Talanoa Consultancy has partnered with etrainu to digitise its Pacific Islander cultural awareness offering with online courses and a Learning Management System (LMS).
Talanoa Consultancy helps organisations enhance cultural safety, strategic direction and diversity training, specifically within a Pacific Islander and Maori context. They offer workplace training and development, knowledge partnering opportunities, cultural intelligence training, and education workshops.
Dr David Lakisa, CEO of Talanoa Consultancy is a strong promoter of the organisational benefits that come with Pacific Islander cultural awareness. “If you want to understand Pacific ways of knowing and doing, use Pacific frameworks and methods. My PhD research found organisations who excel in Pacific connection, consultation and collaboration, thrive culturally and commercially.”
On the partnership, etrainu’s VP of Revenue, Cameron O’Riordan said, “etrainu is honoured to partner with Talanoa Consultancy. We’re passionate about serving communities through education, and this partnership represents a unique offering to foster cultural awareness and promote understanding about Pacific Islander and Maori communities.”
Talanoa Consultancy will be launching the Pacific Cultural Intelligence courses at the Global Pacific Arts Culture and Sport Conference on June 7th. The Global Pacific Arts, Culture and Sport Conference brings together industry, community, government and expert leaders to accelerate the intersectionality work across skills and diversity training, innovation, cultural education, enterprise and investment in arts, culture and sport. Register for the event here.
The Pacific Cultural Intelligence courses represent a major milestone for the Pacific Islander and Maori communities. These courses are a global-first offering, offering key insights into the experiences and cultures of the Pacific to promote awareness and understanding.
For founder David Lakisa, Pacific cultural intelligence is essential to the global community. The courses were born out of his two decades of personal and professional experiences in sports, community service, and education, and he saw a need in these sectors to offer holistic training and work towards cultural harmony.
With the new learning management platform, the partnership between etrainu and Talanoa will deliver a more streamlined and engaging approach to Pacific cultural intelligence.
The courses will be self-paced and available online, drawing on exclusive insights, experiences, and evidence-based research from Pacific Islander and Māori academics and industry-based practitioners. They explore cultural practices, spirituality, mana, sport, leadership, and business.
Initially, etrainu and Talanoa will be launching two courses, including:
There will also be more courses in development, which will build on the foundation courses and enhance learners’ knowledge and understanding.
Talanoa means “talk” or “discussion” and promotes open dialogue, mutual respect, and shared understanding. Talanoa Consultancy is a leading Australia-based firm that empowers organisations and individuals with transformative solutions.
Talanoa Consultancy focuses on building respect, authenticity, innovation, and collaboration through its diverse offerings of workplace training and development, knowledge partnering opportunities, cultural intelligence training, and education workshops.
etrainu are leaders in community education solutions. Through a sophisticated learning management system and engaging online courses, etrainu is changing the way we learn.
Founded in 2007, etrainu has grown to over 2 million learners benefitting from hundreds of industry-tailored courses.
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