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aboutus
MISSION
The Culture Crossing mission is to foster cross-cultural
understanding and awareness by inviting the global community to share
their knowledge and experiences with others. We hope that the result
will be a repository of essential information that will be useful to
travelers, businesses, students and anyone else who steps beyond their
cultural borders. Culture Crossing’s Web site and
additional services are intended to help people navigate our
increasingly interconnected world with savvy and sensitivity.
CONCEPT
Culture Crossing provides users with valuable cultural
information
about every country. It’s a dynamic database, built and kept
up-to-date by its own community of registered members from around the
world.
Culture Crossing also provides tools for understanding your
own
culture, by exploring the values, communications styles and other
elements that guide your actions, interactions and reactions.
More than just a crash course in cross-cultural etiquette,
Culture Crossing is also a place where you can:
- Ask questions, share information and interact with
community members.
- Read interviews with well-known actors, musicians, writers,
politicians and others about their culture crossing experiences.
- Test your cultural IQ by taking the weekly
quizzes.
- Find useful information and access
resources to help you plan for a trip abroad – whether you
are
preparing for an international business trip, study abroad program or
any other kind of cross-cultural adventure.
LINK TO US
Add a link on your
website or blog to culturecrossing.net & give your visitors
one-click
access to our country guides & valuable resources.
To
place a link in your website or blog to culturecrossing.net, copy the
link's code below
and paste it into a page on your site.
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<a href="http://www.culturecrossing.net/">World
guide to cross-cultural etiquette</a>
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FOUNDERS
Michael Landers was born in
Boston, Massachusetts,
but raised overseas, living in Colombia, Brazil and the Dominican
Republic. After receiving a BA in International Relations, Michael
moved to Japan where he taught English and opened a cross-cultural
training firm focused on preparing Japanese professionals and their
families for life in the United States. Upon returning to the
US,
he obtained a MA in Intercultural Training and Management at Lesley
College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After working for
several
years in international human resources in New York City, Michael
established his own company, Culture Crossing, to provide international
executive recruiting, coaching, and training for the global
marketplace. Michael also shares his expertise with
others by
lecturing at schools and universities across the country on subjects
such as intercultural communication, marketing, negotiation, and
management, among other topics. When he’s not
working or
traveling, Michael can be found playing soccer, studying languages, or
walking on the beach with Callaloo-- an 80 pound hound that he rescued
from a local shelter.
Lisa Grossman is an
award-winning producer and
writer whose body of work includes documentary productions, museum
exhibitions and educational publications. Over the past decade her work
has taken her to 25 countries and 5 continents. Her most recent
documentary productions include an Emmy nominated feature-length film (Year
on Earth)
and educational series about some of the world’s most
pressing
environmental issues for Discovery Networks, and a program about
American culture for Smithsonian Networks. Lisa’s
career
began at National Geographic Film & Television where she worked
to
develop and produce a wide range of documentaries and historically
based feature films. She later became an independent producer/writer
for a broad range of television networks, non-profit organizations, and
travel publications. Her most recent exhibition work was featured at
the National Building Museum (The Green House: New Directions
in Sustainable Architecture & Design) and the
American Museum of Natural History (The Hall of Ocean Life),
both of which opened to wide acclaim. When she’s
not
working or traveling, Lisa can often be found on her bicycle or sipping
tea and eating dark chocolate on her porch.
CONTACT US
If you are interested in any of our
services or if you would like to book one of our experts to speak at an
event, please contact us at services@culturecrossing.net
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