Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 37 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

This week was a week of week of working behind the scenes, revising my Tweet Plan ebook. I have just finished the third revision of my Tweet Plan since I first used it in November 2008.

For a small business social media marketing requires strong productivity skills. As I my social media productivity skills have improved this has brought changes to my Tweet Plan. More about the updated ebook soon.

This Coming Week’s Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews

As usual, the Cross-Cultural Interviews are in 2 parts:

• Part 1 – Blog post interview
• Part 2 – Twitter interview with 10 set questions for everyone later the same day

Next Week’s Twitter Interviews: 14th Sept. – To be Rescheduled – @CultureMatters 18th Sept. at 14:00 GMT – @dkiernan Find us & join the conversation with #CKinterview

Use the hashtag #CKinterview and your favorite Twitter search application or TweetChat like I do to follow the interview live.  But if you cannot make the live Twitter Interviews, don’t worry, the full interviews will published both here on this blog and on International Business Ideas.

Here are links to all of the previous Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews.

Last Week’s Cross-Cultural Tweets

Last week there were a wide variety of fun and useful tweets.

Books

1. Book suggestion: Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Is a Collision Inevitable? – via @WorldTradeLaw

Content Marketing

2. RT @changholt Google alters Europe book plans – International Business Times

Cross-Cultural Blunders

3. English translation of a sign in a Yugoslav hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid RT @CultureCoach

Cross-Cultural Communication

4. More Japanese Smileys – Stuff they don’t teach you in Japanese School
5. Diagram from RB Kaplan’s “Cultural Thought Patterns in Intercultural Communication.” – via @DanielNester
6. Cultural issues: Asian social network’g sites profit #japan – via @GordWeisflock @JapanTechnology @DoreenatDMS
7. RT @jackyan Fawlty Towers: ‘The Germans’
8. Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide by Dr. Jon Reyhner
9. @PicSeshu I love how you combine your professional skills as a photographer with your cross-cultural expertise

Cross-Cultural Differences

10. The White-Nonwhite Gap in Racial Acceptance in schools, from Newsweek – via @Larryferlazzo
11. RT @delhimotion A Study in Intercultural Dance
12. A Pakistani-American Family Is Caught in Some Cultural Cross-Fire – via @nytimestheater
13. Cultural barriers for Asians trying to reach executive posts in American firms
14. Interesting audios from @CCTheLowdown – The Lowdown: Business Etiquette – India
15. A take on US and Canadian office etiquette – RT @CCTheLowdown
16. Some tips on doing business in Vancouver for something a little more regional – by @shanegibson
17. Cross-cultural studies of decision making - RT @ishiik
18. 20 things to keep in mind when visiting Germany – via @NicoleSimon
19. RT @SCGLPRNetwork @mrsirpinksalot @DanHarris Absolute MUST read on how China of today is the Soviet Union of 1929
20. Hate-speech law violates Canadian Charter rights, tribunal rules – The Globe and Mail – via @EILBlog

Cross-Cultural & International Blogs

21. Interesting new blog for cross cultural conversation in Istanbul – RT @thandelike @Foodbridge
22. Chinese & Chosen – An interactive report on the intersection of Chinese & Jewish in NYC
23. International Higher Education Consulting Blog – by @DavidComp
24. Intercultural Eyes – Bettina Hansel’s blog with a geographic & interculturalist perspective
25. From Power To Poverty – interesting blog by Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB
26. Fluent In 3 Months – @irishpolyglot ’s blog of unconventional language learning tips as he travels the world

International Business

27. Small Business Journey – develop your business in a socially responsible manner
28. Business Global – online international trade shows
29. Summary of small business news in US, UK, Canada & Australia by @stefantopfer via @m4bmarketing
30. RT @Asiabizblog Fascinating complaint – Yellow Tail winemaker sues competitor for trademark infringement/trade dress<
31. Please RT @smallbiztrends “Checklist for Trademark and Copyright Issues on Your Website” – via @amsall

International Forums & Communities

32. Icom – The International Business Community
33. International Business Leaders Forum – handbooks & case studies to enhance the contribution to sustainable development
34. World Business Fair – An International Trade Promotion Platform For Global Entrepreneurs & Professionals

International Laws

35. Juris International – a multilingual collection of legal information on international trade
36. Lex Mercatoria – database for information & links to resources for international commercial law

International Sales

37. RT @roughlyfamous Selling To Multicultural Customers

Languages

38. Are Dictionaries Becoming Obsolete? WSJ – via @Larryferlazzo
39. RT @MarianDougan Unesco: role of translation in enhancing literacy & cross-cultural understanding
40. Social Learning Sites and Online Communities for Language Learners by @DavidComp
41. Narrow-minded post on @MatadorNetwork is exactly why @irishpolyglot avoids most English speakers in his travels.
42. The end of Australian writing? – interesting insights from @pocketcultures
43. RT @rliberni English language learners – Thinking in English – how to make it happen
44. The big problem of poor spelling! – RT @rliberni
45. RT @kukukukuku @CotterHUE need to teach stdts HOW & WHEN to use dictionaries - then it is a skill not a crutch.

