<div dir="ltr">Dear NCUC members,<div>Good day to you and I hope your week is going well.</div><div>Kindly see below  this Intercultural virtual workshop holding next week.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you make it out sometime to attend the workshop.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Benjamin<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-2972856478093680034WordSection1"><br>

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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 12:40<br>

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<b>Subject: </b>[ALAC-Announce] REGISTER - At-Large Intercultural Virtual Workshop on Monday 29 November 2021 at 13:00 UTC<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#070706;background:#ffee94">Registrarse</span><span class="m_-2972856478093680034apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">para

 zoom</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Inscrivez-vous pour Zoom!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join the

<b>At-Large Intercultural Virtual Workshop</b> on <b>Monday 29 November 2021 at 13:00 UTC for 90 minutes

</b><i>(English, French and Spanish interpretation).</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What you need to know when working in an intercultural organisation?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Que devez-vous savoir lorsque vous travaillez dans une organisation interculturelle?<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Qué necesitas saber cuando trabajas en una organización intercultural?<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">The topic of the first workshop on Monday, 29 November at 13:00 UTC is “The Art of Small Talk”.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Agenda and joining details:

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https://tinyurl.com/yy34e2nb [tinyurl.com]</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow">ZOOM REGISTRATION</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:

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https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcuyqqDIiHNG9C2_-oLOJdeus9hGF0rHa [icann.zoom.us]</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:black">staff@atlarge.icann.org</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black">with

 your preferred number and language channel.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Questions to be discussed are, inter alia:<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What are do and don’ts in a small talk?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Which topics you should never touch?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How important, or less important, is small talk in a region for building trust or just as am matter of politeness?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How sensitive is a culture with regard to speed, tone, irony, volume?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do you approach a person you would like to get to know?<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BACKGROUND:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Working within ICANN can be challenging, for staff as well as for the numerous volunteers that form this international organisation. Collaboration across the globe

 and over various time zones, the different perspectives you have whether you participate as an employee or as a volunteer, as well as a lack of understanding for each other’s cultural background and behaviour are potential sources of conflict.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">However, a positive aspect is that the ICANN community has all the sources to overcome intercultural misunderstandings. We just have to talk and to listen to each

 other.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The At-Large Capacity Building Working Group Sub Team would like to start a series of interactive workshops, addressing the global At-Large Community and increasing

 our ability to understand  and appreciate each other’s challenges. During these workshops, we will explore the “secrets” of our different cultures on some dedicated examples such as:<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Verbal communication (speed, tone, irony, volume)<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The art of small talk<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time sensitivity<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to dress<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eating manners<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What is expected from a community leader?

</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How work hierarchies in your country and which effect they have at your performance at ICANN?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">… just to name a few<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We will start the series with a

<b>topic related to communication</b> - something that we possibly will need to re-fresh as we prepare to meet in person again - hopefully soon!<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If this initial workshop is a success, we will continue with this series in 2022 on the other topics and introduce the format to the wider ICANN Community.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Source: Harassment presentation at ICANN Learn<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<i>Sandra Hoferichter, Chair of the ICANN Academy WG</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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