Norine Dresser :: Folklorist, award-winning writer, public speaker specializing in world customs and beliefs

Presentation Topics

MULTICULTURAL MANNERS

Why are Taiwanese guests at a St. Patrick Day’s party upset by having to wear green hats?

Demystify unfamiliar customs and beliefs of those around you and improve your personal and professional life.

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WHAT’S YOUR MULTICULTURAL MANNERS IQ?

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WORKPLACE DIVERSITY

Interact successfully with co-workers and/or clients from other
ethnicities and religions.

Do’s and Don’ts in Offices, Health Care Settings, Educational and other specialized environments.

Answer your diversity training needs through my customized programs.

ETHNICE-ITIES

What should I wear/say/bring to the wedding/funeral/
baby welcoming?

Avoid embarrassing cultural gaffes that might jeopardize future relationships. Here’s advice on appropriate behavior when attending a variety of unfamiliar ethnic and religious life cycle events. Learn what to expect and do.

FOOD AND CULTURE

“Oh no, thank you.” Understanding food do’s and taboos.

Become a culturally savvy host, guest, caterer, and nutritionist.

THE NEW CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Whether you are a new member of a multiracial/interfaith family, the father of a same-sex bride, or the mother of an adopted daughter from China, I offer suggestions for mixed families in overcoming emotional obstacles at holidays and rituals for birth, coming of age, marriage, and death.

Sample issues:

Interfaith Families - Is Santa Klaustraphobia a reality?

Multiracial Families - Are you Jewpanese? Blaxican? Jamaicanese? Mexirican? Jewpino? Other?

Families with children adopted from other cultures - Will Mai Ling Epstein have a bat mitzvah?

Gay/Lesbian weddings - Will one of the male couple be wearing a gown?

Gay/Lesbian parenting - Will the child call both mothers “Mom”?

Transgenders - Should we refer to the changed male to female person as “he” or “she”?

Discover answers to these questions. Decrease tensions at emotionally-charged events. Find out how other mixed families resolve conflicts at holidays and life cycle events. Benefit from hearing about the experiences of officiants, participants and their families.