Yan-Koloba is a fun teamwork game with African roots.

At our March event we’ll play the game (suitable for all ages), discuss how to use the game in classroom or training situations (we can watch portions of the instructional DVD), and learn more about cultures of Africa. We’ll also have a live video chat with Dr. Emmanuel Ngomsi, the creator of Yan-Koloba!

Here’s a short video introducing Yan-Koloba and Dr. Emmanuel Ngomsi:

This is going to be a fun event – don’t miss it!

When :: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 from 6-8pm

What :: Yan-Koloba – A Teamwork Game Rooted in Africa

Where :: The Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, NC

Directions :: The Visiting International Faculty Program office is at 201 Sage Road in Chapel Hill – just down the street from the Border’s bookstore you can see from 15-501. There is free parking in front of the building. Please enter through the main doors.

Questions? Email us :: sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com

Join your intercultural colleagues at the 2010 SIETAR-USA conference in Spokane, WA! Historic, yet modern and vibrant, Spokane’s past contrasts with cutting edge creativity, forming a city rich in heritage and innovation.

The theme of the 2010 conference is Living and Working in an Intercultural World.

Why should you attend the Tenth Annual SIETAR-USA conference? The SIETAR-USA membership goals provide the focus for the annual conference. As a participant you can benefit in the following ways:

Business Opportunities. Grow your career. “Get the word around” about what you do, perhaps even find a job (it’s amazing how often this happens at the conferences). This past April 2009 conference at Cary, N.C. included participants from across the U.S. and from England, France, India, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Iran, British Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Networking. Connect with intercultural professionals from around the USA and from around the world. Professional networking is in at the forefront of the SIETAR-USA conference with long coffee breaks, group lunches, and relaxed evening activities.

Professional Development. Expand your skills, knowledge and resources. Be part of the action and join in the on-going effort to explore future directions for intercultural relations in the three areas represented in SIETAR: education, training and research.

Giving Back. Grow the profession. Volunteer to serve the Society by joining committees associated with the conference, becoming a SIETAR- USA volunteer or mentoring aspiring colleagues.

The SIETAR-USA 2010 conference is being held in Spokane, WA from April 14-17, 2010.

Interested? Visit the conference website for more details and to take advantage of the early-bird registration rate.

If you’re on Facebook, why notbecome a fan of SIETAR-USA? It’s a great way to connect with other interculturalists, even if you don’t attend the conference!

See you in Spokane!

We’ve invited Dr. Michael Hoppe from the Center for Creative Leadership to speak about research he’s conducted on cross-cultural perspectives of leadership at our first event of 2010! We hope you’ll join us.

Here are the details:

When :: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 from 6-8pm

Where :: The Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, NC

Directions :: The Visiting International Faculty Program office is at 201 Sage Road in Chapel Hill – just down the street from the Border’s bookstore you can see from 15-501. There is free parking in front of the building. Please enter through the main doors.

Questions? Email us :: sietarnc [@] gmail [dot] com

Note :: Is there something from our Resource Library that you’ve had your eye on? If so, send us an email and we’ll bring it to the meeting. All SIETAR-NC members can check out materials from our extensive Resource Library.

About Michael Hoppe:

Michael is a Senior Faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. He trains custom program offerings to clients worldwide as well as the Center’s flagship program, the Leadership Development Program (LDP)® and other open-enrollment programs. As part of the Center’s Global Leadership Group, he researches and designs modules on effective cross-cultural leadership and other cross-cultural issues for use in the Center’s client-specific offerings. He lived and worked in Germany, Greece, Italy, and The Netherlands.

His publications have appeared in numerous journals and books. Recently, he contributed the chapter on cross-cultural leadership development to the Center’s Handbook of Leadership Development (2004) entitled “Cross-Cultural Issues in the Development of Leaders.” Also, as a Co-Country Investigator for GLOBE, a worldwide project on global leadership and behavior effectiveness, he wrote the book chapter on “Leadership in the U.S.A.: The Leader as Cultural Hero,” published in 2007.

Michael holds a M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Munich, Germany, a M.S. in Educational Psychology and Statistics from the State University of New York at Albany, and a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Institutional Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.