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1 ACCESS for & by volunteers January 2014
Delft: Image courtesy of Martha Vieira Costa
Tranquility is not weakness; from tranquillity emerges power and strength. - C. Joybell C.
January 2014 Newsletter Happy St. Patricks Day
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Executive Director
Deborah Valentine [email protected]
PR/Marketing
Event Management Roy Lie [email protected]
Office Manager
Qin Cai [email protected]
Web Editor
Laila Borrie [email protected]
Cancerlink
Aine Campbell [email protected]
CSD – Computer Services
John Pellet [email protected]
CEB – Baby courses
Sylvia Kiwanuka Bintou Keita Elvi Kloppenburg
CSN - Counseling Services Network
Jo Hendry [email protected]
CED – Community Education
Christine Fischer [email protected]
FIN – Finance
Patricia Axelrad [email protected]
Communications
Carina Hyllested [email protected]
IRD - Information Research
Alda Ntezilizaza / Mihai Balasel [email protected]
E-zine Editor
Sally Squirrel [email protected]
THD – Helpdesk
Magda Zogafrou
ACCESS Guides
Madhavi Mistry-Ajgaonkar [email protected]
THD Training Coordinator Nuria Garcia [email protected]
Web-Master
Monica Meier-Bahl [email protected]
THD Zeestraat Coordinator Antonio Gutierrez
Volunteer Newsletter Editor
Sujin Chan-Allen [email protected]
THD Atrium Coordinator
Annelies Ras [email protected]
Social Media
Matt Rees [email protected]
VRD – Volunteer Resources
Ramona Necula / Neha Kanna [email protected]
Community Liaison Officer
Relationship Management Team
Megha Panchariya / Rohini Patil [email protected]
Project Manager ACCESSing the NL
Valentina Armini
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Editor’s Note
Dear ACCESS Colleagues,
Welcome to a brand new year full of hopes and aspirations. One of my favourite activities this time of the year is compiling a list of everything I must achieve. No doubt many of us enjoy setting goals and the challenge of meeting them. Learning a new language, losing weight, socializing more, travelling more – doing some volunteer work? On top of this, many of us who are still trying to get used to the rhythm of a new life in a new country may find the barrage of self-imposed expectations demanding.
Perhaps it is time to adopt a new mantra. One that emphasizes tranquillity in our
thoughts and actions. When we find life overwhelming, it is often from a lack of headspace. In the confusion that swirls around us, we feel over-busy, over-tired and over-stressed. My challenge to myself and to you this year – let’s try to find a space in our minds that allows tranquillity to invade.
Wishing you all year of happiness and desires fulfilled!
À votre santé et bonheur,
Sujin Chan-Allen
Editor
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Letter from the Executive Director
We all do it, set goals for the New Year. Some easier to achieve than others, some revived from previous years and some, completely new! Looking back on the past two years and what ACCESS has been able to achieve, and where we are today, led me to reflect in the last few months: Are we still ‘serving the international community’? Are there other things we should be doing? Or not doing any more? Who are we serving? Can we ‘serve’ other needs of the international community such as HR departments or government instances in order to serve individuals better?
