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Getting yourself prepared on living and working abroad. An introduction on cross-cultural communication. Who we are…. BUSINET www.businet.org Petra GILLIS EPOS LLP National Agency for Flanders petra.gillis@epos-vlaanderen.be www.epos-vlaanderen.be Johan DEDEYNE
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Getting yourself preparedon living and working abroad An introduction on cross-cultural communication
Who we are… BUSINET www.businet.org Petra GILLIS EPOS LLP National Agency for Flanders petra.gillis@epos-vlaanderen.be www.epos-vlaanderen.be Johan DEDEYNE University College Bruges – Ostend johan.dedeyne@khbo.be www.khbo.be
Profiler game • Knowing myself and getting to know others • Working together and cooperate in international teams • My country • Positive • To improve • Team country
Writeyouranswers down and sharethemwith the group • While you were introducing yourself, which items do you feel very strong about and should be mentioned to present yourself properly? What is essential for you? • Why are these so important? Try to describe this. • Were there items that you forgot to mention and afterwards thought about? Or subjects that are although very important not to be mentioned in front of people you do not or hardly know? Why do you feel like that about them? • Would you change your introduction of the previous days if you were e.g. on a hiking trip in India and you’ve met local people? What would you change and why?
Changes in time ? How might these circles change when you are abroad? For example, did you list your nationality in one of the circles? Or your social class? Did you list the languages you speak? How might these circles change in time? What could be the effect of those changes?