Multicultural, Cross-Cultural & International Marketing

46. Ixmati – a bilingual marketing: language, culture and technology by @Ixmati
47. Cross-Cultural Marketing Made Easy
48. What Social Media Can Learn From Multicultural Marketing on @AdAge
49. Multicultural Marketing: Growth Opportunities In a Weak Economy
50. In case any of you missed this: How to Build a Multilingual, Multicultural Customer Experience – RT @rfsilva123

Quotes

51. “Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help mom with the dishes.” P.J. O’ Rourke
52. RT @gapingvoid @adage – @eve11 wrote my favorite New Marketing line ever: “I don’t want customers; I want allies.”
53. 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom – via @CateBrubaker

Social Media

54. 26 Social Media Marketing Examples in Detail
55. RT @SocialMedTips By Popular Request, The Inside Scoop – Examples Of Gorilla Marketing in Social Media Marketing
56. RT @nialldevitt @davidabrock Ten Ways to Identify Trustworthy Social Media Communication Professionals
57. “50 things that are being killed by the internet” Fun read. – via @gapingvoid
58. RT @jayrosen_nyu @DoreenatDMS – @uberblogged : has posted the Spanish translation of the Internet Manifesto
59. RT @kikolani @dragosroua Must See SEO Guide for All WordPress Bloggers
60. Thanks to @krishnade @nialldevitt for sharing link on BloggersBase
61. RT @foolkitlegal @Labedzki_Art: Twitter expands rules to allow advertising

Trade

63. Advantage Austria – portal by Austrian Trade Promotion Organisation for business with Austria
64. MaTrade – the official Malaysian trade promotion agency
65. International Trade Law News – Also on Twitter: @tradelawnews
66. European Commission releases EU, China trade facts and figures – via @EILBlog
67. Starting in international trade? Check out FITA – Tools of Trade
68. U.S. trade gap widens on record import surge – via @intltradelawyer
69. U.S.- Africa trade has great potential – via @intltradelawyer
70. AFP: European firms want ‘level playing field’ in China – RT @WorldTradeLaw
71. India against blocking imports — #trade is two-way – RT @jonathanlynn
72. RT @innovationIRL @dkiernan #R&D Irish clean tech entrepreneurs to hit Silicon Valley

Travel

73. 20 things you should know about France
74. Property Abroad – an independent overseas property portal
75. RT @aestable @HoeferleConsult: entry tariff? travelers to the U.S. may have to fork out in the future
76. 10 cool things about Hong Kong – via @CCTheLowdown

Trivia

77. Birds on the Wires
78. RT @HoeferleConsult @intercultureNet Spiegel online: From Egypt to Germany, a very unique #intercultural story
79. 60 Stunning Satellite Photos of Earth – via @Larryferlazzo
80. Storybird – A Family-Friendly Storytelling. It looks fun. Here is a review by ReadWriteWeb
81. Swine Flu Fears Force France To Say ‘Au Revoir’ To Kissing Custom – RT @DoreenatDMS
82. RT @Larryferlazzo @aestable: 10 More Infographic Reasons Why You Should Go Green
83. RT @Thandelike Global citizens celebrate “Interdependence Day” in Istanbul Sept 10-12
84. RT @fridley @nataliegiddings JAPAN’S announcement of its intention to cut its greenhouse gas emissions
85. RT @FiNS @Tosk59 39 unbelievable underwater pictures that will blow your mind
86. Europe’s upcoming elections — what to watch - via @TransDomo
87. How To Actively Take Control Of Your Life – via @sidsavara
88. RT @SCGLPRNetwork @TimOBrienNYT @PD_Smith Foreign war has become a fact of British life – Good piece from @TheEconomist
89. Europe must pay €15bn in climate aid, says top climate official – RT @MfgCrunch

Trust

90. RT @jjude Can ppl be trusted? Apparently more than u think via @petapixel: Camera abandoned on a mountaintop

World Maps

91. Map of how the size of Europe, USA & China combined fit into Africa

Cross-Cultural & International Tweeters

Here are the people I added last week to the list of people on Twitter with strong cross-cultural & international profiles.

@Asiabizblog – in USA @culturalworld – in USA @ecipe – in Belgium @EILBlog – in USA @foolkitlegal – in  Australia @gedankenreiter – in Germany @importerhelp – in USA @intltradelawyer – in Canada @jonathanlynn – in Switzerland @MfgCrunch – in USA @refsmith – in USA @SedonaCyberLink – in USA @tradelawnews – in USA @WorldTradeLaw – in USA

Last Week’s Twitter Interviews:

- @HoeferleConsult The Conversations Continue On:

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