This document provides information about a 5-day Communication & Culture Boot Camp program taking place from August 24-28, 2015 at UC Davis. It includes a daily schedule of presentations and activities to help students improve business communication skills. Topics include storytelling, writing emails and cover letters, networking, and a mock career fair. Presenters include experts in various communication areas. The document also lists campus resources and staff contacts.

1. Fall 2015
Communication &
Culture Boot Camp*
AUGUST 24-28, 2015
*Boot Camp Definition
: a program or situation that helps people become much
better at doing something in a short period of time

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOT CAMP SCHEDULE _______________ PG. 3
EXPERT SPEAKERS _______________________PG. 5
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT/ALUMNI PANEL_____________PG.6
COMMUNICATION PROGRAM INFO _________PG. 7
STAFF _________PG.11
UC DAVIS MAP – GATEWAY DISTRICT __BACK COVER

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BOOT CAMP SCHEDULE
Monday, August 24 – Business Casual
9:00 to 10:00 AM Welcome & Overview of Week Grand Foyer
10:00 AM to Noon TED: Language Fluency through
Storytelling
GH-1213
Noon to 1:00 PM Lunch Grand Foyer
1:00 to 3:00 PM SISS Orientation GH-1213
Tuesday, August 25 – Business Casual
9:00 to 9:30 AM Introduction to Company
Presentations
GH-1213
9:30 to 10:30 AM Strategic Written Communication
(SWC): Writing Emails to Connect
– GROUP A
GH-1302
9:30 to 10:30 AM The Art of Storytelling & Being
Remembered (Erik Haarala) –
GROUP B
GH-2102
10:30 to 11:30 AM Strategic Written Communication
(SWC): Writing Emails to Connect
– GROUP B
GH-1302
10:30 to 11:30 AM The Art of Storytelling & Being
Remembered (Erik Haarala) –
GROUP A
GH-2102
11:30 to 11:45 AM Opportunities & Challenges GH-1213
11:45 AM to 1:00 PM International Student/Alumni Panel
& Lunch
GH-1213
1:30 to 3:00 PM Improv (Joyful Simpson) Della Davidson Hall
Wednesday, August 26 – Casual/Walking Shoes
9:00 to 10:15 AM SWC: Writing Cover Letters to
Enhance Candidacy – Making Skill
Connections – GROUP A
GH-1302

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*There will be breaks throughout the day, as well as
important announcements made at the close of each
day. Schedule subject to change.*
9:00 to 10:15 AM Conversation Strategies (Haarala) –
GROUP B
GH-2102
10:15 to 11:30 AM SWC: Writing Cover Letters to
Enhance Candidacy – Making Skill
Connections – GROUP B
GH-1302
10:15 to 11:30 AM Conversation Strategies (Haarala) –
GROUP A
GH-2102
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Campus Tour, Student IDs & Lunch
at COHO - Bring your own money
COHO
1:00 to 3:00 PM UC Davis Shields Library Business
Tour/Company Research
Library
Thursday, August 27 – Professional Dress
9:00 to 10:30 AM SWC: Constructing Personal Pitch
through Interview Questions –
GROUP A
GH-1302
9:00 to 10:30 AM Networking: Building Professional
Relationships (Haarala)–GROUP B
GH-2102
10:30 AM to Noon SWC: Constructing Personal Pitch
through Interview Questions –
GROUP B
GH-1302
10:30 AM to Noon Networking: Building Professional
Relationships (Haarala)–GROUP A
GH-2102
Noon to 1:00 PM Lunch Grand Foyer
1:00 to 3:00 PM Student Group - Company
Presentations
GH -1213
Friday, August 28 – Professional Dress
9:00 to 10:00 AM American Business Idioms &
Colloquialisms
GH-1213
10:00 to Noon Power Ties with Dan Beaudry GH-1213
Noon to 1:00 PM Lunch GH-1213
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Mock Career Fair/Meet the Firms Grand Foyer

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BOOT CAMP SPEAKERS
Dan Beaudry is the Author of Power Ties: The International Student’s
Guide to Finding a Job in the United States. He
was most recently the Campus Recruiting Manager
for Monster.com. Prior to joining Monster, Dan
was the Associate Director of Corporate
Recruiting for the Boston University School of
Management where he developed the school’s “International Student
Employment Series”.
He holds a BA from Vanderbilt University, an MA in International
Relations from Boston University, and language certifications from La
Sorbonne in Paris.
Erik Haarala is a passionate educator specializing in conversational
English and American culture. His formal training
includes a BA in Communications and an MA in
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Having lived, studied, and worked in several
countries, Erik understands the risks and challenges that international
students must navigate in order to overcome language and cultural
barriers on their path to personal and professional growth.
Joyful Simpson is an actress, writer and creativity
educator who combines improv theater, storytelling
and mindfulness-training to create unique team
building and leadership workshops for businesses
and institutions.
She studied theater and dance at Sarah Lawrence College in New
York and received her MFA in Dramatic Art from UC Davis.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT/ALUMNI PANEL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethxinyiliu
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/yingya-sissi-wang-
cfa/33/989/823
https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveensrik

