Online Panel Discussion – 2 December 2020; 12h30-13h30

Communications in 2021 – how are organisations managing communications in the current uncertain environment?

Until we can resume our traditional networking events, we would like to invite you to our next online event, which will be held on 2 December from 12h30 to 13h30. We will be using the Zoom platform for the event.

COVID-19 has had an impact on many facets of society including how organisations communicate. What are the implications for organisations and individuals? How are they adapting or is it “business as usual”? Our panel drawn from the non-profit, private and consultancy sectors will discuss how in 2020 they have changed the way they and their organisations communicate and what this means for communications in the future.

Date: Wednesday 2 December 2020
Time: 12h30 to 13h30
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: Free of charge

Register for the event>>

The panel:

  • Elizabeth Poll, Director of Communications, Medicines for Malaria Venture
  • Rachael Remaly Franco, Associate Director Public Affairs, Europe Region, Incyte
  • Robert Bartram, Writing and Editing Consultant, RBComms
  • Panel host: Melita Campbell, Business Coach for Female Entrepreneurs
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online presentation Friday 26 June 2020 – Beyond Coronavirus – new technologies, media and communications

Dear Communicators,

With current circumstances temporarily preventing any further networking lunches, we would like you to join us in our first event of a new series of online presentations:

Beyond Coronavirus: new technologies, media and communications
 

The Coronavirus pandemic has made us increasingly aware of the essential role technology has in our lives, both professional and personal. The coming decade will be the most ground-breaking in history, with revolutionary new technologies becoming increasingly integrated into humanity. As a communicator, it will be increasingly important to be aware of, understand, and manage these technologies. Dr Nicoletta Iacobacci has been working in media and technology for over 20 years. In this virtual GCN presentation, she will discuss key topics such as emerging media, including, transmedia, technologies and digital cultures such as virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and digital humans.

Date: Friday 26 June 2020
Time: 12h30 to 13h30
Location:  Online via Zoom
Cost: Free of charge
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Lunch event – Friday 13 March 2020 – Postponed!

Please note this event has been postponed due to the situation with the Covid 19 virus – it will be re-scheduled

Technological Progress: what is the role of ethics? – with Dr. Nicoletta Iacobacci

This coming decade will be the most ground-breaking in history, with revolutionary new technologies leading the path in innovation. At the same this raises questions about the implications of this progress on the future of humanity and how to keep up with concepts as ageless societies, software-based immortal humans, cybernetic organisms, and means of transport at lightning speed. An essential element in this debate is “ethics”, which should be fundamental to any debate about technological progress. Join Dr. Nicoletta Iacobacci in addressing questions about the role of ethics, technology and communications.

Date: Friday 13 March 2020
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

About the speaker:  Nicoletta Iacobacci, PhD, is an ethical influencer who engages executives, thinkers, artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and students in conversations about ethics and emerging technologies. She is the founder of Ethica.ly, a platform for engaging reflections on the consequences of exponential innovations, and currently serves as an adjunct professor at Webster University Geneva and at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, where she is investigating the future implications of technology on society. She has been a resident at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, a curator of TEDx events, the Ambassador for Singularity University Geneva, and the leader of the ethical framework for Hyperloop Transportation Technology. Her book Exponential Ethics, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has been published in English and in Chinese.

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GCN Lunch – 29 November 2019 – wrap up

Thanks to all the participants who attended the GCN lunch event on Friday. Communications and reputation management specialist Toomas Kull provided some interesting insights into reputation and crisis management in the 2020s, particularly linked to digital challenges.

Below are a few photos of the event, courtesy of photographer Geraldo Pestalozzi.

We look forward to seeing you at our next event in January 2020.

Happy holidays!

The GCN team

 

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By | December 3rd, 2019|GCN lunch events|0 Comments

Lunchtime seminar – Reputation and crisis management in the 2020s – 29 November 2019

Trust is an enabler for organisations – making a wide range of activities, transactions and interactions possible regardless of sector or size. Betrayals of trust have major organisational and business consequences. Leaders who violate the trust of their stakeholders soon find themselves ousted.

As we face the start a new decade… How is the building of trust changing for organisations and their leaders? In today’s environment, are there any new principles we should focus on to navigate a crisis? Do the classic best-practice principles of crisis communications still apply?

Toomas Kull will consider the challenges leaders face in managing reputation (their organisation’s as well as their own), and provide recommendations on how to prepare for and survive reputation-threatening scenarios. Participants will be encouraged to also share their perspectives and insights.

Date: Friday 29 November 2019
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: Toomas Kull is a communications and reputation management specialist.Toomas Kull_Profile He is a consultant at Cabinet Privé de Conseils (CPC), the Swiss public relations and public affairs agency. He has over ten years’ experience in advising organisations across sectors, from profile raising campaigns, to issues management, crisis communications, and litigation PR. Prior to joining CPC, he worked in two London-based communications consultancies. He started his career in the public sector, working in the European Commission and the UK’s Ministry for Business.

