October Webinar – Cultural Awareness for Event Profs

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Cultural Awareness for Event Profs: Tips on Avoiding Intercultural Blunders

Who doesn’t love a great themed party? But did you know that serving hand-rolled sushi at a Chinese New Year theme party is considered an unconscious intercultural blunder? On Wednesday, Oct. 9th, Cindy Y. Lo, DMCP, CEO & Chief Event Strategist of Red Velvet Events, discussed what it means in our hospitality industry to be culturally aware when planning events for a diverse audience.

TAKEAWAYS

• Identifying what cultural awareness means
• Reviewing examples of positive cultural appropriation
• Determining how cultural awareness would fit in your day-to-day life both personally & professionally

When Cindy Lo, DMCP started Red Velvet Events (RVE) 17 years ago, she did so with the mission to Outplan, Outplay and Outparty! Red Velvet Events is a boutique creative events agency helping global brands ideate, design and execute their experiential events since 2002. Cindy is a recent author of Behind the Red Velvet Curtain. Connect with RVE on all the major social media channels (@RedVelvetEvents) to see behind the scenes of what event life is like at Red Velvet Events. Cindy calls Austin, Texas home with her husband of 14 years and their 2 children.

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CMP RECERTIFICATION CREDIT

The PCMA Gulf States Chapter has been designated a CMP Preferred Provider of quality education eligible for CMP recertification credit. This program has been submitted to the Convention Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. The use of the CMP Preferred Provider Pre-Check logo is not an endorsement by the Convention Industry Council of the quality of the session. This logo means that this session has met the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP certification credit.

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