- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=International Corporate Volunteering: Experiential Learning Advances Diversity And Communications https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/26651?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/26651?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/26651?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=International Corporate Volunteering: Experiential Learning Advances Diversity And Communications &body=ESG News from Korngold Consulting LLC https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/26651?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Responsible Business & Employee Engagement](/CSR-News/responsible-business-employee-engagement) # International Corporate Volunteering: Experiential Learning Advances Diversity And Communications Apr 17, 2012 1:00 PM ET [Alice Korngold's blog](http://bit.ly/J6UhzV) “In spite of there having been a translator to help facilitate conversations, I have never been so keenly alert to my client’s body language and every nuance of expression, as well as my own,” explained Susan E. Wedge, partner, IBM’s Global Business Services Public Sector, about her experience as a member of a [pro bono consulting team](http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/corporateservicecorps/press/2011_16.html) deployed by IBM to help Bucharest, Romania’s civic government to create a [Smarter City](http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/smarter-cities.html). "When you are working with people who speak a different language and live in a different culture than you do, your sensitivity to communication is heightened in new ways," she added. "That is a learning experience that you bring back to your own more familiar work environment. It changes you.” Wedge's IBM team included five executives from three countries who spent three weeks in Bucharest after preparing for more than two months. Wedge participated on a panel that I moderated at [CDC Development Solutions'](http://www.cdcdevelopmentsolutions.org/) [International Corporate Volunteerism (ICV) Conference 2012](http://www.cdcdevelopmentsolutions.org/icv-conference-2012) in Washington, D.C., last week. Wedge’s three fellow panelists wholeheartedly agreed with her insights. See continuation here....Fast Company http://bit.ly/J6UhzV [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/DSC_0259.jpg)](/profiles/korngold-consulting-llc) ### More from Korngold Consulting LLC ###### [The Top Seven Reasons Board Candidates Choose One Nonprofit Over Another](/news/top-seven-reasons-board-candidates-choose-one-nonprofit-over-another) Dec 20, 2012 3:30 PM ET ###### [Business People on Nonprofit Boards: Advancing Organizations and Developing as Leaders ](/news/business-people-nonprofit-boards-advancing-organizations-and-developing-leaders) Dec 20, 2012 12:50 PM ET ###### [Optimizing Board and Volunteer Involvement in Real Estate Projects](/news/optimizing-board-and-volunteer-involvement-real-estate-projects) Dec 20, 2012 9:00 AM ET ###### [Leadership Lessons From Nonprofit Mergers And Closings ](/news/leadership-lessons-nonprofit-mergers-and-closings) Dec 12, 2012 9:15 AM ET ###### [Nonprofit Board Training for Business People: January 11, NYC](/news/nonprofit-board-training-business-people-january-11-nyc) Dec 5, 2012 12:20 PM ET ###### [GlobalGiving E-Gift Cards: The Gift That Keeps On Giving](/news/globalgiving-e-gift-cards-gift-keeps-giving) Dec 3, 2012 8:15 AM ET ###### [NYU-SCPS Launches Global Board Leadership Academy](/news/nyu-scps-launches-global-board-leadership-academy) Oct 4, 2012 10:00 AM ET ###### [LinkedIn Board Connect: A Guide for Non-profits to Leverage This Valuable New Resource](/news/linkedin-board-connect-guide-non-profits-leverage-valuable-new-resource) Oct 2, 2012 10:15 AM ET