While there is still a strong relation between what we do today, and what ACCESS was set up to do, there have also been transformations over the years – reflecting not only the needs of the community itself, but also the make-up of our own volunteers and new challenges emerging. With this in mind I have summarised some of my, and ACCESS’s goals & points of reflection for 2014 as follow: 1. Develop a ‘product for HR departments’ – the Strat Dev project which Zoe is assisting us with is part of this, as is the exploratory content project on global mobility for which Babita is providing input. Linked to this, perhaps there is interesting data and information VRD and Neha are suggesting we start gathering with a new HR tool. Could these initiatives lead us towards new ideas? 2. Recruit alliances with Relocators – seems there is a ‘history’ of misunderstanding between us: they (globally speaking) consider ACCESS a competitive threat: I would like to convince, show that we are actually their competitive advantage – if they would consider us so. How can we implement such an alliance? 3. Projects – I believe we should only take on projects that contribute to our funding (which is why we take on projects as well) which answer the question: does this serve the international community? AND measure the investment of time/skills/effort of local and national projects: i.e. what is % of time/skill investment for local initiatives and does this add to or detract from our goal to be a national organisation? In so doing I believe we can also respect, value and recognise the skills and talents of our volunteers in the best possible manner. 4. Data collection – as we professionalise our ‘systems’ we continue to improve on our stats: on topics & traffic. Can we use this data more effectively? Develop, when ready, related marketing tools of this information (illustrated info graphs) or as input to policy/market related questions. 5. Targeting Social Media – so far we have been really, really good at ‘pushing’/sharing information – I would like to work towards improving our ‘active contribution’ in social media i.e. FB helpdesk (in addition to phone/email/face- at THIC) and a more responsive character on FB & Twitter as I believe this would build on the significant efforts made by Matt over the last two years! Perhaps you have answers or input to some of the reflections above. If so, I would love to hear them. For now though, I wish us all not only a Happy New Year, but one which fulfils and enriches us – personally as well as professionally. Sincerely,
Deborah Valentine Executive Director
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Letter from the Office Manager
By Qin Cai
Hello again, ACCESS
It is my fortune and honour to be asked by Deborah and the
Board to come back and work as Office Manager at ACCESS as from 16th December 2013, I am most grateful for this opportunity.
First of all, I would like to thank Carina from the bottom of my heart for her remarkable work as Office Manager in my absence, I have heard much positive feedback of admiration and appreciation from fellow volunteers for her energy and professionalism. The transition would not have been such a smooth path without Carina’s devotion, intelligence and creativity. Thank you Carina!
For the past three months, apart from dealing with UWV and some job hunting activities, I have had the time to be more connected with my two teenage children by having tea with them after their school days and follow up with their daily activities at school and outside school gates, a visit to my mother in southern China, various trips to visit my fellow volunteer friends in different cities, meeting friends from my network outside ACCESS, some pursuits in things I enjoy doing like going to theatres, concerts, museums and reading. I have also had the chance to reflect on my time with ACCESS since September 2010.
It has been three years for me to be with ACCESS, first working as a volunteer at
Helpdesk, then at THIC, followed on by taking on the positions as THD trainer, Training Coordinator and THD Co-manager, for the past two years I worked as Office Manager. During this time ACCESS has evolved and developed much. It has become more active and visible within the international community and on social media platforms, we work closely with more municipalities and partners/associates/sponsors. Our volunteers are younger, but with higher educational qualifications and more diverse professional experiences, as a result of this, we invest more time and energy in training new volunteers who join us and then follow up with their work to ensure that the services we provide are of good quality, consistent and professional. Our organisation is better structured now, each department has a clear vision on what their responsibilities and tasks are, we are more communicative among all departments, plans and goals are more transparent between the management and individual volunteers. Additionally, we strive to give volunteers a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative. Sometimes it is hard to believe that we are a volunteer organisation, far from the stereotype of a group of elderly people who get together weekly for a cup of tea or coffee to chat... well... we do still do that as well in the office, sometimes too loudly with our jokes and laughter much to the dismay of our neighbouring organisations on the same floor ;-) However, most of the time our volunteers work hard and produce amazing results on this unique platform called ACCESS. We have pride in the work we do and it is this undeniable positive and creative ambience in the office which attracts many volunteers to stay with us for a long time. We help and support each other which makes us feel at home, in due time we develop and progress.
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For 2014, we have some exciting projects in the pipeline, we will need the continued help and support from all and each of our volunteers to accomplish our goals, I will continue my duty to be the point of contact for whatever it is. I will continue to do my best to help and support you all, for the work we believe in and, for all the fun we enjoy sharing. Let us be together and make a difference in 2014!
