29 januari 2021 @ 11:00 – 12:00 – What are the best practices for organizing a General Assembly? Almost all national Sietars have the obligation to run an annual General Assembly. Approving the budget and plans are key items of these meetings. How do you engage members to join your General Assembly and get to the quorum needed? Do you organize additional activities […]
Story telling and Anti-Racism: There are two sides to every story experience
3 februari 2021 @ 18:00 – 19:30 – Stories are the fuel that keeps us aware of and working on anti-racism. We know the stories of people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. We seek the stories of people in our communities and many of us have our own stories to tell. So how can we use stories effectively not just to share […]
Modern Russia: Destroying myths and stereotypes
16 februari 2021 @ 18:00 – 19:00 – “A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, that’s how Britain’s former prime minister Winston Churchill once described Russia. A lot of water has flown under the bridge ever since, but for a lot of people outside of Russia, it still is a distant cold and difficult to understand the country where no one […]
Quality standards and Ethics for intercultural trainers
26 februari 2021 @ 11:00 – 12:00 – What do SIETARs do to ensure quality standards and ethics for Intercultural Trainers? Have you developed a code of ethics and/or a quality standards document? Is it mandatory to follow it? Or how else do you encourage the quality of your members’ professional practice? Do you offer training or certifications as a national Sietar? Do […]
Understanding the influence of power relations in the dialogue about racism
3 maart 2021 @ 18:00 – 19:30 – When talking about racism, we do not hear the same message in Europe as we are in the United States and elsewhere. Our specific history stands in our way to be and hear the messages and lessons the same way. As Jane Elliott put it briefly: Americans didn’t start slavery. Europeans did. We have a […]
Sietar Ireland’s first online congress
12 maart 2021 – 20 maart 2021 @ Hele dag – Sietar Ireland invites you to their first online congress from March 12th to the 20th “As Ireland, our organizations, and communities become more culturally diverse, our intercultural experiences and identities are becoming more complex. People across the country and business sectors are having more intercultural experiences, requiring a very specific mindset, skills set, and heart […]
Negotiating across cultures
17 maart 2021 @ 18:00 – 19:00 – Negotiating on behalf of your organization is a tough challenge. Working effectively with unfamiliar cultures is a tough challenge, though one we expect our audience to be familiar with. Doing both simultaneously requires a great deal of skill, flexibility, creativity, and resilience. This webinar will offer a short overview of the techniques, knowledge, and communicative […]
Online presentation of the survey’s results from Sietar NL’s workgroup ‘Diversity & Inclusion’
24 maart 2021 @ 20:00 – 21:30 – De werkgroep Diversiteit en Inclusie presenteert de resultaten van de survey Op 24 maart van 20.00 – 21.30 uur deelt de werkgroep D&I de resultaten van een jaar verkenning van Diversiteit en Inclusie binnen Sietar NL. In deze bijeenkomst … – Delen zij de meest opvallende resultaten en krijg je de mogelijkheid hierop te reflecteren – […]
Sietar NL book-/filmclub: Filmclub session about ‘The White Tiger’
30 maart 2021 @ 19:30 – 20:30 – De Sietar NL film -en boekclub is een feit Zeker in deze onzekere tijd, waarin wij elkaar niet in persoon kunnen ontmoeten, zien wij dat de behoefte om elkaar te zien wel degelijk toeneemt. Daarom heeft Sietar NL de film -en boekclub leven ingeblazen om op een gemakkelijke, laagdrempelige manier elkaar te zien en te spreken. Het […]
Webinar by Annelie Wambeek: “Is a burnout a cultural phenomenon? It was for me!”
13 april 2021 @ 07:30 – 20:45 – Annelie was an Interculturalist long before she even knew what it meant. Born in Sweden, part Sri Lankan, part English, with Dutch ancestors, Annelie was raised as a true Third Culture Kid. With an academic background in Sociology and Cultural Studies and an MSC in International Relations, she now understands that these choices weren’t random, […]