Rhonda Magnusson Pickens has extensive experience in cultural literacy programming, Asian art galleries, museum work, and human resources. She received her Bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and World Religions from Harvard Extension School and has lived and studied abroad extensively in Asia and Europe. Her businesses designing and selling cultural products exceeded $350,000 in annual sales. She has held roles coordinating educational tours, managing art galleries, and leading diversity initiatives for corporations.
Know any great teens who would love to volunteer abroad? View this presentation to learn what Cross-Cultural Solutions has to offer our International Teen Volunteers.
To watch the webinar recording please visit: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/media-center/webinars.aspx
Presenters:
Alexandra Raab, Program Enrollment Manager
Gwyn Knauer, Program Enrollment Manager
The topics of this webinar included:
Volunteer Placement - what volunteer work would be asked of me?
Cultural & Learning Activities - what activities would be/have been included?
Living Arrangements - what is a home base?
Safety & Security - how can I ensure my/my child's safety?
Presenter's personal volunteer experience
Learn more on volunteering abroad with CCS as a teen, and other programs: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org
Techniques in Tour Guiding 2018 by Paul OlolaWhistling Crow
Tour Guiding is increasingly gaining traction in tourism generating regions with guides expected to play multiple roles towards ensuring visitors have an enjoyable, memorable and meaningful experience. The lecture presentation discusses the different facets of guiding skills and techniques required for top-notch guiding.
Know any great teens who would love to volunteer abroad? View this presentation to learn what Cross-Cultural Solutions has to offer our International Teen Volunteers.
To watch the webinar recording please visit: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/media-center/webinars.aspx
Presenters:
Alexandra Raab, Program Enrollment Manager
Gwyn Knauer, Program Enrollment Manager
The topics of this webinar included:
Volunteer Placement - what volunteer work would be asked of me?
Cultural & Learning Activities - what activities would be/have been included?
Living Arrangements - what is a home base?
Safety & Security - how can I ensure my/my child's safety?
Presenter's personal volunteer experience
Learn more on volunteering abroad with CCS as a teen, and other programs: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org
Techniques in Tour Guiding 2018 by Paul OlolaWhistling Crow
Tour Guiding is increasingly gaining traction in tourism generating regions with guides expected to play multiple roles towards ensuring visitors have an enjoyable, memorable and meaningful experience. The lecture presentation discusses the different facets of guiding skills and techniques required for top-notch guiding.
The tour commentary is the tour guides primary tool of trade. Excellent tour guides pay attention to how they delivery their commentary on every tour by striving for continuous improvement. The slide explores some of the ways a tour guide can use his or her tour commentary to achieve excellence in guiding.
sub-areas
Meaning and definition
Main components of tour guiding
Terminologies Used In Tour Guiding
Understanding tour guide
Position of tour guide in tourism system
Types of tour guide
Roles of tour of guide
2014 09-02 hcs-y presentation for mc forum on heritage & environmentJohn Ray Ramos
Presentation of the Heritage Conservation Society - Youth (HCS-Y) for the "Our Land, Our Heritage: A Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Environmental Management" September 2, 2014 in Miriam College Quezon City.
The tour commentary is the tour guides primary tool of trade. Excellent tour guides pay attention to how they delivery their commentary on every tour by striving for continuous improvement. The slide explores some of the ways a tour guide can use his or her tour commentary to achieve excellence in guiding.
sub-areas
Meaning and definition
Main components of tour guiding
Terminologies Used In Tour Guiding
Understanding tour guide
Position of tour guide in tourism system
Types of tour guide
Roles of tour of guide
2014 09-02 hcs-y presentation for mc forum on heritage & environmentJohn Ray Ramos
Presentation of the Heritage Conservation Society - Youth (HCS-Y) for the "Our Land, Our Heritage: A Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Environmental Management" September 2, 2014 in Miriam College Quezon City.
arts-ED is a non-profit organization (NPO) based in Penang, Malaysia which specializes in innovative community-based arts and culture education for young people and adult communities. Our work is focused on empowering communities to develop awareness of their cultural assets through mapping, documentation, promotion and celebration of culture.
Our vision is to help sustain local culture and diversity through creative hands-on approaches to education that emphasize the relationship between arts, culture and life.
arts-ED projects are run in community settings and are organized around the theme of ‘arts, culture and heritage’. The theme helps participants connect with their own environment, cultural assets and community and encourages learning around real issues, values and meaning.
We work in collaboration with institutions, arts educators, artists, and community activists to promote culture education at a local and regional level. Our innovative approach has been emulated by other non-profit organizations within Malaysia as well as in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.
The Key Role of Culture in Place Brand Strategy for Destinations, Cities and ...Malcolm Allan
"The Role of Culture in City Branding - Lessons for Nation Branding", a presentation given to the 2014 Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in the Commonwealth at the Universal Peace Foundation in London on 15 October 2014. The presentation by Malcolm Allan of Placematters Ltd. explores the vital role that culture plays in building a place brand and explores its contribution to the Cork Region brand strategy in Ireland, unveiled in October 2014.
Community based tourism - Case study (Thanh Ha pottery village |Miso walai Ho...AvantikaBadgujar
A case study PowerPoint presentation on community-based tourism. In 2021 on world tourism day the theme was declared to be "inclusive tourism".