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Departmental News
Departmental News- December 2013 CSD – John Pellet The website stats for November are as follows: 32,167 Visits 16,768 Unique Visitors 47.87 Returning Visitors (%) 00:04:27 Ave Time on Site IRD – Alda Ntezilizaza/Mihai Balasel 223 records were created/modified in November. We are continuing the Expanding DAISY project and finishing the last bits of the Guides. Communications – Carina Hyllested Winter 2013 e-zine is out: the Dutch and auto innovation. It is really awesome and packed with amazing info. Please share this with your networks. PR/Events – Roy Lie A Tjam • An Exclusive Diplomat Welcome to The Hague session at the city hall The Hague on Monday 18 November. Eight newly accredited Ambassadors attended. • 19 November a Hague Bridge walking dinner in the city district of Segbroek – Valkenbos. • 23 November, NUFFIC NL4talents students fair, was a tremendous success • 6 December, WTTH, was cancelled. • 9 December ICP End of Year Party – Hilton • 12 December: Sligro • 16 December: Connecting Women • 20 January 2014: Student fair H.hogeschool X-mas Potluck Lunch (by Qin)
What a party! So many smiling faces and so much laughter’s...everybody enjoyed plenty of food and drinks from different parts of the world, everybody went home with a little pre-Christmas present happy as a child! - How many boxes of chocolates did we get? We had the opportunity to catch up with our fellow volunteers and to get to know new volunteers who recently joined ACCESS.
We thanked Carina for her diligent work in her role as Office Manager for the past three and half months, we congratulated our Volunteer of Month December, Martha, for her dedicated work at THIC, we bid a farewell to Larene who is leaving Holland and heading for Germany with her husband. Mihai is taking a break from ACCESS but he did not leave dirty plates behind.
Deborah thanked every and each volunteer for the great work we did in 2013. VRD/Ramona would like to thank everybody who contributed towards our THANK YOU gift to Carina.
Last but not least, THANK YOU to Ramona and other volunteers who helped to make the party such a huge success!!!
Merry Christmas, a happy and restful holiday to everybody, see you all in 2014 !
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Departmental News
ACCESS OPEN VACANCIES
Information Research Department (IRD) Information Researcher (IRD Team Member) The information and research team member searches, records and updates information in the database (DAISY). She/he will be responsible for: reading, writing and summarising information; researching and recording all new information according to set procedure; deleting all irrelevant information according to set procedure; checking information which is not complete or not clear (by using the Internet); ensuring information is kept up to date; assisting with transferring information coming from other departments to our database, if necessary (including updating, creating or deleting information). Current project: Expanding DAISY - researching and recording information regarding the following cities in all the main categories (Childcare, Education, Employment, House, Legal and Admin, Leisure and Entertainment, Medical, Other Services, Social Services): Amstelveen, Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Schiphol, Tilburg, Utrecht, Voorburg, Wassenaar. The goal is to improve DAISY and make it more global, as now the majority of the records are from Amsterdam and Den Haag. Should you be interested in this position, please contact: [email protected] Community Education Department (CED) - Assistant CED Manager The assistant CED Manager is responsible for: collecting, correlating, and uploading course/workshop info onto the ACCESS website; uploading/editing the trainer’s profile every 3 months for the E-zine; participating in CED monthly meetings; maintaining good contacts with CED manager, trainers and Communications Dept.; writing up minutes of the CED monthly meeting; writing personal timely reminders to trainers regarding deadlines. Contact: Christine, [email protected] or [email protected] - CED Internal Communication The CED Internal Communication member is responsible for: assisting CED Manager in determining trainers needs by contacting them to find out what they need to function to keep cohesion of group; assisting trainers in the planning, monitoring, and appraisal of progress by planning one on one individual feedback sessions; assisting trainers in maintaining quality control by offering to help teach trainers how to schedule and conduct evaluations; helping CED Manager maintain historical trainer resource records by maintaining a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records up-to-date. Contact: Christine, [email protected] or [email protected]
