“Don’t stand so close to me!” How does your culture affect your attitude to personal space?

“Don’t stand so close to me!” How does your culture affect your attitude to personal space?

Blog, Communication, Cultural, LOTE Services, Research

4 years ago

Top Tip: Different cultures have different attitudes to personal space. It’s important to understand what those attitudes are in order to achieve effective cross-cultural communication! There is one culturally insightful flight…

How does Focus Group Testing Benefit your Multicultural Campaign?

Blog, Educational, LOTE Services, Research

4 years ago

To effectively reach diverse audiences through a multicultural communication campaign, first, you need to understand their unique needs, requirements and views. Fortunately, you can easily gain this understanding through research…

What Industries Must do Multicultural Marketing?

Blog, Campaigns, Communication, LOTE Services

4 years ago

Australia is such a multicultural nation with migrants from all over the world making up our population. This means that Multicultural Marketing can no longer be overlooked if you are…

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The Language of Silence Across Cultures

Blog, Communication, Cultural, Educational

4 years ago

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. – Rumi Top Tip: Different cultures have different attitudes to silence. It’s important to understand what those attitudes are when…

The 10 Must-Visit Places in Afghanistan

Blog, Cultural, Educational

4 years ago

In recent weeks, we’ve been publishing videos about Afghanistan in our Cultural Insights Series. In these Zoom videos we speak to a friend of LOTE, Shamsiya Hussainpoor, about the Afghan…

Suburb Profile: Abbotsford

Blog, Community

4 years ago

Council: City of Yarra Council KMs from CBD: 2km Population: 8,184 Top languages spoken other than English: Vietnamese 462 Mandarin 355 Greek 204 Cantonese 173 Spanish 115 Abbotsford is the home of an…

Cultural Insights Series: Music in Afghanistan

Blog, Cultural

4 years ago

In last week’s chat with Shamsiya, we got our taste buds excited over the delicious Afghan cuisine! In the final instalment of our Afghanistan series we learn how to dance…

Why Understanding Uncertainty Avoidance is Crucial in Cross-Cultural Communications

Blog, Communication, Cultural, Educational, LOTE Services

4 years ago

“Should we try to control the future or just let it happen?” G. Hofstede Before you read on, let’s start with a few questions. It’s a Friday night. Do you…

Cultural Insights Series: Cuisine in Afghanistan

Blog, Cultural, LOTE Loves Food

4 years ago

Rich, aromatic, colourful…these are three words that sum up Afghan cuisine, as you’ll see from our video as we catch up once again with Shamsiya to get a little taste…

Cultural Insights Series: Family & Society in Afghanistan

Blog, Cultural

4 years ago

Family is one of the fundamental parts of the Afghan culture. This week Shamsiya discusses the role of family in Afghan society and highlights some key differences between Afghan and…

“Don’t stand so close to me!” How does your culture affect your attitude to personal space?