Tag: George Simons
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Funding as a game
Having spent the last two years developing the diversophy migrant game for Denmark, I was invited by George Simons to help facilitate his pre-Congress workshop on gamification of intercultural training at the SIETAR Congress in Belgium in May. One of my slots was to describe how we got funding to develop the Danish version of…
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Meet your neighbour
It is a cultural feature in Denmark that it is difficult to become part of the existing social networks. On the other hand, there is a great deal of goodwill from many Danes to help, especially refugees. The problem when you are a foreigner (including refugee) is that it is difficult to get in touch…
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Short or long?
Intercultural training has traditionally relied on intensive and often residential courses lasting up to a week. But is there a place for shorter, more targeted interventions while still at the work place? George Simons, who devised the Diversophy game which is often deployed in the long trainings, has been musing on this and plans to…