Dialogue in the Dark – An exhibition and workshop to discover the unseen

News

• 07/26/2010: Another Dialogue in the Dark Business Workshop for Standard Chartered Bank: Due to the big success of our last Business Workshops at the bank and a very good relationship in general, a third workshop at Standard Chartered´s headquarter in London will be held on July 27.

• 07/23/2010: A fantastic result! Dialogue in the Dark in Milan/Italy (Dialogo nel Buio) welcomed 370.000 visitors since the opening in December 2005.

• 07/19/2010: “We can make this world a better place” – The UBS Philanthropy Forum 2010 in Singapore has published the report which features an article written by our COO Shiyin Cai sharing her experience at the forum and the introduction of Dialogue in the Dark.

• 07/14/2010: Dialogue in Silence is moving to Frankfurt! We are currently looking for hearing-impaired guides for the new DIS exhibition that will run from 7th October 2010 to 27th February 2011! We are looking forward to your application! For more information, click here…

• 07/14/2010: Shiyin Cai was cordially received by the team as our new COO at Dialogue Social Enterprise Head Quarters in Hamburg. Former COO, Orna Cohen, will remain partner and will be responsible for Research & Development in the future.

• 07/13/2010: Excellent kick-off event in Shanghai: On July 5th, Dialogue Social Enterprise partnering with Non-Profit Incubator and Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau presented a “Dialogue in the Dark Cafe” at the grand opening of Shanghai Social Innovative Park, in order to promote the business workshop in September. Over 200 government officials, executives of multinational companies, NGO leaders, social workers and students participated and left extremely positive feedback. All were very impressed by the concept and among them, the China Social Affairs Minister Li Liguo and the Deputy mayor of Shanghai Yin Yicui especially met and praised the local blind guides after their experience in the dark.

• 06/28/2010: Dialogue in the Dark or: Dardashat Fi Al Thalamin in Amman/Jordan: We are very proud, that our Business Workshops and Casino for Communication, provided on the 25th and 26th of June for managers of Aramex (one of the largest global transportation and logistics services company) was a big success. Fadi Ghandour, CEO of Aramex, send us the following words:”Thank you so much for the great work that you and your team did… Everyone left on a high, lots of energy and lots of ideas on how they are going to change the world. (…) Thanks a lot again, I look forward to a very special relationship with you and Dialogue in the Dark (“Dardashat Fi Al Thalam” in Arabic)!”

• 06/24/2010: Dialogue in the Dark in Jordan: On the 25th and 26th of June, our team will provide Business Workshops and Casino for Communication for managers of Aramex, one of the largest global transportation and logistics services company, headquartered in Amman/Jordan. At this point we want to thank Hal Gregersen, Affiliate Professor of Leadership at INSEAD, who will support our team on site.

• 06/23/2010: Now the date is confirmed! A new Dialogue in the Dark exhibition will open on the 2nd of October in Hyderabad/India: The company ACE (Art, Culture and Education) is launching this unique experience on about 11,000 square feet at the Inorbit mall in Hyderabad. This mall is presently the largest retail mall of South India with more than half a million square feet housing more than 100 international brands.

• 06/14/2010: Please read this great story about another testimony of the richness of the diversity of ways that brains can develop, happened quite recently at Dialogue in the Dark in Tokyo!