UNAIDS and the Rudra Béjart School of Dance are pleased to invite you to join special guests HRH Princess Tessy of Luxembourg and H.E Dr Raymonde Goudou-Coffie, Minister for Health and the Fight against HIV/AIDS of Côte d’Ivoire, to celebrate International Women’s Day with us.

Monday, 7 March 2016, at 18:00
The Ball Room, Hotel InterContinental Genève,
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9, 1209 Geneva

Performance by the dancers of the renowned Rudra Béjart School from 18:30 to 19:15 under the artistic direction of Michel Gascard.

Reception from 19:20 to 20:30.

Tickets for the performance and reception: adults, CHF 70; 13–18-year-olds, CHF 40; free entry for children aged 12 years old and under. Purchase online: https://www.amiando.com/TIEAENW.html

Proceeds will benefit an organization of Women living with HIV.

Inspiration, creativity and outstanding craftsmanship are the qualities that distinguish the Swiss Poster Award prize winners. The Swiss Poster Award underscores the importance of the poster in intermedia competition and recognises the high quality of poster design. Whether in classical or digital form, out-of-home advertising has come of age as a creative platform that unites cost efficiency and strength of impact.

The winners of Switzerland’s most prestigious poster awards will receive their prizes at the “APG|SGA Poster Night” in the Maag Halle, Zurich, on 10 March 2016.

For further information>>

OWIT event on Women and Career Negotiations  to be held 14 Jan 2016, 18:00-21:30:

Women & Career Negotiations: Powerful techniques to make women more effective and confident

Do you believe that women and men behave in the same way when negotiating? Building on the research on this topic and our speaker’s vast negotiation experience, we will be exploring some of the differences between men and women, with a focus on how women negotiate. In particular, Giuseppe will share with us his HARMONY framework for effective career negotiations for women.

About the Speaker

Giuseppe Conti is a recognized expert in the field of Negotiation and regular lecturer at Business Schools, such as ESADE, HEC Geneva, HEC Paris, IMD, INSEAD, Oxford, RSM, and SDA Bocconi. Managers from over 90 different countries have attended his highly interactive and pragmatic workshops. He is a seasoned negotiator combining academic content with a rich practitioner experience from his senior procurement and commercial leadership roles with blue chip multinationals (Procter & Gamble, Novartis, Firmenich, Merck). He runs custom negotiation workshops for leading multinationals in Europe and Asia.

When – 14 Jan 2016 18:00 – 21:30

Location – Le Courtil, Centre de séminaires & BnB, Rue du Port 14, 1180 Rolle

Registration – Member – 40.00 (CHF), Non-member – 65.00 (CHF)

Agenda for the Evening :

18.30 – 19:00 Registration/ apero /networking
19:00 – 20:30 Presentation
20:30 – 21:30 Optional informal discussion / networking

Register at: http://owit-lakegeneva.org/event-2102287

We know how busy you all are, especially at this time of year, so we thought we’d share this event with you, as it’s a great way to pick up some unique Christmas Gifts in your coffee/lunch break, while also supporting local small businesses and artisans and a great cause, as 5% of all sales will go to the Global Gratitude Alliance.

Where: Ecumenical Centre, Geneva (UN Quarter)
150 Route de Ferney, 1218 Grand Saconnex
When: Tuesday 8 December, 10:00-17:30

* 5% of all sales go to the Global Gratitude Alliance 
* Original gift ideas galore!
* Coffee and snacks available until 16:00
* Lunch is served between 11:30 and 14:00

The Meilleur du Web distributes prizes for the best mandates completed web, digital and communications agencies in the French part of Switzerland (Suisse Romande). Nine prize categories are considered:  Technology, Innovation, Creation, Mobile, UX, Branding, Business Efficiency, Online Marketing, and Vidéo.

The next Meilleur du Web ceremony will be held at the  Rolex Learning Center EPFL in Lausanne on 24 November 2015 at 19h00. The evening will include:

• Keynote by Prof Christopher L.Tucci, Management of Technology, Chair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation à l’EPFL
• Presentations by startups: Nowy Connect, Prediggo, Stickme, Sharingbox
• Networking on site : download the app Nowy Connect (Ultra Local LinkedIn)

Location: Rolex Learning Center @EPFL
Date & time: 24 November, 19h00
Entry cost: CHF 55.-

For more information and to purchase tickets click here>>

An interesting forthcoming workshop in Lausanne:

Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 December, Lausanne – Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop – with Sarah Clark

An introduction to the techniques of using hand-drawn visuals in a range of professional contexts, including group facilitation, coaching and training. You will learn the basics of visual language and how to use a mix of simple drawings, colour, words and metaphors to develop and share ideas, record presentations and meetings, and engage and energize groups.

Thinking that you can draw is absolutely not a prerequisite— if the techniques interest you and you’re prepared to experiment, please join us. We will spend a large proportion of the day practising and sharing within the group. Engage both your right and your left brain and have fun!

Further details >> (pdf)

The deadline for registration is 27 November.

For anyone interested in joining a basic introduction to photography course. Francesco Arese Visconti is organising a workshop the week-end of 31 October. Here are the details:

INTRO TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

This is a two-day introductory course to basic digital photography. Students will be able to become more comfortable with using a DSLR camera, learning about their adjustments, how to photograph using manual settings, how these adjustments affect the final image and how to adjust photographs on the computer. Students will learn how to digitally process their images using basic Photoshop elements and format them for print or for the web. There will be discussions about photography as a visual language of communication and artistic expression

Schedule

Day 1
10 – 13:Theory. Basic aspects of photographic cameras
14 – 17:Pratice on the field

Day 2
10 – 13: Image post – production. Downloading of the images, first critique, introduction to Photoshop
14 – 17: Photoshop elements and final critique

Cost: CHF 500.-

Those who are interested can contact Francesco directly at visconti@webster.ch.

About Francesco:

Francesco is an experienced and published freelance photographer, who has worked for important museums and public institutions. He is a member of the Union Suisse des Photographes Professionnels (USPP) and currently Deputy Head of the Media Communications department and Coordinator of the Photography Program at Webster University Geneva. He has also organised a number of photography workshops including a summer programme in Italy and courses at Urbino Art Village, a centre for creative workshops in Italy. For further information: www.aresevisconti.com.

The 18th Fête de la Communication will take place at La Pastorale (Route de Ferney 106 Geneva) on Friday 28 August 2015 starting at 17h. Entry is free of charge.

The programme includes:

17h00-18h30: Conference-debate with Plantu, Chappatte, Alex, Mix & Remix, Hermann, Ben, Debuhme (Vigousse) and Igor Ustinov on presse illustration and the battle against prejudice

From 18h30: Welcome and apéro with music by the «Jouez Cool» orchestra and a buffet prepared by Genecand Traiteur

19h30: Welcome speech and introductions

20h00: Presentation of the Forum Ustinov Prejudice Awareness

21h45: Tombola

For those working in the UN and design, the next UN Designers Lunch has been announced for Monday 5 October – see full details below.

Registration for the group here>>