Public Speaking Event in Geneva

If you ever have to speak to groups of people in conferences or meetings, then an event organised by the two Toastmaster clubs in the region could help you improve your skills and inspire your public speaking to new levels.

Held on the 29 May at Webster University, Geneva, the half day event will feature workshops covering a range of public speaking skills, educational sessions with two award winning speakers and networking opportunities.

Participants can expect to:

Be inspired by speeches from Public Speaking Champions
Learn to deliver memorable presentations
Improve their sales skills, for success in business, career and private life
Participate in a do-it-yourself public speaking class
Practice their presentation skills in a supportive and friendly environment
Expand their business network

The cost of the event is CHF 35, or CHF 30 if you register by the 24 May.

> For more details and to register, visit the event website.

Melitta

By | May 17th, 2010|Other events|0 Comments

Roundtable: Mobile Mania-The Next Interactive Revolution, 10 June 2010

The Geneva Communicators Network as media partner is proud to present:

Mobile Mania: The Next Interactive Revolution

Thursday, 10 June 2010, 18:00 – 20:30
Ramada Park Hotel, Geneva

The International University in Geneva & the OWIT – Lake Geneva present a roundtable:

Always on. Always with you. Always connected.

The world is changing as the cellphone becomes the computer. For any innovative marketer and communications professional, we’ve brought together experts to reflect on how thirty years after the invention of the personal computer, computing is about to get intimate.

Simon Silvester, EVP Head of Planning for Young & Rubicam and Wunderman EMEA and Stephane Cheikh, Innovation Manager at SITA Lab will give their insight on how to take advantage of this paradigm shift.

Line up has been updated, now will feature:

Speaker: Matthias Lüfkens, Associate Director-Media, World Economic Forum,

Moderator: Natalia Filchakova, consultant, New Pace Consulting SA,

Entry fees: normally 35 CHF but 25 CHF for GCN Members (payable at the door)

Register for the event >>

By | May 13th, 2010|Other events|0 Comments

Lift conference – free events

If you are not going to the Lift Conference in Geneva this week, you can still attend some of their activities for free:

Lift Presentations @ LABEL (Tue 4, 18h)

Open talk lead by Arnaud Grobet on the evolution of our interaction with information with the evolution of media and technology. Display of Mac’s 1993 Newton, Microsoft Surface and iPad. Apéro will be provided.

Arnaud Grobet, CEO & Founder at LABEL
Etienne Mineur, Designer at Les éditions volumiques

Free registration required.

Alp ICT Venture Night (Wed 5, 17h45)

Partner event organized by Alp ICT and Etat de Genève with CTI, Creapole and The Ark.
Speakers:
• Neil Rimer, Index Ventures: current trends in investment and entrepreneurship.
• Eight Western Switzerland startups will present their products and services.

No pre-registration required, just show up.

Lift Experience by HEAD – Geneva Vernissage (Thu 6, 18h45)

Official opening of the Lift experience exposition “Mode Demo” curated by Geneva University of Art and Design with wine and snacks provided by Au Bonheur du Vin.

No pre-registration required, just show up.

Mobile Monday Switzerland #15: connected people (Thu 6, 18h)

Short presentations by some of the best MoMo luminaries in Europe will be followed by panel with other Lift10 presenters.

Free registration required.

Mémoires Informatiques Foundation event (Fri 7, 16h)

Partner event (caution: seating limited to 60). Mémoires Informatiques Foundation will be granted an exceptional collection of video games by founder of Infogrames Bruno Bonnell. To celebrate this there will be presentations (in French) followed by refreshments and snacks – and a rare collection of video games exhibited.

Only 60 seats available, register by emailing contact@memoires-informatiques.org

By | May 4th, 2010|Other events|0 Comments

Capitalizing on Effective Communication – Study

Companies that communicate with courage, innovation and discipline, especially during times of economic challenge and change, are more effective at engaging employees and achieving desired business results.

That is according to research by Towers Watson which has consistently found the firms that communicate effectively with employees are also the best financial performers.

In their 2009/2010 report titled: Capitalizing on Effective Communication, Towers Watson summarizes the findings of their 2009/2010 multiregional study and identify what companies with highly effective communication practices are doing to inform and engage their employees in challenging economic times, and shows how these practices vary around the world.

Key Findings:

  • Effective employee communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. Companies that are highly effective communicators had 47% higher total returns to shareholders over the last five years compared with firms that are the least effective communicators.
  • The best invest in helping leaders and managers communicate with employees. While only three out of 10 organizations are training managers to deal openly with resistance to change, highly effective communicators are more than three times as likely to do this as the least effective communicators.
  • Companies are struggling to measure the return on their investment in social media tools. Highly effective communicators are more likely than the least effective communicators to report their social media tools are cost-effective (37% vs. 14%).
  • Measurement is critical. Companies that are less-effective communicators are three times as likely as highly effective communicators to report having no formal measurements of communication effectiveness.

Download the full report via the Towers Watson website >

Melitta

By | May 1st, 2010|Other resources|0 Comments

Twitter Tools for Communications Professionals

Brian Solis, a prominent thought leader in all things social media, has created a list of the numerous tools and applications available to Twitter users. The list is regularly updated making it a useful resource for communicators and marketers wanting to develop an effective Twitter strategy.

Twitter Tools for Communications Professionals >

Melitta

By | May 1st, 2010|Other resources|0 Comments