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Departmental News
CED External Communication Current project entails facilitating brochure & online intranet e-zine distribution of trainer’s info with associated organisations. In this regard, the external communication member cooperates with Communications Department closely. Moreover, the team member is responsible for: assisting CED manager in planning, developing and implementing strategies to help promote trainers; creating a distribution list; focusing on E-zine Profiles & Trainers brochures; liaising with and answering enquiries from outside organizations that may have interest in CED trainers, often via telephone and email; collating information relating to and analysing current promotion projects; assisting in preparing and supervising the production of publicity brochure portfolios. Future projects may include brainstorming other avenues of promotion for trainers such as hand-outs, direct mail leaflets, promotional videos, photographs, films and/or multimedia programmes; Contact: Christine, [email protected] or [email protected] Telephone Helpdesk Department ( THD) - THD Trainers The THD Trainer provides training for the new comers before starting to work at the Helpdesk Department. The Trainer has to be volunteer at ACCESS for at least 3 months, have a good level of English and confidence to speak in front of small groups. The position it’s easy to combine with other tasks at ACCESS because the THD training only happens every 4-6 weeks. The THD training program has 3 sessions and you can choose to be a trainer for all the sessions or only for a specific one. Contact: Nuria [email protected] Relationship Management Department - Advertising Associate The ACCESS Advertising Associate is responsible for: identifying and managing new ACCESS Advertisers; managing the email account with the Relationship Manager ; finding new advertisers mainly linked with the theme of e-zine; attending the editorial and FND meetings; maintain/create the prospect database; follow up with the new advertisers , nurture the relationship with current advertisers; checking the size of adverts as per guidance; reporting to Relationship Manager and closely co-ordinating with Funding Associates. For management of this position candidates are requested to commit to a minimum of 6 months and a minimum 6-7 hours per week. Contact: Megha, [email protected] NOTE: Volunteers must finish the probationary month at the Helpdesk before applying for any vacancy.
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Your fellow Volunteers
JOIN ‘ACCESS VOLUNTEERS’ GROUP ON
A Facebook group for ACCESS volunteers has been created, it is called ‘ACCESS volunteers’, search for it (ACCESS in uppercase!) or
use below link. Please do join!
www.facebook.com/groups/308062515897693
ACCESS Information Morning: The next Information morning will be held on Thursday, 9th January 2014. All potential volunteers must first contact VRD before attending the information morning. Enquiries about volunteering should be forwarded to [email protected]
WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO:
Jean Baptiste Millon Myrte van Lonkhuijsen Larene Baumgarten We thank you for your time, energy and work, and we wish you best of luck
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 3th Camila Gomide 4th Teresa Moynihan 23rd Aine Campbell
ACCESS social media
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What’s on in January
Love Messages in Vermeer’s Paintings A large part of the paintings of Johannes Vermeer is dedicated to richly dressed women standing in a beautiful interior. What we don’t realise is that many of these paintings are about love. Vermeer was – as were many of his contemporaries - inspired by emblem books. In these books we see illustrated proverbs and sayings, all with a moralist message. Since we are no longer familiar with these sayings neither with their meaning, it is often suggested that there is a hidden meaning in these paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. During the lecture we explore themes such as ‘Romantic Love’ and ‘Paid Love’ to reveal the hidden meaning of the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. To register, click here: http://www.casadellarte.nl/2012/09/liefdesbrieven-van-vermeer/?lang=en When: February 12, 20:00 – 21:30 Where: Casa dell’Arte, Nicolaistraat 29, 2517 SX Den Haag Cost: €19,50 pp (incl. coffee/tea). Access volunteers pay €17,50 Coriolanus A live broadcast from the Donmar Theatre in London of a new version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Tom Hiddleston (of Loki fame) plays the title role of the successful warrior who fails miserably when it comes to politics. Mark Gatiss is his nemesis Menenius and Deborah Findlay his