Training
INTERACTIVE
Involving participants in the learning process by using strategies like built-in quizzes, interspersed tasks, teamwork interludes etc.
EXPERIENTIAL
Participants themselves create and share experiences that illustrate key concepts, principles, or core messages.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL
The content and design of the training includes a combination of awareness, knowledge, skills, attitudes.
Consultancy
“EXPERT ROLE”
Our consultants provides expert knowledge or skills that the organization does not have in-house
“COLLABORATIVE ROLE”
We work in partnership with organization, contributing process knowledge but leaving the decision to the client.
“A PAIR OF HANDS”
We can do tasks that a client organization knows how to do itself, but doesn’t have the staff to accomplish.
Speakers for Events
EDUCATIONAL
The presentations include new information and knowledge elements relevant to the topic.
ENLIGHTENING
The insights and explanations very often change the perception and shift the focus towards a deeper understanding.
ENTERTAINING
The humour helps to soften challenging issues, clarify confusions end makes the learning more enjoyable.
“The Cork County Development Board is charged with the co-ordination of services at the county level. This involves the implementation of key inter-agency economic, social and cultural projects. In that regard, Alvina’s informative and interesting presentation to the multi-agency Board helped to significantly advance the process of integration in Cork County. Members found her focus on Cultural Diversity Awareness extremely useful and recognised the benefits of proceeding with the integration issue on a county-wide level. I have found Alvina’s approach to putting her message across to be engaging, positive, practical and good-humoured.”
CultureWise Blog
Onion & Iceberg models of the Culture
The Onion Model
The image of an onion is often used to describe the different layers of culture. Culture can be broken down into layers: The outer layers are composed of the artefacts and products as well as patterns of behaviour. The next layer encompasses the beliefs, norms and attitudes of that culture. The middle of the onion represents the underlying cultural assumptions and values. As the most hidden layer, these aspects of culture are much harder to recognise and understand, but all of the other layers are built upon the centre of the culture onion. Therefore, careful analysis and a better understanding of the different layers as well as how they interact and influence each other is necessary. Intercultural training can help to understand the different layers of culture and their significance.