What’s happening?
Cross Cultural Communication – an evening at Century House. The event includes a cross-cultural communication workshop with Jamie MacDonald, fun and interactive learning, interactive entertainment like taiko drummers and refreshments.
What’s it about?
The workshop will introduce the concept of “worldview” and help people to understand how their worldview translates to what they see around them to fit into their own cultural story.
“The workshop will summarize the three major worldviews in the world, observe how worldview affects how I specifically think about time, work, truth, the environment and community,” said an overview of the event.
“This workshop will introduce the concept of cultural intelligence and give some specific next steps to grow our cultural intelligence. This will be an interactive, conversational workshop relying on stories from participants.”
Is this only open to seniors?
No – it’s open to all ages and anyone interested in broadening their cultural intelligence, says Shelly Schnee, a recreation programmer at Century House.
“Developing my cultural intelligence is not a single event, but a long-term perspective,” she said. “Those that are willing to go out and make friends with people from other cultures after the workshop will find their attitudes changing and their interpersonal effectiveness increasing.”
Who is Jamie MacDonald?
Jamie MacDonald, a consultant and business person, has volunteered at Century House doing presentations for its leadership training for seniors.
“He did this workshop for the LEADS program a few years ago and everyone who participated really felt they had a better understanding around different cultures and how ‘we are in the world’ which promotes patience, tolerance, compassion,” Schnee said. “We wanted to bring this experience to the wider community as part of the Century House Association inclusion enhancement committee.”
Details, please.
The event is taking place on Wednesday, May 18 at Century House, 620 Eighth St. Entertainment and refreshments will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. and the workshop will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. RSVP (to assist with event planning) to Century House at 604-519-1066.
