z DTSTART:20180407T140000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conflict Management Center Workshop: Cross-Cultural Communication UID:RFCALITEM639141846469960347 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Despite decades of globalization and\nmulti culturalism\, misconceptions about those deemed “culturally different”\npr evail\, often leading to conflict. Yet\, cross-cultural interactions are\n ubiquitous\, making the need for positive and effective communication more \npressing than ever. But how do we get there? This workshop will help you develop\nskills to foster better communication across cultural difference s. It will\nprovide you with an opportunity to reflect about the meaning o f “culture\,” a\nword often invoked but little understood\, and its role i n shaping our\nperceptions and interactions. Building on anthropological n otions\, real world\nexamples\, and practical exercises\, the workshop wil l promote an understanding\nof cultural differences as a rich element of t he human experience rather than\nas barriers that divide us. These reflect ions will be the foundation for\nconcrete practices of communication that are respectful of differences but also\nproductive for finding common grou nd to achieve mutually satisfactory goals. \n\n \;\n
\nPresenter : Dr. Carolina\nArango-Vargas\, Director of the Conflict Manage ment Center\n\n \;
The workshop is FREE and open to all\, but registration is\nrequired. To register\, please fill out this quick form or send us an email to cmc@maxwell.syr.edu with your name\,\nst atus\, department/community organization\, and dietary restrictions. Let u s\nknow if you require special accommodations. Morning coffee and light lu nch will be provided!

For more information\, please con tact Carolina Arango-Vargas at cmc@maxwell.syr.edu or 315.443.2367.

Sponsored by the Conflict Management Center

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