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GSM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

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GSM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
Purpose: For you to hone your communication skills, build a
stronger professional foundation, and enhance your readiness to
achieve your next-step career goal.
Communication skills are the cornerstones of professional success. In
a graduate program, you constantly practice these skills through
presentations, papers, team work, and class participation. On the
career side, these communication skills are focused through a slightly
different lens: your ability to convey yourself to others in a clear and
effective manner, and to interact with others in socially acceptable
ways.
From a career perspective, the four main competencies are verbal
communication, non-verbal communication, written communication,
and emotional intelligence.
Verbal communication refers to the following: Spoken
Grammar, Vocabulary, Fluency/Articulation, Depth
of Content, Listening Comprehension (active, effective
listening), and Verbal interaction.
Non-verbal Communication refers to the following: Body
Language (posture, gestures, closeness, eye contact, and facial
expression), Personal Presentation (appropriate dress for
occasion, hairstyle, and hygiene norms), and Spoken Style (vocal
pitch, vocal tone, vocal vitality, vocal variety, voice volume, speaking
rate).
Written Communication refers to the following: Grammar,
Vocabulary, Sentence Structure, and Business
Communications (emails to recruiters, informational interview
requests, social media, resumes, and cover letters).

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GSM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
Emotional intelligence refers to the following: Social Skill
(managing relationships & building networks; ability to find common
ground & build rapport), Self-Awareness (self-confidence,
realistic self-assessment), Self-Regulation (trustworthiness &
integrity; comfort with ambiguity & openness to change),
Motivation (goal oriented, self-assertive, persistence,
organizational commitment, creativity, passion), and Empathy
(ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people & react
accordingly; cross-cultural sensitivity).
Workshop & Webinar Offerings
 Elevator Pitch
 Self-Assessment
 Business Etiquette
 Networking Skills
 Improvisation Series
 EQ = Success
 Resume & Cover Letters
 Interviewing Techniques
 Mock Interviews
 Dress to Impress
 Strategic Communication Series
 Negotiating a Contract
 Utilizing Social Media
 Career Launch
 Language & Culture Series
 Peer Panels
 Alumni Panels
 Industry Information
 Employment/Internship Strategy
 Career Fair Strategy
 Career Strategy
In conjunction with the above
four competencies, we also
work with International
students on the following
additional language and
cultural needs: Intonation,
Pronunciation, Rhythm of
Speech, Opportunities &
Challenges in the American
Employment Search, Culturally
Relevant Topics of
Conversation, and Basic
Business/Office Culture
(emails, phone calls, casual
chats, open/closed doors).

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STAFF
JAMES STEVENS CHRIS DITO INGER MAHER
SR. ASSISTANT SR. DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC
DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS CAREER DEVELOPMENT & STUDENT SERVICES
(530) 752-7661 (530) 574-4368 (cell) (530) 754-7529
jrstevens@ucdavis.edu cadito@ucdavis.edu ilmaher@ucdavis.edu
HOLLY BISHOP-GREEN DARIA COSTELLO CRISSY LYLES
REGISTRAR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MPAC PROGRAM
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR MPAC PROGRAM MANAGER
(530)752-7363 (530)752-5834 (530)752-9872
hbbishopgreen@ucdavis.edu dlcostello@ucdavis.edu cmlyles@ucdavis.edu
ELIZABETH MOON LISA RAJ JACQUELINE ROMO
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CORPORATE RELATIONS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
(530)752-7760 PROGRAM MANAGER (530) 752-3593
emoon@ucdavis.edu (530) 752-5145 jmromo@ucdavis.edu
leraj@ucdavis.edu
LISA SANCHAS
TECHNOLOGY & DATA
MANAGER
(530) 754-7688
lmsanchas@ucdavis.edu
Academic & Student Services
(530) 752-7658
GSMStudentServices@gsm.ucdavis.edu
Career Development
(530) 752-4003
careerdevelopment@gsm.ucdavis.edu

12. UC DAVIS MAP
“Gateway District”