by Clint | Oct 18, 2008 | ICT4D, Intercultural communication, Key Questions, Religion
What can one person do to make the world a better, safer place? In a previous blog entry I talked about meeting Nelson Mandela, who is such an inspirational character. On Tuesday of this week I met and shook hands with his predecessor as president of South Africa,...
by Clint | Aug 8, 2008 | Conferences, ICT4D, Intercultural communication
At first it was way more work than I expected to organize a conference and workshop like TEDC – but in the end, it was a lot of fun to see it all come together and to have so much participation from local Ugandans and from the people from all around the world...
by Clint | May 30, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Key Questions, Religion
Shouts with a call: “Stop lying” Response (by the crowd): “Dalai Lama” What are some human tendencies in responding to conflict? While walking this morning along the streets of Oxford (to a conference I am presenting at this weekend), I saw a group of people gathering...
by Clint | May 18, 2008 | Conferences, Innovation, Intercultural communication, Technologies for Intercultural Communication, Web Analytics
Just returning from Denmark (land of some of my ancestors), where I presented a paper at the Aarhus School of Business – “Knowledge 360” conference. Perhaps the best thing about presenting my paper “Tools and Techniques for Online...
by Clint | May 8, 2008 | Intercultural communication, Key Lessons, Religion
Through a recent dialogue I have been having online (with someone who is trying to convert me to their world view) – I have more clearly got an idea for what I think is a more helpful mindset and approach to intercultural or interfaith communication. It is a...
by Clint | Apr 18, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Religion
Today I heard Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speak about the laws and policies in the US, in her own country (Iran), and around the world – and the ways in which they contribute to peace and human rights or promote war. The stark differences in views...