overbearing mother, Volumnia. The director is Josie Rourke. www.pathe.nl When: January 30 Where: Pathé cinemas, The Hague and Groningen Dutch Opera Academy Following a successful production of Where The Wild Things Are, Antony Hermus returns to conduct the Residentie Orchestra and the students of the Academy in Mozart's Cosi fan tutti. The director is Lotte de Beer who enjoyed great acclaim in Germany for her vision of this tale of four young lovers and the bet on fidelity. www.residentieorkest.nl When: January 16, 17, 18 and 19 (matinee) Where: Royal Conservatory, The Hague Fit for a King: The Art of Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543, was born in Augsburg, moved to Basel and then to England where in 1535 he became the court painter of King Henry VIII. It was Holbein who was sent to paint a portrait of Anne of Cleves when Henry was considering her as his fourth wife. Holbein did such a good job that Henry decided to marry her, but when she arrived at court Henry found her ugly. The marriage did go ahead but was never consumated. Dr Sophie Oosterwijk, an expert in medieval art and art history, talks about Holbein's life and work. www.dfas.nl When: January 14 Where: Decorative and Fine Arts Society, The Hague
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What’s on in January
Holland Dance Festival The largest dance festival in the Netherlands presents big international dance companies, smaller groups and individual dance artists. The range is unlimited, taking in dance styles from Urban Dance to classical ballet and from tango to modern dance. It kicks off with the gala evening Source of Inspiration, during which the (Jirí) Kylían Ring will be presented to someone who has made a significant and inspiring contribution to dance in the Netherlands. Among those taking part are the foremost Australian group Bangarra Dance Theatre and the much-praised Gauthier Dance Company. www.holland-dance.com/page/festival When: January 25 to February 15 Where: Danstheater, The Hague. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, have been pricking the pomposity of classical ballet since the company was formed in 1974 for an off-off Broadway performance. These men in drag, whose technique extends to dancing en pointe, make a rare visit to the Netherlands with their satirical repertoire. www.denhaagdanst.nl When: January 16, 17 and 18 Where: Danstheater, The Hague. Masters from the Mauritshuis The Mauritshuis in The Hague is closed for renovation and the best works in its collection are on display in the Gemeentemuseum. Among them are Paulus Potter's The Steer, Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp. www.mauritshuis.nl When: until mid-2014. Where: Gemeentemuseum, The Hague Nederlands Dans Theater The main company performs works by four very different choreographers. There are new pieces from Alexander Ekman and Gabriela Carrizo plus the existing works Skipping Over Damaged Area by León&Lightfoot and Solo Echo by Crystal Pite. Jirí Kylián's emotional Hearts Labyrinth is flanked by world premiers by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot and Marco Goecke. www.ndt.nl When: January 29, 30, 31, Where: Danstheater, The Hague, Amsterdam Light Festival International artists light up Amsterdam in surprising ways during the festive season. Among them are Tamar Frank's perfect circle of light under one of the bridges, the kinetic light sculpture by Hagar Elazari and Liat Segal and French studio TILT's silvery flower with coloured beams of light spreading from its centre. There are walking and boat trips along the routes of these creations on the website. www.amsterdamlightfestival.com When: December 6 to January 19. Where: Amsterdam,
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What’s on in January
Babyshambles Frontman Pete Doherty and his band have recently released the new album Sequel to the Prequel and are on tour promoting it. www.paradiso.nl When: January 15. Where: Paradiso, Amsterdam Dan Brown The American author Dan Brown achieved worldwide fame with his fourth novel, The Da Vinci Code. Since its publication in 2003, the book has sold 100 million copies and been made into a film. In 2013, the fourth book in the Robert Langdon series, Inferno, was published. Dan Brown talks about his latest mystery-detective novel and the popularity of his writing. www.john-adams.nl When: January 7. Where: John Adams Institute, Amsterdam Louis van Dijk and Jan Menu Pianist Louis van Dijk and saxophonist Jan Menu get together to play jazz classics and improvised music. www.concertgebouw.nl When: January 24. Where: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Maroon 5 Frontman Adam Levine was recently voted Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Check him out with the rest of this pop rock band when