InternationalHub: Cultural Conversations

An interview with Kent White, the CEO of A Child's Hope Foundation - a foundation that supports orphanage leaders and helps them to provide loving, family-style environments where the children can thrive.

Emma Brown shares her expertise on attachment theory disorder and how it affects children in disenfranchised areas.

Welcome to our first ever mini series! We are thrilled to welcome two fantastic MBA student hosts to our team. Joseph and Kenzie have interviewed multiple individuals about their experiences with various forms of childhood crisis. These episodes will explore what these adults lived through during adolescence, how they learned, grew, and overcame these challenges, and ultimately what we can can do in order to help alleviate these issues on a global basis. Thank you for listening!

Oscar Cordón shares insights from his two internship experiences in China. He demonstrates that it's possible to go abroad even with relatively little experience. From Oscar, you can also learn how to determine how deeply you dive into the culture of your host country when seeking out professional opportunities.

The number of U.S. students studying abroad has increased 15% in the last five years. But how can we break into international academic work? We've got four experienced guests lined up for our upcoming mini series on doing graduate school abroad. In this episode, they share their insights on finding impetus to study abroad, selecting the right opportunities, and the logistics of an international move.

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Learn about Dr. James Moore's experiences moving his young family across the world to China. Dr. Moore discusses his experiences adapting to life in China, becoming a CEO of an international company at a young age, and different global management strategies he's learned throughout his career. Dr. Moore now teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School where he is also currently getting his MPA.

Throughout history, sport has played a role in the shaping of our societies and communities. In this episode, we take a leap into some of these moments and explore the “why” behind the massive influence sports have on political and social issues. Former NBA player Earl Cureton shares his insight on the role of basketball within diverse teams and in local communities. We then outline some ways you can get involved with organizations that try to harness the power of sport to bring about positive change.

Get Involved:

Right to Play - https://righttoplay.com/en/

Football for Peace - https://footballforpeaceglobal.org/

Peace Players International - https://www.peaceplayers.org/

Earl Cureton's podcast - 3 League OGs https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-league-ogs/id1548014597

Sources:

Francois Peinaar's snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdr5ksJhKi8

Rugby game announcer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8y63a5z0h4

In this episode, our guest Billie Sayavong discusses his experiences moving to Laos to start a business with one of his good friends. Billie walks us through what it’s like to start a restaurant in south east Asia. Learn how to manage customer and business relationships and find out how Billie found success both at home in California and abroad in Laos.

In this episode, Will Perry walks us through how his career path brought him to the favelas of Brazil, to the heart of Washington D.C., to his current residence in London. Listen to hear some of Perry’s favorite (and most dangerous) travel stories, as well as his valuable advice for future international professionals.

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In this episode, https://www.linkedin.com/in/reziausman/ (Rezia Usman) walks us through some of the biggest lessons she has learned on the importance of networking in the business world. Although Rezia has lived in very different countries, she has found that being kind and making meaningful connections are universally important in building your network.

Guest: Rezia Usman is a passionate educator with high interests in language education and international education. Her work experience extends from international higher-ed relations, student recruitment, classroom language teaching, teacher training, curriculum development, program implementation supervision, maintaining relationships with schools, providing academic information, and consultation on international program implementation.