Becoming a Global Citizen

Denise Pirrotti Hummel is available for speaking engagements related to her cross cultural experiences on both a personal and professional basis. Her proprietary model, the Business Model of Intercultural Analysis [BMIA] has received world-acclaim and has been accepted by the U.S. State Department World-Wide Speaker & Specialist Program as a model for cross-cultural analysis for business enterprise.

She recently spoke at the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism Global Summit in Pattaya, Thailand, where she spoke on several topics, including the subject matter of her book.

Ms. Hummel has been published many times in other genres. Her recent publications include:

• U.S. Pentagon, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Beyond Multi-Lingual: The Future of DoD presented to the Director, Associate Director and Deputy Director of Culture under the Obama Administration.
• U.S. State Department, The Promise of Africa: Adapting the Western Facilitative Mediation Model to the Cultures of Africa: Lecture to a Department of State delegation of Africans from Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda and Togo. San Diego, California.
• How Cultural Issues Impact Mediation, National Conflict Resolution Center, NCRC Mediator Training, San Diego.
• Fodors Italy 2007 Guide, Chapter: "Milan, Lombardia, and the Lakes," Written May 2006. October 2007
• American Magazine, "Food and Travel: Lost and Found," July 2006
• American Magazine, "Fixing the Self-Worth Deficit: How One Nation's Attention Deficit Disorder Can Be Another's Set of Repairs," April 2006
• Transitions Abroad Magazine, "Arrivederci Italia," January 2006
• Record Review, "The Dolomite Experience," May 2005
• Record Review, "A Family Among Families on the Amalfi Coast," April 2005
• Record Review, FRONT PAGE, "A Farewell to 'Il Papa' Giovanni Paolo II," April 2005. Re-published in Italy and Poland
• Voice of Varese, "A Visit to Vienna for the Ball," March 2005
• Voice of Varese, "La Gioca Delle Coppie," February 2005
• Record Review, "Buon Natale From Varese," January 2005
• The Voice of Varese, "Italian Style," December 2004
• Record Review, "Our Turkey Has Hooves," November 2004
• Record Review, "Not Living the Take-Out Life," October 2004
• Record Review, "Pound Ridge Family Enjoys the First Day of School, Italian Style," September 2004 Record Review, "Like a Fellini Movie," August 2004
• Record Review, "Local family Adjusts to Italian Life," July 2004
• Record Review, "Pound Ridge Family Bound for Italia," June 2004