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For Schools, universities, businesses and organizations that work in the sphere of ethical cultural engagement, we offer trainings, consulting services and the industry’s best collaborative programming.

WHY PARTNER WITH DRAGONS?

Through 25 years of designing and executing transformative educational experiences in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, we have built and refined tools, systems, and processes for effective cross-cultural leadership. Our dynamic team of experienced international facilitators will deepen and enhance the work that you do in global education, development and business.

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Our Services

The services we provide work together to foster an overall shift in the culture of your organization towards more effective, profound and ethical engagement across cultures. Each partnership starts with a conversation to clarify your goals and vision as an organization. We then identify and develop the scope and sequence of our working relationship, which may include any of combination consulting, training and program development. No matter how large the scope of our collaboration, we consider each partnership an investment in the long-term success of your institution.

Student programming

Partner with the industry’s best program designers and experiential educators

Carefully facilitated cultural immersion programs designed to expand your learning zone, build group culture, and inculcate empathetic leadership capacity and self awareness.

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Trainings & Workshops

Develop intercultural leadership and communication skills

Dynamic workshops and retreats to build skills and capacity for effective leadership in a cross-cultural context.

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Consulting

Broaden institutional knowledge of risk issues, realize deeper levels of cross-cultural engagement

Models, tools, systems, and strategies to identify gaps and needs and build safe, ethical engagement in the world.

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TESTIMONIALS

Each partnership is unique, offering a customized combination of resources and services to meet your needs.  Through careful communication and relationship-building, we bring access to an enormous wealth of knowledge and expertise in experiential global education and institutional leadership.

We have worked with Dragons since 2006... The Dragons instructors and facilitators provide a complementary role by bringing experiential pedagogy to help students reflect and process their experiences, as well as solid training in risk management and a depth of experience on the ground. From what I’ve seen, Dragons instructors have a balanced skill-set and a knack for connecting with students, and working well in dynamic leadership teams.

HELENA KAUFMAN, DIRECTOR: OFF-CAMPUS STUDIES
Carleton College, Northfield MN

Where There Be Dragons has worked with Carleton College since 2006 on program development and execution as well as faculty workshops and professional development for staff.

Dragons demonstrates, at every level, a profound commitment to creating the very best student experience abroad. The caliber of their on-site staff, their tireless attention to risk management, and their truly innovative approach to experiential learning make them a valued program partner.

JOHN LURIA
Director of Bridge Year Program, Princeton University

Through a comprehensive vetting process, Dragons was selected as one of three partner organizations to work with Princeton University in customizing and launching an inaugural Bridge Year Program. By 2015, Dragons was chosen as Princeton’s exclusive partner of Bridge Year programming and currently manages five nine-month Bridge Year programs in India, China, Senegal, Bolivia and Brazil.

The expansive nature of their curriculum and the veteran experience of their instructors have helped us provide breakthrough learning for students that will stick with them for the rest of their lives. I’m committed to Dragons as a go-to partner for providing the highest quality and safest programming abroad.

CRIS HARRIS
Director – Writing Center, Outdoors Leadership Program, Hawken School

Partnership Overview: In 2011, Dragons worked with Hawken School to develop a three-week program in Sikkim focused on comparative religion and outdoor leadership. Dragons also provides consulting to the administrative leadership team to develop a shared-mental model for global programming at Hawken. Alongside Hawken leadership, we host a semi-annual three-day faculty training retreat for teachers and administrators working with students abroad. Finally, Dragons works with Hawken on a 3-week student program to Myanmar focusing on migration and comparative religion, as well as a 3-week language immersion program to China.

Dragons’ reputation is well deserved. Their efforts have been vital to the success of our global travel programs, and through their expertise, professionalism, and good will they have helped us immeasurably to customize and execute travel experiences that integrate and advance our school’s vision and values. Dragons is a great partner — visionary, professional, generous, and in this work for the right reasons.

PETER BROWN
Director of Global Education, Menlo School, Atherton, CA

Partnership Overview: Dragons has worked with the Menlo School since 2014 to deepen and enhance their global programming by offering longer, more challenging and growth oriented programming for students. Dragons supports Menlo Abroad’s continuing evolution by providing regular consulting and support for risk management and outward messaging, on-campus tone-setting and pre-course preparation, annual teacher training workshops, site visits and scouting, as well as collaborative program development in Guatemala and China.

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