Working Across Cultural Boundaries,
Presented by Laura Villacrusis-Weaver, MSOD

• Registration is at 5:00pm. Meeting is from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
• Cost: No cost for Members, $10 Non-Members.
• Detailed directions to event venue are located at the bottom of this announcement.

Laura has over ten years experience as an international consultant in organization
development. She was a change management consultant with Andersen Consulting
and a regional OD consultant with Intel Corporation. Laura completed her Masters
in Organization Development at Pepperdine University in California. Laura’s
organization consulting experience has taken her across Asia, North America
and South America. As a result, she has developed and delivered consulting
services and materials within a variety of cultures.

In Vancouver, a city that celebrates diversity, we often find ourselves in
organizational situations where “multi-cultural intelligence” is a useful competency.
It is challenging for organizations and consultants to incorporate cultural
differences into their change and development efforts, but overlooking these
factors can mean the difference between success and failure in engaging stakeholders.
Individual employee differences in participation level, conflict avoidance,
and communication style, to name but a few behaviours, may be incorrectly interpreted
when seen through a single cultural filter.

This presentation and discussion will be of interest to HR professionals,
organization and management consultants, coaches, or managers who seek to improve
their cross-cultural awareness and skills.

Thank you,
BCODN Steering Committee

Directions to Children’s & Women’s Shaughnessy Building teaching Room
D210

• If you are driving on Oak Street toward Richmond from downtown Vancouver,
  please turn left at 28th Avenue at the large, yellow Children’s Emergency
  sign.
• If you are driving on Oak Street toward downtown Vancouver from Richmond,
  please turn right at 28th Avenue at the large, yellow Children’s Emergency
  sign.
• Proceed to Heather Street. (Do not enter from the 28th Street entrance)
• Turn right on Heather Street.
• Enter grounds at parking booth on Heather Street.
• Parking rates are: Hourly $1.75 per hour (prepay to use the express exit)/$2.00
  per hour (pay on exit), Daily Maximum $9.00.
• After you clear the parking booth, proceed to stop sign.
• The building you need to access is straight ahead. There is a Family Practice
  sign on the end of this building and a huge Women’s Health Centre sign on
  the walkway over the road beside it.
• Parking is available to your left or right.
• After parking, walk back to this area and down the sidewalk under the Women’s Health Centre sign. There are automatic doors on your right with a red
  mail box and paper kiosks beside them. Enter the building.
• To get to Room D210, turn left and walk down the long hallway. Room D210
  is approx. half way down the long hallway on your right.

You may also access interior/exterior maps of the C&W site by clicking
on the following:

• http://www.cw.bc.ca/maps/pdf/Site%20Map.pdf
• http://www.cw.bc.ca/maps/pdf/CWfloor-line.pdf