Welcome to the latest edition of the York Associates newsletter. We hope this catches (most of) you before you head off for a well-deserved holiday – the best kind of opportunity, if you’re going abroad, to practise your international communication skills, build relationships with people from other cultures, develop intercultural understanding, … and get some well-earned rest. The YA team joins in wishing you a great vacation and we look forward to seeing many of you again sometime during the second half of the year.

This issue includes:

  • Webinar stop press - information about our first ever webinar
  • Feature - Reflections from YA director Bob Dignen on the brave new world of Working in a Matrix, based on his work with one of our Swedish clients
  • Feature – YA director Fiona Mee writes about the challenges facing our clients when it comes to communicating internationally
  • Markets – YA director Fiona Mee in Brazil
  • People news – updates on Tricia Scott and Katie Bowe
  • Publications – the latest book from the prolific Bob Dignen, Communicating Across Cultures
  • Conferences – forthcoming, in Berlin, Dubrovnik and Paris
  • Courses – reports on Training the trainer for Zurich Group, Virtual communication and effective writing for Nestle, European Works Councillor training for the European Trade Union Institute in Brussels, fish and chips on the Yorkshire coast for Finnish academics, and more
  • Trainer training – trainers! Sign up for Developing People Online, or for a DPI weekend in Paris
  • York – find out about York800, food and drink and free food!

Bob Dignen outside York AssociatesBob Dignen will run two webinars in September and October which will focus on the challenges of communicating across cultures. He will draw on ideas from the book he recently co-authored with Business Spotlight editor Ian McMaster, Communicating Internationally in English (published by York Associates), and examine the challenges of influencing and building trust across cultures. The first webinar will be on 5 September. Details of how to register will appear on our website soon.

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