Culture Rolodex

My Personal Rolodexes

Here is my big culture rolodex.

Blogs & Websites For Cultural Insights

• 101 Tools for Tolerance – simple ideas for promoting equity and diversity
• AFS – International Exchange Programs by Country
• CIA World Factbook – For information on different countries
• Clearly Cultural – Making sense of cross-cultural communication
• Culturosity - Link your life to local cultures, Succeed with culture know-how, Grow your global mind
• Dialogin – Online community for intercultural professionals
• DiversityInc – An online magazine for the US market with lots of interesting articles.  Unfortunately this website has an annoying pop up window after the first few page views that you cannot get rid of unless you give them your email address.
• Ethnic Events – a multicultural marketing portal
• Expat Exchange – one of the largest online communities for English-speaking people living abroad
• Experience My Culture – a forum for people to share their culture and related insights
• Geert Hofstede – To find out more about the Hofstede cultural dimensions
• Global Voices – The world is talking, are you listening? A vibrant global community of more than 150 active volunteer authors and translators and more than 20 freelance part- time regional and language editors.
• Hidden biases towards other cultures – Read this, then test yours on the Harvard Project Implicit
• How To – Many free ebooks on how to live abroad
• International Business and Etiquette
• IUCAB - International Union of Commercial Agents & Brokers. 470.000 commercial agents in Europe, North & South America
• Kwintessential – Useful resources from providers of translation services and cross cultural training
• Negotiation – Some insights into cross-cultural negotiation
• PocketCultures – Topics of the world
• Sietar – Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research
• Taking It Global – A place for young people to discuss cultural topics
• Teaching Tolerance – An American website with interesting articles and resources
• Third Culture Kids – To discuss and learn more about third culture kids

Cross-Cultural Communication Resources

• Cross-Cultural Communication Strategies – from University of Colorado
• Cross-Cultural Issues in Teams – Pete Pereira, Aspire Consulting – 4 part audio series
• Defining ‘Get It’  When It Comes to U.S. Hispanic Marketing - Some of this also translates to international skills.  Good to think about.
• Diversity Dictionary – A list of vocabulary related to diversity from Texas A&M University
• Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions – A list of the country values for Hofstede’s five scales: Power Distance Index, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty Avoidance Index, Long-Term Orientation.
• GlobalEdge – Michigan State University – Presentation on culture
• Intercultural Communication Skills – By Chris Babowal
• Intercultural Competence – A SlideShare presentation by Prof. C.J.M. Beniers
• Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day – This blog grows minds.  It is written by Larry Ferlazzo an inner-city high school teacher.  He is also on Twitter @Larryferlazzo
• Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide – 50 links to assist multicultural educators
• Multilingual – A magazine for business applications of cross- cultural communication
• Saving the world through cross-cultural communication – Ken Wilber
• Thai tradition of assigning colors to each day

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