The Intercultural Communication Institute (ICI) runs the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication (SIIC) each July in Portland, Oregon, USA, and they have just released the 2012 schedule! This is an amazing professional development opportunity for professionals or graduate students currently in or wanting to get into the intercultural field. SIIC takes place over three weeks and offers 1-day, 3-day and 5-day courses. For 2012, SIIC is offering 16 new workshops, in addition to the numerous workshops that are available every year. The SIIC faculty members offer the latest perspectives, resources, and approaches to intercultural education, training, research, and management.
AFS has been sending participants to SIIC for the last 10 years, and in 2011 we had 31 AFS volunteers and staff attending the SIIC workshops and we will soon be publishing here some of their SIIC-stories.
* Indicates a new workshop. Please note: Only one workshop may be taken per session.
SESSION I: 3-day Concurrent Workshops: July 11-13, 2012:
1a. Foundations of Intercultural Communication (Santalynda Marrero, Andy Reynolds)
1b. Foundations of Intercultural Communication (Margaret Pusch, Jaime Wurzel)
2. Teaching Intercultural Issues Online (Judith Martin, Mary Meares)
3. Methods of Intercultural Training (Barbara Kappler)
4. Assessing Intercultural Competence (Michael Stevens)
5. Foundations of Intercultural Coaching (T. Glen Sebera)
*6. Making Your Marketing Work: An Intercultural Perspective (Cate Brubaker, Candice Hughes, Ann Marie Lei)
*7. Global Sustainability Across Cultures (Peter Fordos, Cecilia Utne)
8. Borders, Boundaries, Belonging, and Beyond (Prany Sananikone, Dorothy Sermol)
*9. Redefining Diversity: Integrating Culture into Diversity and Inclusion (Carlos Cortés) *10. Preparing Leaders to Engage Global Diversity: Practical Strategies (Louise Wilkinson)
*11. Defining, Developing, and Diffusing Difficult Dialogues (Anita Rowe, Donna Stringer) 12. Visual Literacy: The Meaning of Images in a Multicultural World (John Condon, Miguel Gandert)
13. China: Encountering the Culture of a Rising Power George Renwick
These are just the courses offered during Session 1. For a complete listing of the SIIC 2012 course offerings, please visit: http://www.intercultural.org/siic.php