they perform numbers from their new album, Overexposed. www.ziggodome.nl When: January 20. Where: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Michael Bublé The Canadian singer-songwriter croons his way through numbers from his latest album, To Be Loved, which went straight to the top of the Billboard 200 chart when it was released last April. www.ziggodome.nl When: January 19. Where: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Paulina Olowska: Au Bonheur des Dames Paintings, collages and neon works by Polish artist Paulina Olowska (1976). Also included are the series Cafe Bar (2011) and Accidental Collages (2004). The latter, recently acquired by the Stedelijk Museum, features combined photos of Olowska and her friends with historical visual material, such as artworks, architecture and fashion. Olowska invited Amsterdam artist Mick la Rock to create a work of graffiti as a backdrop to her installation. www.stedelijk.nl When: until January 27 Where: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
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What’s on in January
Show Jumping Jumping Amsterdam is the event of the year for equestrians, with international riders taking part in jumping, dressage and carriage driving competitions. There are also demonstrations, and Sunday morning gives the children the chance to show their spurs. Special guests this year are the riders and steeds of the Hungarian horse show from Puszta. There are six riders, 14 horses and one donkey. Among the highlights are the whip tricks and the five-in-hand. www.jumpingamsterdam.nl When: January 23 to 26 Where: RAI, Amsterdam Special Journeys À fair for people who are not interested in mass tourism but want something more exclusive where money is no object. The travel agents on hand with information offer new destinations and new possibilities. From trips to the Arctic and Antarctica, to safaris and monastical retreats. www.vakantiebeursmaastricht.nl When: January 4 and 5 Where: Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam Van Gogh At Work - Newly Discovered Painting The Van Gogh Museum reopens following renovation work with an exhibition that brings together many of the artist's outstanding works to mark the conclusion of eight years' research into his methods and the 160th anniversary of his birth. The exhibition includes the newly discovered Sunset at Montmajour, painted in 1888, which is on loan to the museum for a year. The painting was made during Van Gogh's period in Arles in the south of France when he also painted famous works such as Sunflowers, The Yellow House and The Bedroom. Over 200 paintings, works on paper, sketchbooks and letters, together with 19th century painting materials and artists' manuals, offer an insight into the creation process behind Van Gogh's paintings and drawings. www.vangoghmuseum.nl When: until January 12. Where: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
---Thank you to Rohini Patil for compiling this section ---
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Workshops & More
FIRESIDE COURSES WITH CHRISTINE FISCHER http://www.fischersfiresidechats.com/The_What.html
Fireside Chats
★Jan 02, 2014: Similarities: Learning to focus on similarities rather than differences
★Jan 09: Definitions: Learning the terms of diversity
★Jan 16: Reviewing Music: 1960 What? by Gregory Porter
★Jan 23: Reviewing Music: Killing in the Name. Rage Against the Machine
★Jan 30: Reviewing Music: Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan & A Change Is Gonna Come by
Sam Cooke Weekly Discussion Group: Chats help international orientated people become more self-aware so they can live more diversity empathic lives. 11 AM - 12 Noon or 7 - 8 PM Fireside Chats Daytime Or Evening Each meeting will cover a new topic on diversity ranging from racial identity, ethnic identity, racism, gender, orientation, accessibility, to power issues and much more. Daytime discussion groups are done on Thursdays at Bagels and Beans, Thomsonlaan, while evening discussion groups are done on Thursdays at Valkenboskade 131. Any topic can be done on demand at alternate locations and alternate dates. To register and know more please check out :http://www.fischersfiresidechats.com/ And remember if you can't attend the discussion but have something to say -- feel free to make comments about the topic at Fischersfiresidechats on Facebook. Christine Fischer holds an M.A. & a M.Ed. in multicultural counseling psychology from TC, Columbia University, NYC. She created FischersFiresidechat discussions, workshops, and seminars to foster warm, informal, yet informed environments for learning cultural competence. Her programs cultivate awareness of one's own cultural worldview, attitudes towards cultural difference and a variety of cross-cultural skills.
