Associate Consultant: Lanie Denslow

Lanie Denslow is the founder of World Wise Intercultural Training & Resources, an organization whose mission is to provide information enabling people to bridge cultural differences, collaborate, and create mutually satisfying relationships and results.

Her extensive speaking and writing experiences have established that she is both knowledgeable and insightful. She is recognized for using humor and candor to help others to grasp the complexity of today’s global business environment focusing on the varied definitions of appropriate business practice.

Ms. Denslow is the author of World Wise: What to Know Before You Go (Fairchild Books, 2006), a guide to the global business world for today’s professionals. She is the co-author of the best-selling Working With Americans (FT Prentice Hall, 2002), a guide to American business culture. She is also a co-author of Introduction to American Life (NAFSA: Association of International Educators /U.S. Department of State, 2004). In addition, she has written articles on global business topics for the French-American Chamber of Commerce, for UK Trade & Investment and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

A frequent speaker in the United States, she also has extensive international experiences. This has included presentations in Dalian and Beijing, China, for the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Asia- Pacific USA Chamber of Commerce; in Frankfurt, Germany, for the U.S. Department of Commerce; in London, for the British-American Business Council; and in Pskov, Russia, for the International Visitors Council.

In the United States, she has addressed the Annual Manufacturing Conference of the British-American Business Council, Los Angeles: the Organization of Women in International Trade; the Association of Professional Consultants, Los Angeles; NAFSA: Association of International Educators; French-American Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles; and been a featured presenter at educational conferences of Protocol & Diplomacy International – Protocol Officers Association and for the USC Public Diplomacy program.

Ms. Denslow’s 15-year business management experience, ability to speak French and experience living outside the United States enhance her work with clients in not-for-profit organizations, global transportation businesses, professional services firms, and government agencies. Her work with private clients includes coaching senior managers in cross-cultural communication and assisting with pre-departure planning for those preparing for international relocation.

Ms. Denslow also serves as the International Director of FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, a private college headquartered in Los Angeles. She develops and manages the school’s international study programs and worldwide exchange relationships, and she has also created curricula, developed instructor training, and taught courses in such areas as intercultural communication, business protocol, international business, and business policies for global trade.

As part of her professional activities, Ms. Denslow is a member of the Senior Advisory Council of Business for Diplomatic Action and serves on the boards of directors of the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California and of the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles. She is a member of the International Trade & Investment Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Asia Pacific - USA Chamber of Commerce, the British-American Business Council, and Protocol & Diplomacy International - Protocol Officers Association. She serves as a volunteer coordinator at a Hope-Net food pantry in Los Angeles.

Ms. Denslow holds a B.A. degree in business from Antioch University-Southern California, and both an M.B.A. and a Master’s of International Business degrees from Pepperdine University. She is also a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington.

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