Your students, families, staff, and community are rapidly changing. With new constituencies come new challenges. How do you reach the full breadth of your community when your usual old communication tools may not work well with newcomers? Building relationships is the answer, and we’ll walk through a number of ideas to help you do just that, from deepening your listening activities and finding allies to help open doors to partnering with faith and business communities.
We’ll explore creative strategies to help you extend a warm, sincere welcome to emerging / growing segments of your community, discuss ways to broaden your engagement with constituents who are expanding the cultural diversity in your community, as well as answer practical questions related to interpretation and translation.
Your students, families, staff, and community are rapidly changing. With new constituencies come new challenges. How do you reach the full breadth of your community when your usual old communication tools may not work well with newcomers? Building relationships is the answer, and we’ll walk through a number of ideas to help you do just that, from deepening your listening activities and finding allies to help open doors to partnering with faith and business communities.
We’ll explore creative strategies to help you extend a warm, sincere welcome to emerging / growing segments of your community, discuss ways to broaden your engagement with constituents who are expanding the cultural diversity in your community, as well as answer practical questions related to interpretation and translation.
Topics we’ll cover include:
How will your conversations change with people who are new and different?
How many languages are enough to translate?
Understanding cultures and taboos
Finding allies in new communities