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Workshops & More
CASA DELL’ARTE WITH WENDY FOSSEN: ART HISTORY COURSES & LECTURES The courses and lectures will be given at the cosy Casa dell’Arte (in the vicinity of the Gemeentemuseum) by Wendy Fossen, owner of Casa dell’Arte. Groups are small - usually no more than eight people - and there is plenty of opportunity to ask questions. Below you can find more information on the courses that are offered this coming semester. Keep in mind that a €25 discount applies to Access Volunteers. For beginners, Casa dell’Arte offers a Basic Art History course consisting of 10 classes on Tuesday mornings. During the course you will learn about the continuous flow of Western Art and about the differences between the various art movements. In a professional and lively manner Wendy will show you different media, such as ceramics, mosaics, sculpture, frescos, paintings and architecture, all depending on the fashion of the time. For registration or more information, click here: http://www.casadellarte.nl/2012/04/english-basic-art-history-course-2/?lang=en For art lovers, the Masterpieces courses are a great way to explore a number of artworks in detail. In nine classes you will explore eighteen masterpieces. At the end of each class you will not only know more about the artist, but also about how the masterpiece was made and the impact it had on contemporaries and followers. Masterpieces I will be given on Tuesday evening and will focus on works of art from Early Christian Art to Baroque. Masterpieces II will explore paintings and sculptures from the 18th century till today and will be taught on Monday mornings. For registration or more information, click here: http://www.casadellarte.nl/2012/04/english-masterpieces/?lang=en This semester a new course will be offered on Monday evenings: Female Art & Artists. Art HIStory is dominated by men. Were there no female artists? Of course there were, but art HIStorians preferred to ignore them, or they were considered not good enough to even be mentioned. It’s about time we are looking for HERstory of Art. For registration or more information, click here: http://www.casadellarte.nl/2012/04/english-female-artists/?lang=en Wendy Fossen graduated at the University of Amsterdam in European Studies, followed by a MA in International Relations at the University of Canterbury in Kent, England. Plans of working as a diplomat were halted when meeting the love of her live. After having worked as a process manager for more than a decade she decided to follow her old time passion and started studying Art History. She is now also holds a BA in Art History of Leiden University and has been teaching Art History in both Dutch and English for eight years now. After attending one of her activities, you will never find art boring ever again! For general information or for other activities by Casa dell'Arte have a look at the website: http://www.casadellarte.nl/?lang=en
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Workshops & More
Workshop 1: Doing Business with the Dutch: Caitriona Rush Date/time: Wednesday January 15th & Thursday January 16th 19:30 – 22:00 Do you have Dutch colleagues, business partners, customers, employees or a Dutch manager? - Are your business interactions with the Dutch successful? - Do you get what you need from the relationship? - Do you understand the way the local business culture? This interactive workshop on cultural awareness and reconciliation in the workplace will focus on understanding the Dutch business culture. You will receive the tools to:
1) Understand the Dutch business culture and what lies behind certain actions and behaviours 2) Learn to reconcile cultural differences to ensure a win-win situation for all involved 3) Need to know hints and tips to increase the effectiveness and success of your interactions and
negotiations with the Dutch.
For further information and registration please see
http://www.access-nl.org/about-access/what-we-do/courses-workshops/all-courses/workshop-doing-business-with-the-dutch.aspx Workshop 2: Cultural Differences: How to Survive (& be Happy!) Living in the Netherlands: Caitriona Rush Date/time: Wednesday 27th November & Thursday 28th November 19:30 – 21:30 Description Are you feeling a little alienated or homesick? Do you find in difficult to interact or understand the Dutch? Would you like some help settling in? This interactive workshop on cultural awareness will provide you with the tools to:
1) Gain a deeper awareness of your own culture and how it influences your perception of others. 2) Understand the Dutch people and their culture; why they act the way they do and what the true
meaning is behind their actions. 3) Receive concrete tips and suggestions for reconciling cultural differences allowing you to not
only survive but be happy living in the Netherlands
For further information and registration please see
http://www.access-nl.org/about-access/what-we-do/courses-workshops/all-courses/workshop-how-to-survive-(-be-happy!)-living-in-the-netherlands.aspx
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