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

GETTING DOWN TO WORK

No, really!

FIRST THINGS FIRST

One of the first sights!

Our walk to class everyday.

Lunchroom

THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOM

THE WALK HOME EVERY NIGHT AND THE WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL

Put herself through school singing in Karaoke competitions

The Blue Bridge

Our Dorms

THE ACADEMIC SIDE

Facilitation and Experience

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 2014SUMMER INSTITUTE

DAY ONE

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

WHAT ASSUMPTIONS AM I MAKING OF WHICH I AM UNAWARE OF MAKING?

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?

IT TAKES REFLECTION

THE REST OF THE WEEK

FACILITATION

• If you see something isn’t right, don’t let it go. Get to the heart of the issue straight away.

• One common mistake facilitators make: not allowing enough time to debrief.