Newsletters

Before the advent of social media, Cultural Detective published an email newsletter, 'Clues to Intercultural Effectiveness: Tips, Techniques and Resources' several times a year. Get a clue and don’t miss another issue of this helpful publication.
April 2013
- New study by the British Council, Booz Allen Hamilton and IPSOS reveals the necessity for intercultural skills in the workplace. Also a video in English and Spanish.
- Selected intercultural assessment tools and profiles
- Free-of-charge webinars on intercultural skills
- The Global Gender Intelligence Assessment and Cultural Detective Women and Men, written by Donna Stringer
- Film Review: Machuca, from Chile
- "Signs" of Cross-cultural Difference: Lydia Callis
- Reshaping Cultural Identity Discourse: Using social media to rebrand culture
- Healing the Wounds of History, a project by Armand Volkas
March 2013
- Cultural Detective African American now available!
- Success Is All in How We Gauge It: An expatriate CEO story.
- Third in George Simons' series on core intercultural theory and definitions
- One year anniversary of the CD blog
- "If a Face is Ugly Don't Blame the Mirror": As they say in Russia by Tatyana Fertelmeyster
- Some Cultural Detective training and coaching activities
- Oldie but Goodies: Comprehensive expatriate support system
- Between Expectation and Reality Lies Suffering: Global teams by Vicki Flier Hudson
January-February 2013
- Partnerships: 5 tips for turning frustration into innovation
- Benchmark Statement on Intercultural Competence: AEA
- Get in intercultural shape for the new year
- Selecting candidates for expatriation
- Our Culture on the Firing Line: Gun metaphors in US American English
- Farewell, thank you and best wishes to Kris Bibler
- World calendars and New Years
December 2012
- Are you losing customers? Every organization needs inercultural competence.
- Respect for all spiritual traditions: Quotes for reflection and a good joke.
- Intercultural movie night: Film review by Sunita Nichani: "English Vinglish"
- 5 tips for useful online learning—Developing intercultural competence online?
- Favorite assessment tools: Resource review of Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks
- What do you mean I've worked abroad 20 years and score low?!
- Develop your facilitation abilities via the Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification
26 April 2012
Upcoming global and intercultural business competency events in Bogotá, Colombia
November 2012
- Want to get interculturally fit? You do not become interculturally competent merely by having lived abroad or having earned road warrior status.
- Cultural Detective Online is live!
- Facilitated online learning sessions for intercultural skills.
- LGBT cultural competency workshop to be held in partnership with KMA.
- Me han dicho un dicho. A little bird told me.
- More cultural appropriation: the swastika
- Enhancing virtual team competence
- Infographics on world cultures and immigration trends
September 2012
- Why kids study abroad? Case studies from CIEE and AFS
- Cultural Detective Online: reserve your subscription now!
- Appearance can be a life or death matter
- SIETAR USA and ILA Conferences provide chances to learn CD Method
- Latino growth in the USA changes mainstream culture
- Final two certification opportunities this year
- Book review: Intercultural Communication, Globalization and Social Justice
- The Endangered Languages Project
July-August 2012
- Cultural Detective Online virtual coach will debut soon
- How to lose $1 million in one hour: "Your Colonialist Ways Never Change"
- Supporting global clients with Cultural Detective
- SIETAR USA, IDI and ILA Conferences provide chances to learn CD Method
- Final two certification opportunities this year
- Series of blog posts about food and language around the world
- Book review by Piper McNulty: Communication Highwire, Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles
- Sample half-day program design
May-June 2012
- The nomadic mind and a connection to place
- Cultural Detective party to first official trade of services under new Colombia - USA Free Trade Agreement
- With love from Syria: travelogue installment
- Cultural Detective facilitator certification schedule and details
- Official Cultural Detective animal: the mimic octopus
- The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication
- Cultural differences in eating habits again get a child in trouble
- Developmental Intercultural Competence, new blended learning course
- Using film in intercultural education
- Creativity and intercultural competence
- Book review of Ivan Misner's Business Networking and Sex (Not What YouThink!)
April 2012
- Congratulations to Cultural Detective Women and Men co-author Donna Stringer for being named "Legend of Diversity"!
- Several wonderful connections via the world of social networking
- Cultural Detective Facilitator Certifications in Portland and Minneapolis
- Parenting and Dating in a Multicultural World
- Book Review: How Maps Change Things
- Diversity Training Doesn't Work! A Rebuttal
- Celebrating the Life of Steve Murphy
- Developmental Intercultural Competence, new blended learning course
- The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, 2012 schedule