| Session Title: The Cultural Detective™: A Tool for Interculturally Competent Evaluation |
| Demonstration Session 101 to be held in Pacific A on Wednesday, Nov 2, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Presidential Strand |
| Presenter(s): |
| Dianne Saphiere, Nipporica Associates Ltd, dianne@culturaldetective.com |
| Abstract: This hands-on skill-building workshop will help participants understand how an intercultural framework (the Cultural Detective(tm) series) can enhance professional practice. The Cultural Detective(tm) is a collaboration of over 120 experts worldwide and provides a just-in-time resource for evaluators who work with populations internationally or domestically. Session takeaways include: - knowledge of key cultural differences useful in planning interculturally appropriate evaluation - tools for guiding culturally relative data interpretation and developing self awareness of cultural biases - process for learning and teaching interculturally competent evaluation practices - list of best practices Dianne Hofner Saphiere, creator of the series, will facilitate the workshop. She has worked as an intercultural trainer/consultant since 1979 with people from over 80 nations. She is U.S.A.-born, lives in Mexico, and has lived in Japan and Spain. A frequent author, she has been a faculty member of the renowned Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication since 1990. |