Presentation Techniques Class Presentation

1. WORKING EFFECTIVELY IN
DIVERSE TEAMS
Özge Özdemir
Christiane Klosterschulte
Özden Aylin Cakanlar

2. Cross-Cultural Skills
ability to interact and communicate
with people from all over the world

3. Coming together is a beginning ,
Keeping together is a progress,
Working together is success.
Henry Ford

4. What is Diversity?

5. Diverse Team
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People from different cultures
with different background
different countries working all together
to achieve same goal.

6. How to succeed to work effectively in diverse
teams?
1. Members should know the other’s
culture, background, differences and
similarities.

7. How to succeed to work effectively in diverse
teams?
2. Members should help to create
atmosphere for face to face
communication by overcoming
diffuculties such as language barriers

8. World languages

9. 5 strategies
1. Speak slowly and clearly
Focus and slow down your speech can
cause misunderstanding and can decrease
effectiveness in the group.

10. 5 Strategies
2. Be patient
•Cross-cultural communication takes more time
•You cannot communicate with the same speed
with someone from another culture
(Kate Berardo)

11. 5 Strategies
3. Be careful of jargon and avoid idioms
Because of different cultures, jargon and
idioms can cause misunderstandings.
You can not know what your words mean
to others.

12. 5 Strategies
4. Ask for clarification
Use your words properly and ask questions

13. 5 Strategies
5. Define the basics of your goal
All of your team
members should
understand the
goal clearly

14. Diversity and diverse teams are like a cake - C. William Pollard

15. Resources
-World Languages
http://www.conceptdraw.com/samples/business-charts-barhistogram
-Strategies by Kate Berardo
http://www.culturosity.com/pdfs/10%20Strategies%20for%20Ov
ercoming%20Language%20Barriers.pdf
- Diversity is very Deutsche
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xEd2dYhOo
-General Topic
http://www.imls.gov/about/21st_century_skills_list.aspx

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