wrapping up the conference

Today being the last day of the conference I left full of new knowledge and the confidence that I was lacking previous to these past two days. Attending William Dant’s session Leadership across Cultures, he talked about a few different cultural practices that I have never had imagined before. There is so much consideration when dealing with different cultures on a personal or business scale. There are many different approaches to these issues such as female mutilation, but finding a way the indigenous people will listen is the key to success. These are problems that I knew exist but never really put much thought into it until today when going over these case studies with William Dant. Case studies like Dant’s and other session exercises were another aspect to the conference I found useful. It helped me be engaged and to really see an outcome that these professionals have to deal with on a daily bases.

At the last session I attended was the career panel which gave me the confidence that I had lost while attending school. This session gave me an insight on how these professionals found there way into this field. It was interesting to get their perspective on what they do at work. Along with there personal experience we had a recap on the best way of writing a resume and cover letter for applying to such fields as intercultural communications.

I am so grateful to be apart of this conference and hope to attend in the future. I feel as if this was a mind altering experience. These past two days have made me reconsider my options for a new job and hope for those changing careers will have luck in doing so as well.