GCN Lunchtime Seminar, Friday 13 April 2018
|
GCN Lunch – Friday 2 March – wrap up
Thank you to the many members who managed to attend our GCN lunch last Friday 2 March, in spite of the challenging weather.
Thank you also to Michael Gentle who gave an interesting presentation on “What the press can teach us about business writing”. Below, a few shots of the event.
Our next event will be held on 13 April at the Geneva Conference Centre (CICG). Stay tuned for details shortly.
The GCN Team
Michael Gentle, Founder and CEO, The First Three Lines, www.thefirstthreelines.com
Michael Gentle, Founder and CEO, The First Three Lines, www.thefirstthreelines.com
Questions from participants on “What the press can teach us about business writing”
Networking lunch following the presentation.
Thanks to Fiza Kahn from Safran Cuisine for her excellent catering.
Lunch seminar – 2 March 2018
Dear Communicators,
The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to announce our next lunchtime seminar on Friday 2 March 2018:
What the press can teach us about business writing
Ah, the press. They separate fact from fiction – then print the fiction…
Okay, that may be unfair. But love them or hate them, journalists have mastered the art of clarity. Whether it’s complex issues in science, politics or business, their articles are always easy to read and understand. The same cannot be said about many of the e-mails, proposals and reports that clog our inboxes or clutter up our desks.
What makes journalists able to write clearly? After all, they aren’t inherently smarter than the rest of us, so they must be doing something right.
Come and listen to an insightful and entertaining talk on what separates business writing from media writing. You’ll be able to borrow many of their techniques with minimal effort, and start to apply them in your own business writing almost immediately.
Date: Friday 2 March 2018
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: The Swiss Press Club, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Geneva.
Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks
Please register online >>
About the speaker:
Michael Gentle is the CEO and founder of The First Three Lines, a Geneva-based consultancy that teaches the essentials of business writing in focused 3-hr workshops.
He has worked in IT, project management, sales and marketing in global companies such as Apple, WorldCom, The Bank of Tokyo and Nestlé. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively was essential in allowing him to sell his ideas, products and services in highly competitive environments.
He is the author of a number of best-selling books, from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to IT Financials, and has written numerous articles in the press, in both English and French.
GCN lunch seminar 9 Nov 2017 wrap-up
Thanks to the some 50 participants at our lunch workshop last Thursday on “Why Your Organization Needs a Community” – and special thanks to our speaker Kelly Hungerford of CommunityWorks for her interesting and engaging presentation!
Many thanks also to the photographer Geraldo Pestalozzi for the great images of the event below.
Why Your Organization Needs a Community
Small budget and few resources available — does this sound familiar? It’s a challenge almost all marketers, organizations and business owners have in common.
What if you could extend your team to scale your resources and reach your goals without increasing your budget?
This is where understanding your audience and building digital communities come in.
Join us as we discuss ways to grow and manage your digital community to further company or organizational goals. You’ll walk away with tips on how to:
- Identify areas where communities can support your business or organization
- Use social media to identify, grow and bolster your success
- Measure impact on your bottom line
***********************************
The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to invite you to our next lunchtime seminar:
Date: Thursday, 9 November 2017
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: The Swiss Press Club, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Geneva.
Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks
Please register online>>
**************************************
About Kelly Hungerford
Kelly is a native Californian and Marketing Operations Consultant living in Lausanne, Switzerland. She helps global brands in Europe with the planning and implementation of pan-European marketing platforms, programs and digital transformation.
For the past 20 years Kelly has held roles spanning large account sales, customer development, and technology for fortune 500 companies and startups in retail, and low-tech and high-tech industries.
In her former role as Head of Content, Communications and Community Development at Paper.li, Kelly was tasked with building customer-centric organization from the ground up. She built multiple communities simultaneously to support Customer Service, Marketing, and Product Development with the goal of increasing brand awareness, reducing churn, driving growth and innovating product. But most importantly, created a place called home for more than 500,000 end-users and 6 million monthly visitors.
After leaving Paper.li, Kelly started CommunityWorks, a strategic social media and audience development agency, to help marketers, business owners and entrepreneurs integrate digital community building into their business strategies.
Kelly is also the founder of #DropinDigital, a Saturday morning free social business consulting service for solopreneurs, and vice-president of Women in Digital Switzerland, a networking and knowledge sharing platform of more than 1500 women in six cities across Switzerland.
Facebook live streaming of GCN lunch seminar this Friday
GCN lunch seminar “Your hidden secrets – communicate with power and influence” with Mahima Klinge is taking place this Friday, 31 March 2017.
