| Thank you for the opportunity to share some of
our news as we complete our 5th year as SIETAR UK. We
have had a very eventful year and I would like to first
and foremost thank all of the SIETAR UK Committee Members,
Philip O’Conner, Donal Lynch, Stephan Dahl, Anke
Middleman-Beal, and Maria Jicheva, who have worked tirelessly
throughout the year to make events happen and run the
organisation to a highly professional standard.
During the past year we have worked really hard as
a committee to provide a more rounded service to our
members both from the information gathered and updated
on our website to running regular events.
Our spring event on the 6th of March was a whole-day
event at Kings College in London. The theme was The
Business of Culture – and the speakers addressed
a range of issues around the overall topic of culture
and business. Invited speakers were Charles Hampden-Turner,
Peter Franklin, Rosina Marquez Reiter and Helen Spencer-Oatey
and the topics discussed were:
- Diversity and Innovation: Why the inclusion of culturally
diverse persons fosters creativity.
- " Trouble on the phone in Montevideo"
- Is the client ever right?
- Anglo-German Management Dyscommunication: Insights
from Case Studies
- Working Collaboratively across Nations: the eChina
Experience.
The evaluations of the event were excellent and the
turnout was one our best ever yet with almost 90 of
our members in attendance.
Our summer event took place on the 17th and 18th of
July and was in collaboration with the University of
Portsmouth where we co-sponsored the event. The event
was entitled: “Responding to the needs of the
Chinese Learner” and was aimed at our academic
audiences.
SIETAR UK was delighted to have the opportunity to
co-sponsor the event and wish to thank the University
of Portsmouth for their inclusion. During the event
SIETAR UK hosted a wine reception on the evening of
the 17th July and we were delighted to see many of you
attend. SIETAR UK also awarded £300.00 in bursaries
for attending students.
In September, we were all highly entertained and educated
by Paul Saunders, who presented at our evening event
and enlightened us all on "Creative Techniques
in Intercultural training". It was highly creative
and everyone had fantastic fun.
Our end of year event in December 2004 was held on
2nd of December at the Landsdown Club in London. It
also gave us and opportunity to thank all of our members
for their continued support and was a really great opportunity
for many to network and get to know colleagues and peers
in the industry.
We are very excited to announce that our next Business
of Culture Event will be on Saturday 12th March in London
and our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Hofstede. Book early
to reserve a space.
On the 9th and 10th of July 2005 we will be holding
our summer even entitled "Intercultural Communication
in a Globalised World" at Middlesex University,
London, UK. If you wish to take part in presenting on
a topic of expertise relating to the theme please visit
our website and following the instructions calling for
papers. Again, please book early to reserve a space.
The SIETAR UK Committee meet via conference call on
the last Friday of every month and also meet face to
face once a quarter. All of you are most welcome to
submit agenda items for the Committee to discuss at
any of our meetings or if you have suggestions regarding
events, presentations, speakers or suitable venues we
would be delighted to hear from you. We hope these events
for 2004 are of interest to you and should you require
further information or have any queries please do not
hesitate to contact myself or any of the other committee
members. Than you in advance for your continued support
during the past year and we look forward to seeing you
at our forthcoming evens during 2005.
Dee Ryan
Chairperson SIETAR UK
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