Do you interact with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds in your workplace, school, or ministry setting? Are you engaging them with appropriate cultural sensitivity? What if you could discover your personal tendencies in relating interculturally and learn to improve your ability to relate well, identify conflicts and respond with insight and understanding?
Start that journey towards intercultural relational competence through a private assessment of your current orientation and discover a pathway that leads to increased confidence and ability to handle intercultural tensions.
Northwest invites you to participate in the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) starting April 17 to help you gain intercultural awareness, identify your personal level of intercultural competence, and discern a pathway towards increased relational skills in unfamiliar settings. You will be guided through the process by Dr. Mark Naylor and other qualified administrators (QA) of the IDI.
Register below by April 20
Upon registration, you will receive access to the Expand Your Intercultural Horizons Workshop where you will begin a process of reading and watching videos to prepare for the assessment. You will also receive an email with a secure link to a questionnaire for the assessment. Once you fill out the questionnaire, you should receive your assessment within a few days.
Once you have received your assessment and viewed all the videos, a Qualified Administrator will contact you for a 30-45 minute online one-on-one consultation where you will discuss your personal orientation and gain insights towards a development plan. Your assessment is kept private throughout the process, apart from the qualified administrator (QA).
Those in the MABL program will receive an invitation to attend the Competence as Intercultural Change Agent (CICA)module, starting June 8, called “IDI: Working the Plan” to assist you in developing your intercultural skills.
Who is teaching this micro-course?
Dr. Mark Naylor has served with Fellowship International since 1984. An experienced missionary, Mark, and his wife Karen served in Pakistan for 14 years and returned to Canada in 1999. He continues to be involved in Sindhi Bible translation and mentoring disciple makers in Pakistan. His current role with Fellowship International and Northwest College & Seminary is as Coordinator of International Leadership Development. He oversees an intercultural Ministries Master of Arts in Biblical Leadership that trains people to become disciple making catalysts in many parts of the world, including Canada.
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