DO BUSINESS WITH THE FRENCH? BUT OF COURSE! 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 28 -- Anyone interested in
acquiring that special something -- that je ne sais quoi -- that is
the key to doing business with the French is invited to a free
seminar on the topic on Oct. 11, followed by a reception.
	Marvina Shilling, a Washington-based, international cultural
consultant, will discuss "French and Americans Working Together
Successfully: Understanding Implicit Business Assumptions."
Shilling, who holds a master's degree in French literature from
Harvard University and a master's in human resources from Marymount
College of Virginia, has served as a consultant to a number of
multinational corporations, including the France Telecom Group,
British Telecom and Discovery Communications Inc., which operates
the Discovery Channel, and government agencies, including the World
Bank, the U.S. Information Agency and the U.S. Foreign Service
Institute.
	Shilling's seminar will run from 4 to 7 p.m. in room 50 of
the classroom building of the University of Virginia's Darden
Graduate School of Business Administration. A reception will follow
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Pepsico Forum and the South Lounge of the
Darden School.
	The program is being held in honor of the 100th anniversary
of the founding of the Franco American Chamber of Commerce of
Washington D.C. Pascal Maccioni, the commercial attache at the
French Embassy in Washington, is expected to attend.
	The event, which is open to the public, is designed
primarily for professionals in the business and university
communities, including students interested in international careers,
along with secondary school teachers and guidance counselors in the
greater Charlottesville area. 
	The program is sponsored by L'Alliance Francaise de
Charlottesville Inc. and the Tayloe Murphy International Business
Studies Center at U.Va.'s Darden School.
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September 27, 1996

	For more information call Andree King with L'Alliance
Francaise at (804) 973-8268; or Paulette Hughes with the Tayloe
Murphy Center at (804) 924-4481. Television reporters should call
our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.