[ICANN Academy WG] Intercultural Awareness Program - Call for Work Team Members until 31 August 3017

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Dear Sandra

I'm interested in volunteering for this team.
I'm in civil society stakeholder group in ICANN, my professional area
is research/academia, from LAC.
Among the contributions I can bring in is experience as Chairing
Skills alumni, 2016 co-chair/facilitator of IGF BPF Gender and Access
IGF, LACNIC26/27 moderator at IT Women community, Internet Freedom
Festival 2016 Regions and Track Program Committee fellow, WS2
Diversity group participant, GNSO SSC member.

Thanks for the group's consideration


On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 1:18 PM, sandra hoferichter <info at hoferichter.eu> wrote:
> Dear All, During ICANN59, the Academy WG announced a new ICANN Academy
> Intercultural Awareness Program will be developed in cooperation with Incite
> Learning, Inc. a professional development firm that has been working with
> ICANN for several years.
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> A first pilot is scheduled for 3rd November, the last day of ICANN60 in Abu
> Dhabi.
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> We are now calling for Work Team Members to help developing and facilitating
> this course. Ideally such a team should consist of up to 5 people, from
> different stakeholder groups, representing all regions of the world. This
> team will work over the next 2 month (and beyond) in close cooperation with
> Incite Learning. Team members will be also supporting the conduct of this
> course as community facilitator.
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> Please reply until 31 August if you are seriously interested to help shaping
> this course. If more than 5 people show interest we have to make a selection
> based on geographical, stakeholder and gender diversity.
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> A call for Work Team Members for the other two programmes of the ICANN
> Academy (Chairing Skills and Leadership Programme) will follow.
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> About this new programme:
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> What: Understanding cultural nuance and differences is a challenge for every
> global organization.  ICANN is rich in its cultural diversity and global
> reach.  Developing Cultural Intelligence at ICANN is a learning experience
> focused on improving cultural knowledge and awareness; what we are calling
> Cultural Intelligence.  We will examine our behaviours and beliefs and how
> they impact our awareness and interaction when working with people from
> different cultures.  We will explore the dual dimensions of culture like:
> individualist vs. collectivist; direct vs. indirect; formal vs. informal;
> and hierarchical vs. democratic.  Leveraging our in room talent there will
> be much interaction, discussion and activity about similarities and
> differences around the world and around the room.  Additionally, we will
> consider specific cultural challenges ICANN deals with and how to best
> overcome them.
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> When:  The experience will begin with a webinar before our face-to-face
> meeting on November 3rd in Abu Dhabi.  After our time together we will have
> follow-up phone calls to address related topics that came up during the
> meeting.
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> Why:  The topic of Culture has come up repeatedly during the ICANN Academy
> Leadership Programme.  The request was made to address this in a separate
> experience.
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> Who:  Ideally participants should have participated in the ICANN Academy
> Leadership Programme. Alumni’s will be offered the first opportunity to
> register for this course until 31 August. After this date we will offer
> available seats to the wider ICANN community.
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> Best Sandra
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> Chair of the ICANN Academy WG
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