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.
February 2012
- Debut of the much-requested and awaited Cultural Detective Bridging Cultures!
- Announcing the launch of the new Cultural Detective blog
- Book Review: Transformational Diversity
- Facilitated Online Learning Events (FOLES) in February 2012
- Cultural Detective Facilitator Certifications in Paris and New York City
- Developmental Intercultural Competence, new blended learning course
- The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, 2012 schedule announced
January 2012
- New Year's greetings
- Join the Cultural Detective micro-lending team on Kiva.org
- Cultural Detective User Profile: Liz Grover
- Facilitated Online Learning Events (FOLES) in February 2012
- Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification schedule
- New collaboration tool: audioname
- The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, 2012 schedule announced
September 2011
- Who Cares if Apple's Tim Cook is Gay? An article by Cultural Detective LGBT co-author Susan Gore.
- End-of-the-year facilitator certification in Chicago; this week in Krakow.
- Isang Litrong Liwanag: A Liter of Light: using recycled soda bottles to light homes in Indonesia.
- Announcing our new Cultural Detective daily intercultural news feed! Subscribe now!
- Download a free PowerPoint slideshow on cross-cultural dynamics. No rocket science, but a nice little tool with some beautiful visuals.
- An article by Cultural Detective Blended Culture co-author Barbara Schaetti on the MashUp of Cultural Detective and Personal Leadership, used withthe Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity.
- People to People International's Global Youth Forum will take place November 9-13. Be sure to let the young people in your life know about this tremendous opportunity! Cultural Detective is this year's proud sponsor
August 2011
- Register now for the SIETAR Europa Congress in Krakow: "Interculturalism Ahead, Transition to a virtual world." Cultural Detective will host a pre-Congress workshop.
- People to People International's Global Youth Forum will take place November 9-13. Be sure to let the young people in your life know about this tremendous opportunity! Cultural Detective is this year's proud sponsor.
- Book review of A Question of Identity: Getting the Better of Globalization.
- Using the variables for developing a simulation (Ecotonos) as assessment guidelines.
- Developmental Intercultural Competence: An avant garde six-week blended learning course, combining Cultural Detective, Personal Leadership, and the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, begins September 7.
- "State of the World's Mothers," a study ranks 160 countries and a blog presents the findings graphically.
June 2011
- People to People International's Global Youth Forum will take place November 9-13. Be sure to let the young people in your life know about this tremendous opportunity! Cultural Detective is this year's proud sponsor.
- From the Margins to the Center: Intercultural Identity as a Revolutionary Act will take place Session 3 of SIIC.
- Book review of Office Code: Building connections between cultures and workplace design.
- Long-anticipated debut of Cultural Detective Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender!
- Cultural Detective facilitator certification in Portland, Oregon, USA between Sessions 2 and 3 of SIIC (July 22-24).
- Cultural Detective China author Victor Garza's free travel guide to Suzhou.
- How the latest OECD Social Indicators can help break stereotypes.
- Two courses in Milan, Italy offered by IDRI.
February 2011, No. 2
- Developmental Intercultural Competence: an article on how to reconcile the external realities of cultural difference, the internal realities of self-reflexivity, and the cognitive capacity for dealing with difference.
- Online workshops with the creators of Cultural Detective, Personal Leadership, and the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity.
- The Yin and Yang of Tiger Moms: A Cultural Detective's response to Amy Chua.
- Long-anticipated debut of Cultural Detective Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender!
- Cultural Detective facilitator certifications in Istanbul, Turkey; Zug, Switzerland; Berkeley, USA; and Portland, USA.
- Free download from Cultural Detective Global Diversity and Inclusion co-author: Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks. 2011.
- Language Under the Gun: Does our language reflect our society or vice-versa?
February 2011
- Developmental intercultural competence: first ever, state-of-the-art online workshops that weave together the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS), Personal Leadership (PL) and Cultural Detective (CD) for developmentally appropriate and highly impactful learning.
- The new Cultural Detective video – let's make it viral!
- Comments from Blended Culture readers, and an article on the subject.
- Cultural Detective facilitator certification workshops in Istanbul, Berkeley and Portland in May and July 2011.
- Report on the Cultural Detective certification in Mandelieu la Napoule.
- Cultural Detective in at the IMI conference in DC.
November 2010
- Two opportunities on two continents to attend Cultural Detective facilitator certifications, both in January 2011: Mandelieu la Napoule, FRANCE and Chennai, INDIA.
- A process model for effective intercultural transitions: beyond the U-Curve and the W-Curve with Cultural Detective.
- Public online workshop – register now.
- Being a "cultural photographer," by Kate Berardo.
- How many Cultural Detective packages are now available? Cultures? Industries? Professions? Use our "incident search" function.
September 2010
- Cultural Detective and the training of students abroad: How one client makes exemplary use of the series.
- IDI-guided development using the Cultural Detective: two conference sessions including one by Microsoft, and one post-conference facilitator certification.
- Cultural Detective: A tool for all (DMIS) orientations.
- Our first public online certification workshops – register now.
- Critical incidents: From the paper to the floor. Forum Theater and Cultural Detective
- New book: "The Hungry Planet, What the world eats."
- Cultural Detective USA 2nd edition now available.
- European Year of Volunteering and "Diversophy Human Rights."
June-July 2010
- An international study supports the Cultural Detective approach: Bertelsmann Stiftun-Fondazione Cariplo study.
- Overlaying Values Lenses – people are complex, not charicatures.
- Coaching using Cultural Detective: a new program and movie.
- How a client uses Cultural Detective in study abroad: AFS high school exchange programs.
- Intercultural comes of age: Janet Bennett reflects on how far we've come.
- "The Lost Generation," a poem of shifting perspectives.
- The Southern Poverty Law Center's "Teaching Tolerance" programming, and the curriculum on Sergio Vieira.
- The Summer Institute forIntercultural Communication – professional development opportunity.