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March 2010 Program Announcement
Cultural Complementarity

When/Where

When
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
5:00 PM to 8:55 PM
Where
Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430-2138
(763) 569-6300

Registration

Registration Deadline: March 5, 2010 at 12:00 Noon

There are 2 options to register for this event.

**IMPORTANT** Note: Please register before deadline to avoid a late fee and guarantee a meal. Only personal checks or cash will be accepted at the time of registration. Hope to see you all at the event!

Cost

Agenda


March 2010 Program Agenda
Time Event
5:00 P.M. Registration & Informal Networking
5:45 P.M. Welcome & Announcements
6:00 P.M. Pre-Dinner Presentation
7:15 P.M. Dinner
7:45 P.M. Post-Dinner Presentation
8:45 P.M. Closing Note & Speaker Gifts

Pre-Dinner Presentation

Guerrilla Job Search Secrets Revealed

The national average job search duration is 29 weeks. In this presentation, Kevin Donlin will reveal how unconventional "Guerrilla" tactics can land you a position in 7 to 12 weeks. Kevin will provide proven tips on resumes, cover letters, networking, and more…

Post-Dinner Presentation

Cultural Complementarity

Today’s global realities require organizations and individuals to adopt a new worldview. In order to succeed in the environment of today’s reality we need to look at it through a new lens. If we can agree on a common overarching goal and recognize the complementary value of each person and culture in achieving that goal, we can optimize their unique potential through CC.

Cultural Complementarity is a paradigm-shifting process to help different organizational, disciplinary, ethnic and national cultures, in pursuit of a common goal, to optimize the added value of cultural collaboration. CC begins with the premise that a full understanding of reality lies beyond the capacity of any organization, individual, ethnic group and nation at any given time… that we all must constantly learn from one another and our environment. The principles of CC are intended to empower all individuals and cultures to contribute to the pursuit of common goal and objectives in their own unique way, rather than comply with the dominant culture or mindset, while respecting similar values. By incorporating the principles of CC, individuals and organizations will be equipped to succeed in a complex and rapidly changing global marketplace.

Mr. Garcia will make participants aware of how the principles of CC can address the challenges of the new global business and economic reality. The presenter will provide participants with the basics of the CC process and how it optimizes the perspectives of members of ethnic, disciplinary, national and organizational cultures to work with global markets, the environment and each other in a synergistic and sustainable direction. Participants will be better able to harness the unique experience and perspective of an organization’s personnel, associates and partners in order to “see,” understand, and manage the complex reality in which they work so that their organization can better compete and grow in the international marketplace.

About our Speakers

Kevin Donlin

Kevin Donlin is Co-Director of Guerrilla Job Search International, Inc. A contributing co-author to "Guerrilla Marketing for Job-Hunters 2.0," and author of 3 other books, Kevin has assisted nearly 10,000 job hunters since 1996. He has written a job search column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 2000, and delivered nearly 100 seminars across North America.

He's been interviewed by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, ABC TV (Detroit), NBC TV (Minneapolis), Fox News (Minneapolis), CBS Radio, Entrepreneur Magazine, and many others.

Héctor García

Héctor García is president of MEX-US Global, LLC, which offers consulting services on international investment/trade and intercultural communications. Formerly, he was Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank Private Client Services International & Domestic Emerging Markets as well as Mexico Liaison for Prudential Bache Securities and E.F. Hutton Corp.

Héctor is an immigrant from Mexico and a U.S. citizen whose personal, educational and professional experiences have spanned these two and other countries.

Héctor developed the paradigm-shifting process of Cultural Complementarity and recently wrote a manuscript entitled “Clash or Complementarity of Cultures?” Héctor has presented his views on international and intercultural relations in articles published in the United States and Mexico and through conferences in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United States and has received awards in the U.S. and Mexico.

Hector graduated in Business Administration from I.T.A.M. in Mexico City. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Project Management at the University of St. Thomas, and the French language in France, Canada, and Mexico.

Meeting Location Map and Directions

Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430-2138
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From the North:
Travel south on MN-610 W. Exit onto MN-252 S toward Minneapolis. Exit onto MN-100 S. Take the Hennepin Co 10/John Martin Dr/57th Ave N exit. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Summit Dr and merge onto Summit Dr N to Earle Brown Heritage Center.
From the East
From I-694, take exit 35A to merge onto MN-100 S. Take the Hennepin Co 10/John Martin Dr/57th Ave N exit. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Summit Dr and merge onto Summit Dr N to Earle Brown Heritage Center.
From the West
From I-694, take exit 35A to merge onto MN-100 S. Take the Hennepin Co 10/John Martin Dr/57th Ave N. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Summit Dr and merge onto Summit Dr N.
From the South:
From I-94, take exit 34 for Shingle Creek Pkwy. Turn left at Summit Drive N to Earle Brown Heritage Center.