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By | October 22nd, 2019|GCN lunch events|0 Comments

GCN Networking Lunch on digital communication, 4 October – wrap up

Thank you to all the participants who joined our networking lunch event and contributed to the creative session on: are you meeting the challenges of digital communications?, held at the Geneva Press Club on Friday, October 4th.

The group found some very interesting perspectives on 5 questions:
1. What are the current challenges you and/or your organisation face in digital communications?
2. What do you think are the main trends in digital communications?
3. What skills do communicators need for digital communications?
4. What are some examples of best practices in digital communications?
5. What is one thing you will STOP / START doing in digital communications from now on?

Here is a brief infographic with some of the results from the discussion:

Below also find below some images of the event, thanks to the generous photographer Geraldo Pestalozzi

Stay tuned for our next event at the end of November.

The GCN team

 

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By | October 8th, 2019|GCN lunch events|0 Comments

Lunchtime Discussion Forum – are you meeting the challenges of digital communications? – Friday 4 October 2019

The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to announce our next lunchtime event for 2019:

Lunchtime Discussion Forum – are you meeting the challenges of digital communications? – Friday 4 October 2019

Managing digital communications is one of the main challenges for communicators today. How is your organisation coping with the ever-changing digital landscape? What solutions have organisations found to manage multiple social media platforms and websites? What priorities are organisations setting and which audiences are they aiming to reach? How to ensure the legitimacy of your message in a world increasingly overwhelmed by fake news? 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 digital communications and be better heard in this age of social media and online buzz. Attendees will be divided into discussion groups to address several questions and report back to the wider group.

Date: Friday 4 October 2019
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 >>

We look forward to seeing you!

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GCN lunch – 5 April 2019 – wrap up

Thank you to all the participants of our recent lunchtime seminar on “Personal brand and reputation management: security strategies to keep your identity safe”, held at the The Swiss Press Club on Friday 5 April 2019

Thank you to Stephane Koch for enlightening and frightening us about the potential dangers lurking on the Internet. But most importantly, thank you for providing the audience with some very valuable strategies to keep our information and identity safe.
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Below, are some images from the event (thanks to Geraldo Pestalozzi www.gpestalozzi.com; www.objectifsublime.ch).

Look out for our next event in June/July.

Glenn, Patricia and Ekaterina

  • GCN lunch seminar 5 Apr 2019 - Personal brand and reputation management: security strategies to keep your identity safe with Stephane Koch
By | April 8th, 2019|GCN lunch events|0 Comments

Next lunchtime seminar – Friday 5 April 2019

The Geneva Communicators Network is pleased to announce our next lunchtime seminar for 2019:

Personal brand and reputation management: security strategies to keep your identity safe – Friday 5 April 2019
 
The digital transformation has had a profound impact on organisations and individuals. It has created new opportunities for communications but also requires new skills to understand and manage the dangers and risks. Digital threats including cyber-attacks, ransomware and “hacktivist” movements are increasingly prevalent in our society. Through social media these threats can spread quickly and impact not only our working environment but also our personal reputation. In addition, fake news, bots and influence buying, have facilitated the spread of misinformation and the means to manipulate both our personal brand and the reputation management of organisations.
How do we protect ourselves from these threats? Stephane Koch, expert in internet security, cybercrime, and digital strategies, will explain some of the most important threats that we face today and how to manage information and reputation in light of these dangers.
Date: Friday 5 April 2019
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: 
Stephane Koch has a Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Economic Crime Investigations, and a degree of Specialist in Public Relations (ISRP). Specializing in online reputation, Crisis, Social Media, and information security. Stephane is also a trainer and lecturer both in the public and private sector, also working with a number of schools and universities. In recent years, in collaboration with Reporters Without Borders, he has conducted information security workshops for journalists at the Medill School of Journalism, the National Press Club and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
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GCN lunch – 8 February 2019 wrap up

Thank you to all the participants of our recent lunchtime seminar on “How to use storytelling to drive change” with Elissa Bertot of Elissa Bertot Communications, held on Friday 8 February 2019.

During the presentation, Elissa identified 6 components of storytelling: the title, the hero, the quest, the struggle, the secret weapon, and the happy ending. She expanded on the 3 most critical ones: the hero, the quest and the happy ending.  The Hero being your audience, not your organization so the focus should be on them. The Quest is your audience’s challenge/pain, something they want changed which you must identify in order to sell them a solution. And the happy ending is your audience’s desired outcome, the transformation they want to achieve (with the help of your solution). 

Those who missed it or want to share with colleagues can watch the recording of the live stream on Facebook.

Below, are some images from the event (thanks to Geraldo Pestalozzi www.gpestalozzi.com).

Look out for our next event in the Spring.

Glenn, Patricia and Ekaterina

  • GCN lunch seminar 8 Feb 2019 - How to use storytelling to drive change with Elissa Bertot
By | February 12th, 2019|GCN lunch events, Uncategorised|0 Comments