So thus this is a presentation created with 2 different case studies taken to learn from them.
One is in Malaysia and the other is in Vietnam.
Serving Up a Storm! - Food, Tech and TourismPeter Jordan
In its 2016 Travel Megatrends report, Skift described food as 'the leading hook in travel', but where did this trend come from and what does it mean for tourism authorities, and what opportunities could this provide for tech developers?
In June 2016 the European Tourism Association (ETOA) in association with London Technology Week hosted a seminar discussing the increasingly close relationship between food, tourism and technology. Here is Toposophy's opening presentation from that seminar.
Short description of Going Local, a Portuguese company that provides customized guided tours for small groups of tourists, using local guides and specialists
Arts, Tourism and Economic Development" from Rural Arts and Culture Summit/Ce...Deborah McLaren
Utilizing the intersection of arts and tourism for economic development, Deborah McLaren of Local Flavor LLC and Kent Gustafson present examples and tools for communities - rural and urban. Tools include Network Weaving, wine trails, local food, heritage. Sponsored by UMN-Morris and Springboard for the Arts.
This presentation covers (1) Social impact of tourism; (2) Effects of globalization on tourism development; (3) Sex tourism and exploitation of women; and (4) Trends and issues shaping tourism and hospitality development.
1. Rhonda Magnusson Pickens
19 Garden St., Apt. 45 • Cambridge, MA 02138-3626 • RhondaMPickens@post.harvard.edu • 617-835-9386
Education
Harvard University
! Extension School, Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Cum Laude, Asian Studies & World Religions (May 2013)
! Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Special Student in Asian Art & Sanskrit (2011-2012)
! Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Programs
o Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Graduate Archaeological Field School, Peru (2011)
o Università Cà Foscari di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2010)
! U.S. State Department Gilman Scholar, 2011
Experience
Owner/Designer • Don't Just Tolerate... Celebrate! • AsianOrientation • Objets d'Aaahhh 2012 - 2015
! Designed and sold an array of products & textiles referencing traditional art forms, travel, religious & cultural imagery
celebrating diversity & encouraging cultural literacy. Developed on Zazzle and CafePress platforms. 2013 sales
exceeded $72K, 2014 $150K, & 2015 projected at $350K before May 2015 sale of design library.
Cultural Literacy Programming Creator / Presenter • Don't Just Tolerate... Celebrate! 1998 - 2008
! Created diversity & cultural literacy programs for K-12 students
! Tennessee program targeted students in an economically disadvantaged rural school district (Pleasant Hill) where many
children have never travelled more than 100 miles from home. In this case, goal was not only to encourage tolerance,
but also to broaden children's perception of the world and their own life possibilities outside Cumberland County.
Owner / Principle Designer • Asian Orientation Gallery, Minneapolis Design Center 1998 - 2003
! Conceived, designed, built, & managed an initially to-the-trade & eventually retail Asian art & antiques gallery.
! Specialties included traditional & custom handwoven supplementary warp textiles, ikats, & batiks, antique Burmese
lacquerware, antique Chinese furniture, art, clothing & ornaments, custom framing of unusual 3 dimensional objets,
high quality porcelains & ceramics, high-end traditional arts & crafts, Chinoiserie, Japonisme, & Orientalisme
! Negotiated lease, designed space, hired subcontractors, & supervised construction of showroom space
! Travelled throughout Asia & sourced, negotiated, and purchased art, antiques, furniture, and textiles
! Negotiated international container shipping and arranged US Customs and FDA approvals
! Developed logo, signage, & marketing materials; designed and placed advertising
! Handled customer relations and sales, both retail and wholesale, and community outreach.
! Frequently spoke at trade and museum events and featured on local television.
! Managed budgeting, expense tracking, accounting and billing, inventory, sales & income tax reporting
! Interior & exterior space planning, design, contracting, and supervision
! Led group study and shopping tours through SE Asia
Docent / Lecturer / Group Travel Coordinator • National Museum of Singapore 1993-1997
! Docent, VIP Docent, & Textiles Specialist Docent
! Museum Education / Lecturer in Asian textiles, history, culture, religion, & art
! Textiles trainer/ presenter, Docent Training Programme
! Planned, coordinated, & led study tours to Bhutan, Nepal, Beijing, Hong Kong, Thailand, Sarawak, Sabah, Bali, & Java
! Led cultural study tours of Singapore for newcomer expatriates
Additional Qualifications / Experience (More Detail Available Upon Request)
! Corporate human resources & employee relations, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) & 3M Corp., Austin, TX
o Managed all aspects of a multi-million dollar, >300 employee relocation and retention program
o Coordinated trade shows, minority recruitment programs, and special events with budgets of up to $500K
! Retail sales, merchandising, marketing, management, fashion shows, special events, Foley's & J. Riggings
! Board member & fundraiser for museums, not-for-profit, and educational organizations
! International travel adept & culturally literate - lived, worked, traveled & studied abroad, incl 5 years in Singapore
! Writer, Editor, & photographer, AMD & 3M internal publications & Singapore American & Bamboo Telegraph
magazines, and academic and special-interest publications.