Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop – Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March, Lausanne

A new interesting workshop coming up from Sarah Clark of Clear Thinking – Clear Communication. 

Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March, Lausanne – Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop

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!

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The deadline for registration is 14 February.

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Book Launch – Holding Out for a Hero

One of our GCN Members, Lesley Lawson Botez,  has just published her first book- Holding Out for a Hero – Five steps to marriage over 40!.

A book signing is scheduled for the 14 February 2015  from 15h30 onwards at the Payot bookstore, Chantepoulet, Geneva.

hero The book can be purchased at Payot and online at Amazon>>

 

 

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The Lift conference – coming up next week 4-6 February

The annual Lift Conference is coming up next week. Don’t miss out on the special 10th anniversary event. Lift15 will be offering an exclusive program, full of super-rich, rather intimate sessions in an interactive break-out format. Participants from over thirty countries will enjoy taking a break from the all-day plenary preaching format and explore the future of innovation, out of the conference room. Recognised amongst the top 5 innovation and entrepreneurship events in Europe, Lift15 will take place in Geneva on Feb 4-6 2015. Join an international and diverse community for 3 days of talks, masterclasses, workshops, creative events and social gatherings.

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Latest Confirmed Speakers

Alexandre Rose profile picAlexander Rose, executive director of the Long Now foundation, designer of the 10’000-year clock, will help us see the future (and past) in a new perspective. After his talk, Alexander will be joined on stage by Jobst Wagner, owner of a vast European family business, for a debate on “Switzerland in the Long Term”.

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Sophia Lin Small

Sophia Lin, founder of Shanghai-based Make+ art and technology program, advocating for crossover collaborations between artists, designers, engineers and scientists. At Lift15 Sophia will run the masterclass on makers in China, supported by swissnex Shanghai.

 

 

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Xavier Damman, co-founder of Storify.com, the largest social media curation platform used by top publishers, brands and organizations around the world and acquired by Livefyre in 2013

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Joining speakers like Frederic Jacobs, co-founder Open Whisper Systems who just made the news by partnering up with Whatsapp for encrypting all their messages by default and Adrian Hon, author of “A History of the Future in 100 Objects”

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Happy Holidays !!

At the close of another year we gratefully pause to wish you a warm and happy Holiday Season Wishing and a good start to the new year. 

See you at our next GCN lunch seminar on 23 January 2015. Details to follow soon.

Melitta, Glenn, Patricia

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Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop, 4 November 2014, Lausanne

An interesting workshop offered by Sarah Clark of Clear Thinking – Clear Communication:

Visual language and graphic facilitation Workshop 

What?
A one-day 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 time practising and sharing within the group.
Engage both your right and your left brain and have fun!

Host and facilitator: Sarah Clark, www.clearthinking-clearcommunication.ch

When and where?
Date: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Timing: 9.00 to 17.30
Venue: Maison de la Communication, Lausanne

Costs?
CHF 425, including all materials and workbook.

Places are limited (maximum 7) so book your place today. Contact Sarah Clark: sarah@clearthinking-clearcommunication.ch
or 079 342 7826

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Storytelling workshop in Geneva – Monday 29 September 2014

An interesting workshop coming up in Geneva:

“If you are an entrepreneur and you want to learn how to better communicate your project or your passion,
If you are in transition and would like to clarify your objective,
Or if you just want to improve your stage skills for your upcoming presentation, sign up for the next Storytelling workshop organized by The A Factor!

After coaching more than 70 international TEDx speakers, Aurélie Salvaire brings her special touch to your public speaking abilities, helping you find your own message. 
This workshop has already successfully taken place in Paris, London, New York, Barcelona and Madrid. It can take place both in French and English.
Date: September 29, 2014 from 9am till 6pm
Location: Impact HUB, Rue Fendt 1, Geneve
Price: CHF 95.00
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Employer Branding for a Storytelling Organization: Concept, implementation and lessons learned Event – 16 October 2014

The EMScom Alumni Association and Burson-Marsteller Switzerland invite you to join the event “Employer Branding for a Storytelling Organization: Concept, implementation and lessons learned”, an introduction to the EMScom Capstone consulting project, winner of the Burson-Marsteller Award 2012. Each year Burson-Marsteller Switzerland presents the Burson-Marsteller Award for Consulting Excellence during the EMScom Graduation Ceremony.

The award aims to honor the group with the EMScom Capstone consulting project of the highest academic standing. Recipients of the Burson-Marsteller Award exemplify the excellence for which the EMScom strives and the industry standards so highly valued by the agency.

The Capstone consulting project was carried out for Bonnier AB, an international media group headquartered in Stockholm, that at this time was facing the change into a digital world. A new kind of talent was required for this shift: the EMScom team was asked to raise Bonnier’s attractiveness for such digital talents. The team combined a classic employer branding approach with the storytelling methodology. The execution of the strategy made Bonnier one of the biggest climbers in the category “Young IT Talents” of Universum’s 2013 employer ranking.
The presentation will not only give an insight into the approach chosen and the solution presented to Bonnier, but also cover the implementation of the concept and lessons learned.

Date: October 16, 2014 at 18:00 hrs.
Location: Le Richemond Hotel, Geneva
Registration at: emscomalumnievent.axaco.se
Cost: CHF 30.-

Followed by networking apéro.
More information: www.emscom.usi.ch or at emscomalumni@usi.ch

Register online here >>

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World Public Relations Forum in Madrid – September 21 – 23, 2014

wprfIn case any Geneva communicators are interested, the World Public Relations Forum is taking place in Madrid on September 21-23, just after our upcoming Lunch event.

The World Public Relations Forum is the most important event about corporate communications and PR, where the best experts of the industry meet to discuss the present of the profession and redefine its future.

The conference offers professional development for all communicators, not only in terms learning from the most famous speakers around the world, but also because attendees have the chance to create themselves a global list of contacts in the field of communication and business.

For more information and to register, visit the WPRF website>>

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Multicultural day in la Pastorale Geneva – 6 September 2014

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The Geneva Welcome Center (CAGI) is organising a multicultural day at la Pastorale in Geneva on 6 September 2014.

Between 3pm and midnight, visitors can discover activities prepared by about sixty local and international associations. The objective of this event is to connect NGOs and the Geneva public.

The event will feature interactive activities, photo exhibitions, short cultural documentary films, and world music including a DJ who will liven up the evening with reggaeton rhythms.

Participants will be able to learn how an old mobile phone can be recycled, what it is like to be a plaintiff at the European Court of Human Rights, or to tape and bandage up a wound. They will also be able to taste a margarita, the popular cocktail made with Tequila, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of its designation of origin label.

For further information and a detailed program, visit the CAGI website>>

 

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European Excellence Awards in PR and communications

The European Excellence Awards 2014, leading Awards in PR and communications across Europe will be held in Paris on December 4, 2014. Submit your entries by October 1, 2014.

The European Excellence Awards honour outstanding performance in a wide range of categories. With in-depth categories which cover everything from internal communications to public relations, as well as a wide range of industries from all across Europe, the Awards explore the full range of the profession, and provide a comprehensive look at the most exceptional examples of communication in Europe. With such a scope, the Excellence Awards ensure that achievements in all fields is acknowledged. For further information on categories go to the EEA website>>.

To apply directly>>

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