For those of you who cannot make it to the event this time, we will be BROADCASTING this lunch seminar LIVE ON FACEBOOK starting at ~12:40 until ~13:45 on the day of the event.
All you have to do is login to your Facebook account and access GCN Facebook page. The video will start streaming automatically once the presentation starts. Join us remotely!
Lunchtime Seminar, Friday 31 March 2017, Geneva
The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to announce our next lunchtime seminar on Friday, 31 March 2017.
Your hidden secrets – communicate with power and influence
We all know that when it comes to effective communications it’s important to know your audience. But when it comes to successful personal communications, it’s also important to know yourself!
Do you ever find that people do not listen to you?
…or don’t respond to you the way you expected?
Mahima will share secrets that will help you solve this problem.
Mindful Communications is the new soft skill that’s making better communicators and better leaders.
In this lunchtime presentation, Europe’s number one self-mastery and leadership mentor, Mahima Klinge, will explain how you can make a real impact by understanding the simple truth about what people listen to.
You’ll also learn the secrets to communicating with power and influence by being authentically you.
***********************************
Date: Friday, 31 March 2017
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: The Swiss Press Club, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Geneva.
Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks
Please register online>>
**************************************
For those of you who cannot make it to the event this time, we will be BROADCASTING our lunch seminar LIVE ON FACEBOOK starting at ~12:40 until ~13:45 on Friday, 31 March. Join us remotely!
**************************************
About Mahima
Mahima Lucille Klinge is Europe’s #1 Self Mastery Mentor and Leadership Trainer, International Bestselling Author and Award Winning Speaker.
Mahima is the founder of Love Silence and The Mahima Mindset self-mastery platforms that empower business professionals to find clarity about their Purpose, Mission and Vision. Her systems help people to increase passion, stay focused and connect with and achieve their inner potential.
Mahima’s Mindset training strategies, used by thousands of top performers globally, enable people to discover the essential keys to influence and impact their environments more effectively.
Learn more at: www.lovesilence.com
Video recording of GCN lunch seminar “Blogging for organisations: are you doing it right?”
On Friday, 10 February, GCN welcomed Leyla Alyanak, a freelance writer, journalist, corporate communicator and public relations consultant for the lunch seminar at the Swiss Press Club. In her spare time, Leyla runs the highly popular Women on the Road, one of the world’s Top 100 Travel Blogs.
45 participants in the room along with a few members joining remotely via Facebook Live enjoyed a very instructional and entertaining seminar “Blogging for organisations: are you doing it right?” and noted down a long list of tips and tricks to implement in their organisations’ blogs.
A recording of the live streaming is now available for everyone who couldn’t make it to the event.
Lunchtime Seminar, Friday 10 February 2017, Geneva
The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to announce our next lunchtime seminar on Friday 10 February 2017.
Blogging for Organizations: Are You Doing It Right?
Until recently, many organizations considered blogging suspicious, subversive even. Now, everyone is rushing to get a blog. But what exactly is a blog, and how does it differ from other web content? Who should be posting on your blog? How do you attract more readers and make sure you stand out from the crowd? Does your organization even need a blog?
Date: Friday, 10 February 2017
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: The Swiss Press Club, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Geneva.
Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks
Please register online>>
**************************************
For those of you who cannot make it to the event this time, we will be BROADCASTING our lunch seminar LIVE ON FACEBOOK starting at ~12:40 until ~13:45 on Friday, 10 February. Join us remotely!
**************************************
Leyla Alyanak is a freelance writer with more than 40 years’ experience as a journalist,corporate communicator (UNFPA and UNAIDS) and public relations consultant. In her spare time she runs the highly popular Women on the Road, one of the world’s Top 100 Travel Blogs.
Lunchtime Discussion Forum – Being heard in the age of social media: Are we on the right track?- 8 December 2016
In the ever-changing media milieu within which we work, do you question whether your organisation’s media relations are on track? Do you wonder if there is more you could do to get better coverage? Or are you satisfied with your visibility in the media, but your management wants more? Do you have best-practice tips to share?
Whatever your questions, come and discuss with like-minded communication professionals at our lunchtime discussion forum in the spirit of exchange to help all our organisations improve their visibility and be better heard in this age of social media.
We are delighted to have an expert on the subject, former BBC correspondent and communications consultant and trainer, Claire Doole, moderate the discussion, as well as provide her own perspective. Attendees will be divided into discussion groups to address several questions and report back to the wider group. We will distribute a summary report to all participants after the event.
Date: Thursday 8 December 2016
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: