PAID WEBINAR SERIES

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Magdalena Mot, Senior Manager for Work-Integrated Learning, Capilano University

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Price

  • PAID webinar series

Language

  • This webinar series is presented in English

Accessibility

  • This webinar series offered AI-generated live captions available in multiple languages

CERIC is pleased to partner with ASPECT on this webinar series. The Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training (ASPECT) provides leadership, professional development, advocacy and representation support of community-based workforce development service providers in British Columbia.

Webinar overview

Storytelling is perhaps the most time-honoured form of communication. More often than not, our first professional encounter starts with an invitation: “So, tell me about yourself”. Yet many of us are not equipped to tell our story to someone unfamiliar with our culture. Indeed, the art of storytelling draws on self-awareness, cultural sensitivity, and effective message delivery. So, how do we support a client and alleviate the stress resulting from cultural misunderstandings? How do we eliminate the risk of a client being “dismissed” before they even get assessed for the job? How can career practitioners, especially those working with diverse populations, equip their clients with the knowledge of storytelling and support them in navigating not only the process of their job search, but also their life transition?    

The series aims to empower practitioners by providing a comprehensive understanding of storytelling’s profound role, with a specific focus on pivotal aspects during significant transitions. It will prepare career practitioners with practical skills to guide clients through storytelling nuances, fostering self-confidence and preserving cultural distinctiveness. 

Why career professionals should attend

We’ll start the series by reviewing the differences between cultural assimilation and cultural integration. We’ll explore the essential skills that career development practitioners need to build when helping clients to integrate their story with their culture and how they can empower clients to cultivate cultural competency by encouraging authentic storytelling. Our presenter will use intercultural learning models and point participants towards tools and resources to support their clients in finding common communication grounds when conversing with people from different cultures. 

At the end of the series, practitioners will be able to better coach their clients in telling their own stories and will have the tools to effectively support them in implementing practical steps that allow for a smooth cultural transition. Our end goal is to empower clients to preserve and appreciate their cultural uniqueness while learning how to nurture their own understanding and appreciation for cultural differences. 

Webinar N°1 : Intercultural Communication in a Business Setting

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Career practitioners will gain an understanding of the mechanisms that underpin cultural integration, which in turn will help them illustrate the steps clients would need to take so they can move forward. CDPs will look at these steps through the lens of those who are just entering a new workplace culture.

  • Learn about intercultural relations: describe, interpret, evaluate 
  • Take practical steps towards improving your understanding of other cultures 
  • Revisit common cultural assumptions 
  • Reevaluate the way you perceive yourself culturally 
  • Observe your cultural identity in your own intercultural communication  

Webinar N°2 : The Importance of Storytelling

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

The importance of storytelling in one’s life will be the highlight of this second webinar of the series. With a focus on the span of a major life transition, such as moving to a new country, we will be using Nancy Schlosberg’s transitions theory to look at factors describing the Self. To showcase the importance of storytelling, we will watch video interviews and review the implications that “dismissed or “muted” stories can have on one’s professional development, growth and mental health. 

  • Revisit the history of storytelling and what determines how we communicate 
  • Learn why our cultural identity is a powerful analytical tool 
  • Travel through life transitions, hear about “cultural aliens” and understand the social process of “othering” 
  • Locate situations, revisit the self, available supports, and learn to build new strategies 
  • Review implications of intercultural miscommunication 

Webinar N°3 : Storytelling, Job Interviews and Networking Events

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Learn how to find common communication grounds and encourage diverse clients to use authentic storytelling in all their professional encounters. 

  • Support clients to communicate their sense of self and apply their awareness 
  • Clarify with your client how to integrate their story with their culture and their listener’s culture 
  • Use the transaction model of communication in various ways 
  • Inspire the storyteller to align their story to their industry standards 
  • Motivate storytellers to address cultural assumptions 
  • Evaluate tools for analysis and self-reflection: revisit experiences, cultural assumptions, self-perceptions and fixed mindsets 

Individual certificates of attendance will be provided for each webinar of the series. Please note that individual certificates of attendance will ONLY be provided to registered participants who attend the webinar LIVE.

COST for the full series
Individual Rate $159
Group Rate*  $119.25 per person
ASPECT Members COST for the full series
Individual Rate $119
Group Rate*  $89.25 per person

* If you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time, you qualify for the group rate of 25% off registration fees. 

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Magdalena Mot

Magdalena Mot is currently the Senior Manager for Work-Integrated Learning at Capilano University. With an academic background in cultural anthropology and several years of work experience in project management, Dr. Mot’s current research interests are focused on the ties between one’s cultural heritage and the ways this inheritance affects one’s career development decisions, especially when in a major transition. Dr. Mot’s work connects experiences scattered over 25 years of living, working and studying in four different countries and speaks directly to her core values of diversity, authenticity and her drive to build inclusive communities. 

Dr. Mot is an experienced educator and she has over 12 years of teaching experience. Her specializations include career development and intercultural communication in a global business ecosystem. Currently a Certified Master of Career Services (CMCS), Dr. Mot is also the Chair of NCDA’s Global Connections Committee, and an active member of CERIC’s Practical and Academic Research Committee.