Oct222020

Because Life is Too Short to Be Ho-Hum with Karen Putz

Intercultural Spark

On this episode of Intercultural Spark we talk with Karen Putz, Passion Coach, Midlife Reinvention Challenge Mentor and founder of Ageless Passions. She’s also co-founder of TheDiversityAcademy.com, a diversity academy for interpreters for the deaf. Karen herself was born hard-of-hearing and became deaf after a barefoot skiing accident as a teen. But it was going back to that sport–in midlife—and competitively! — that changed everything.

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Oct82020
Jess Mitolo Whats So Funny

What’s So Funny?

Intercultural Spark

Things are funny when they resonate with our values, and values are connected to culture. So what’s funny is drastically different from culture to culture. Or is it? We go deeper insight when Jessica Mitolo joined Intercultural Spark on October 7. As a faculty member at The Second City Training Center, Jessica teaches improvisation and…

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Oct12020
Lindsay Grossman

Global Women Leaders with Lindsay Greenspan

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Lindsey Grossman is a “Product and People Leader,” having led partnership initiatives for the likes of Netflix, Intuit and others around the globe. She’s also one of the nicest, funniest and most authentic people I know. Hear how being a tech savvy global citizen permeates her life and propels her personal and professional success.  …

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Sep202020

Capture Your Dreams and Align Your Vision

Intercultural Spark

Each year Professor Narketta Sparkman-Key leads students on a service-learning trip to Montego Bay Jamaica to spend time with pregnant teenagers at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, an outreach program for adolescent mothers. The students, many whom have never been on an airplane, learn quickly about the challenges of travel and cultural differences. “We’re…

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