1. Enhancing and Nurturing Global Competency Bonnie Koenig, MA Global Education Conference November 19, 2014

2. What is Global Competency? Awareness of other cultures? Ease with other cultures? A practice? Other? Relationship to cultural competency ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

3. Self-Awareness We all have personal biases / ‘filters’ – positive and negative – what are yours? Being aware of cultural differences – spectrum of knowledge & knowledge usage ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

4. Developing a Personal Strategy Personal and teaching - working definitions Alignment Modeling for students (‘walk your talk’) What do I need to learn? What do I need to practice? ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

5. Some Approaches / Skills to Develop and Practice Observation Seeking out ideas wherever you may be (or can access virtually) Engagement – engaging with – ‘establish a meaningful contact or connection’ – two way ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

6. Communication Verbal Written Non-verbal Social media ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

8. Networking and Partnerships Local/national conferences with international participants Virtual and social media ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

9. Partnership Ideas Can do personally and/or link to curriculum Kiva – make small loans; Start Some Good – crowdfunding (peerfunding) School exchanges i.e. EpicChange & twitter kids Educator groups such as Asia Society & New Global Citizens Worldview Global Activism series & event Others? ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

10. Aligning personal & professional What are your professional parameters – curricular, institutional, partnerships, …? Where are there linkages you can create or strengthen? What is your global competency strategy? ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

11. Some Resources Global Topic Blogs: Engaging Internationally http://www.goinginternational.com/blog/; Everyday Ambassador http://everydayambassador.org/blog/ Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2010/05/bringing-the-global-mindset-to/ En espagnol: Carolina Tocalli http://carolinatocalli.blogspot.com/ & Pablo Rodriguez http://albordedelcaos.com/ http://www.goinginternational.com/blog/ http://everydayambassador.org/blog/ https://hbr.org/2010/05/bringing-the-global-mindset-to/http://carolinatocalli.blogspot.com/ TED Talks http://www.ted.com/playlistshttp://www.ted.com/playlists Cross-Cultural Communication resources http://www.goinginternational.com/resources/cross-cultural- communication/ http://www.goinginternational.com/resources/cross-cultural- communication/ ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

12. DISCUSSION Sharing of personal global competency strategy ideas – what you have had before or thoughts during this session ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014

13. Contact information E-mail: bonnie@goinginternational Blog: http://www.goinginternational.com/blog/ http://www.goinginternational.com/blog/ Twitter: @BonnieKoenig ©Bonnie Koenig, November 2014