Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 23 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

This was the second of four weeks of the Social Media Success Summit 2009. Unfortunately I was not able to tweet live during the event this week.  If you want to follow along I suggest using the #SMSS09 hashtag on any Twitter search tool and also follow @SMSS09 on Twitter. There are many useful tips shared by the Success Summit attendees on Twitter so it is well worth having a look at.

The second Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge to Get Extreme With Clarity started this week.  Each day during the month of June there will be a #CCCCTips tweet for each tip.  There are also tweets for each of theYouTube videos listed as recommended viewing in the tips.  Most of these videos are very short.  Some are fun and some are educational.

This week there were very few tweets from my scheduled Tweet Plan. This is basically because I have been doing the work behind the scenes to create a stronger connection on Twitter using the scheduled tweets. I originally started scheduling 4 to 6 weeks worth of Tweets into TweetLater. And this is what works best for my schedule.

But after a few months feedback and learning more about my Twitter friends, I can now update and improve my scheduled Tweet content.  So the last month I have been scheduling tweets in one week at a time, because this it is easier to tweak the plan this way. And this month the Tweet Plan will be finalized with the Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge.

Do you have an interesting or useful link on international business, or of cultural interest? Tweet me a link.

1. @lyndonmorant I keep a list of people with interesting international profiles (who tweet in English) here
2. @gorigirl – @beverlycornell and I have been talking about your blog Hope to hook up with you here too!
3. International Marketing Review #54 – Interracial Relationships
4. Should you integrate ethnic communications into your business strategy?
5. Social Media: The Five-Year Forecast – from CRM Magazine –via @evoweb
6. The Export Yellow Pages gives US companies the international contacts to conduct business & trade around the globe.
7. Why do you need Export Financing? – in the quest of new foreign markets and increased international sales
8. Trade and Hard Times - a review of where international trade has declined so far this year
9. Home Depot closes its Spanish website after 4 months - example of why a multi-step approach to localization is best
10. Cross Cultural Kerfluffle – a definition – via @tvtropes
11. Minds are like parachutes — they function best when they are open – Unknown author – great #quote via @brentnhunter
12. Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge – Get Extreme With Clarity – just started
13. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 1
14. #cccctips 1 – Open your eyes, ears and your whole mind… and follow all aspects of your cross-cultural communication
15. Waking Up To The Word On Multicultural Marketing – via @VibrantDG
16. #cccctips 2 – Focus on what is said with words, body language, flow of conversation… and notice what is not said
17. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 2
18. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 3
19. China Contract Protections And It Ain’t Just Scrap – via @DanHarris @Culture4travel
20. Extremely Rare Bird Photographed for First Time – Then Eaten -Talk about irony – via @Culture4travel
21. Culture-4-travel.com – A Guide for Asian, Indian and Chinese Culture & Customs – also found @Culture4travel
22. Intercultural competences are essential for international success – Christina Rogge – @gbw or Global Business Women
23. 101 English tweeting women to follow from Europe -  from Global Business Women @gbw
24. Many free ebooks on how to live abroad – again from Global Business Women @gbw
25. Things NEVER to Say to Women Executives – from Global Business Women @gbw
26. 30 Days of Twitter Tips and Hints on Blog For Profit - now on day 3
27. @gbw – Glad to find Global Business Women on Twitter, love your tweets & have recommended you here
28. A Town Fights to Save an Oasis of Baguettes & the story of an E-2 Investor Visa becoming “marginal”
29. @DeniseWakeman is giving a comprehensive tour of social media and is sharing how how she gets everything to come together – on #SMSS09
30. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 4
31. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 5
32. Next week is World Trade Week UK – via @theblueballroom @WTWUK
33. Intercultural Communication Skills by Chris Babowal – via @FreeTutorials
34. Are you a third culture kid? Oprah May Finally Talk About Army Brats/TCKs – RT @tckid @DoreenatDMS
35. Intercultural communication context – an interesting table of contents – via @fembury
36. Should Barbadians fear a multicultural society? – via @bajandream @guttaperk
37. Very interesting article “Plagiarism from a Cross-Cultural Perspective” at Al Jamiat – via @DavidComp
38. RT @t_de_baillon @francesamerikey - US is tweeting while Africa is texting.
39. Polylingual Canada, a test case for social R.O.I. in multiculturalism #multilingual #multicultural – RT @NestorSystem
40. Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 Edition - with worldwide stats
41. 9 Ways People Respond to Your Content Online – simple graph, good to remember when creating & marketing content
42. International Business Pre-Flight Checklist: Summary
43. International Markets: Stars, Cash Cows, Question Marks and Dogs – Boston Consulting Group’s 4 product groups
44. Book Review – Shocking Cultures
45. Hypercities - a view of 7 different cities with a time scale for different years
46. Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication – Tip 6
47. @timecommander Cross-cultural communication is communication from one culture across to at least 1 other different culture
48. Short YouTube video on Individualism-Collectivism & the differences between these cultural dimensions – #CCCCTips 1
49. #cccctips 3 – Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication: Listen to how the other person’s conversation fits with yours
50. RT @brandoneculture If you seek a different take on multicultural communications, follow @DoreenatDMS I tip my hat to her..much respect!
51. In the year 3000, YouTube, Twitter & Facebook will merge into 1 super time wasting website called YouTwitFace. – Conan – via @gladperez
52. Short YouTube video on Low & High Context Cultures & the differences between these cultural dimensions – #CCCCTips 2
53. Short YouTube video on Cross-Cultural Communication with Sheida Hodge – #CCCCTips 3
54. A YouTube Short Comedy On Cultural Pronunciation – #CCCCTips 4
55. #CCCCTips 4 – Listen carefully and do not read any additional meanings into what is said
56. Short YouTube video of Johann Joh on Cross-Cultural Communication from Thunderbird Knowledge Network – #CCCCTips 5
57. #CCCCTips 5 – Listen to find out what the other person needs to have from you to make the communication easier
58. Short YouTube video comedy of Condoleeza Rice & Bush with Communication Problems – a bit old but fun – #CCCCTips 6
59. YouTube 8-minute video with music & text on Communication Between Cultures – #CCCCTips 6
60. The seeds of compassionate capitalism – A review of Laurence Brahm’s book Anti-Globalization Breakfast Club
61. Delivering Global Customer Experience in Challenging Times = Think Globally, Act Locally – test things locally first
62. Importance of Word Of Mouth and Advertising in Ethnic Marketing by @adsheik
63. Finding a Job, Brazilian Style - A massage therapist for models is the star of this tongue-in-cheek new viral video
64. Chinese Government Blocks Twitter – Run-up to 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Blamed (October 1 2009)
65. Waking Up to the word on Multicultural Marketing
66. Reaching Spanish Preferring Hispanics on Facebook – when Facebook is exploding in Spanish speaking countries
67. RT @BensonBrayAssoc- International Marketing Winning Formula: European Website & Foreign Language Virtual Assistant
68. RT @mktquestions – Have You Grown International Sales Early On in the Life of a Domestic Startup? – LinkedIn Q&A
69. Russell Peters cross-cultural issues – via @popology
70. #CCCCTips 6 – For Clarity in Cross-Cultural Communication: Ask follow up questions to confirm mutual understanding
71. The Essential Guide to Effective Decision Making – via @gbw

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