Go Global Reasons 17-18

March 30th, 2009 at 12:00pm Bob Trojan

Cross Cultural Connections:  Today’s global competitive environment is vastly different from an earlier period when U.S. companies dominated world markets. Today, your competitors are likely to be from a multitude of places including the developing world. This globally connected world economy is still characterized by vastly different cultures that must be understood if companies wish to compete effectively.  This seminar helps you understand the cultural dimensions of the global competitive conditions.

As we increasingly embrace a global marketplace, communication–whether local or global, involves more than just language. It is a study of a broad range of subjects ranging from non-verbal and verbal language to cultural adiaphoras. This seminar offers you a glimpse of the role of effective communication in a cross-cultural and multi-cultural setting and offers strategies that would facilitate your next cross-cultural negotiation. It offers useful guidelines and basic frameworks that would help you understand how to avoid culture shock when dealing with business partners from other countries.  The competencies you develop will help you enjoy cultural rather than dread cultural nuances.

Banking Basics for Global Trade:  Gain insight on the Banking world with a global economic market update and strategies to mitigate Foreign Exchange exposure and volatility.  Jane Mezera will review the Global Financial Crisis and what we saw in 2008.  She will address her comments to the status of the Crisis in 2009 and will discuss general currency themes for 2008 and 2009.  Ms. Mezera will provide up-to-date snapshots of Countries and Currencies including the U.S., Euroland, Japan, Canada, China and other countries.  She will also share a number of strategies for companies to navigate treacherous foreign currency markets.

Register today because SPACE IS LIMITED!  www.GoGlobalRockford.com

Or contact:

Carrie Zethmayr,  Rockford Area Economic Development Council at Czethmayr@rockfordil.com
Marge Bevers,  Greater Rockford Airport Authority at mbevers@flyrfd.com
Megan McKinney,  SupplyCore at Megan.McKinney@SupplyCore.co

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