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 27 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 by April 12 so you have time to fill out the assessment and they can be reviewed in preparation for the workshop.
Upon registration (at the highly subsidized fee of $25.00 CDN) you will:
- Receive further information about the IDI, which includes online introductory videos to view
- Receive a link to fill out the inventory near the beginning of April (it takes about 30 minutes to complete)
- Receive, via email, the results of your assessment along with a proposed development plan. You will receive this information before the explanatory seminar
- Watch an explanatory video, which will be sent out April 26. This provides an essential explanation about the IDI continuum, which the assessment is based on
- Have a 30-45 minute online one-on-one consultation with a qualified administrator who will explain your personal orientation and give insights towards a development plan. This will be scheduled following the seminar. Your assessment is kept personal throughout the process, apart from the qualified administrator (QA)
- Receive an invitation to attend the Competence as Intercultural Change Agent (CICA) module called “IDI: Working the Plan” to continue developing your intercultural skills starting June 8
Who is teaching this micro-course?
Dr. Mark Naylor has served with Fellowship International since 1984. A true 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.