The second Social Business conference was held yesterday, with the keynote speech of Prof. Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and author of “Social Business”. His talk was insighful, very pragmatic and full of hope, as ususal. It was also different from last year speech, with new inspiring stories from US and Albania, among others.Continue reading “Peace Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus at the Social Business Conference 2013”
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Mother’s day infographic: the best and worst places to be a mother
Some negatively surprising insights… still a lot to do to help mothers and new born babies
Ambiguous Visual road sign
I’m quite puzzled by this sign. What does it mean? Please post your answer!
CEMS Intercultural Management Communication Presentations
Great presentations were delivered by the St.Gallen CEMS Master students, for the Intercultural Management Communication course. The presentations were both entertaining and insightful: very talented students and great actors! More pictures are available on the course webpage
Visualization & Intercultural Communication @ MIC
This is the presentation for the MIC, Master of Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication of the Università della Svizzera italiana. The topic of the course is Linguistics and Semiotics, and my module is on Visualization & Intercultural Communication:
Fair trade at the Latin American Day, University of St. Gallen
Today the Latin American Day 2013 took place at the University of St. Gallen, organized by Aiesec, and focused on the topic of Fair Trade. The founder of the company Eco Terra, Dr. Carmina Alvarado De Van Bergerem, and her husband gave a very lively presentation on quinoa, the special grain. The started the companyContinue reading “Fair trade at the Latin American Day, University of St. Gallen”
Managing Multicultural Teams – Presentation
An excellent example of the use of Prezi for an interactive presentation was prepared by my students on the topic of Managing Multicultural Teams: Based on: Adler, N.J. (2008). International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. South-Western Cengage Learning: Mason OH, Fifth edition, pages: 131-147 (chapter 5).
Cultural differences in information seeking behaviors: evidence from an eye tracking study
Do people from different cultural backgrounds look at online information in the same way? A very recent study – conducted with eye tracking technique – shows that Spaniard and Arab users have very different visual behaviors when attending information. In particular the experiment compared users scanning search results in Google. The results indicate that participantsContinue reading “Cultural differences in information seeking behaviors: evidence from an eye tracking study”
Business Communication in the Arab World
Dr. Annick Tonti just gave a very interesting guest lecture at the University of St. Gallen on “Working in the Arab World” Based on her 40 years of experience in Asia and in particular in the Arab World, she shared with the students her insights on communicating with Arabs in business settings. First she gaveContinue reading “Business Communication in the Arab World”
Organizational communication across cultures with visual mapping: benefits and perils
Communicating across cultures is often a challenge: it is easy to imagine that visualization can help us overcome linguistic barriers, but it can actually do much more! The benefits of visual mapping for cross-cultural communication can be summarized in five main factors: 1. Overcoming linguistic barriers. 2. Providing double cues: When the verbal or textualContinue reading “Organizational communication across cultures with visual mapping: benefits and perils”
Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D. 