CSR Geneva and Geneva Communicators Network invites you to join us for:

TALKS & DRINKS on:

Human Rights Reporting: Is it your Business?

When: On Monday, 19 April, 2010, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Where: First floor of the Restaurant La Broche – Salle la Combourgeoise, 36 rue du Stand, 1204 Genève, Tel. 022 321 22 60 –www.restaurantlabroche.ch (how to get there: Tram: 1 and 15 – “Stand”and several buses see www.tpg.ch . If car need to be, free private parking next to the restaurant).

Entrance fee: CHF 15.—including networking cocktail.

About the event:
How do companies report on business and human rights? What are the trends? How can companies improve their understanding and why should they publicly disclose policies and practices relating to human rights? What are the implications for what and how companies communicate with their stakeholders?

You will have the chance to hear the findings of a recent report analyzing 57 sustainability reports from companies representing a range of industry sectors. A representative from ABB and Nestlé will comment and highlight selected examples of corporate human rights reporting.

The author of the report:

• Dr. Liz Umlas, an independent researcher specializing in human rights.

Confirmed Guest Speaker representing the private sector:

• Ron  Popper, Head of Corporate Responsibility at ABB.
• Christian Frutiger,  Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé S.A.

The talk will be moderated by Dr. Guido Palazzo, Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Lausanne.
Please registration online here >>

The Geneva Facilitator Network is pleased to offer a one-day workshop on Graphic Facilitation – how to draw graphics that make ideas memorable

Friday 19 March 2010
09.00-17.00
with
Graham Shaw

-Represent key points & capture the essence of an idea with an image
-Create a visual record of ideas, concepts and models
-Enhance the brain’s potential to make meaning & create connections
– Discover drawing skills you never knew you had!

In this lively session you will learn that you can in fact draw great graphics, including cartoons and powerful symbols. Graham will guide you through his easy-to-learn system for creating fabulous cartoon images for your workshops.
This is a fast-paced and highly practical workshop with plenty of opportunity to actually use the skills as you learn. All you need to be successful is an open mind, be prepared to have a go – and to have a fun day!

Registration: events@gfn-net.ch / 079 547 5131

Fees: CHF 300 including lunch & refreshments
Venue: Residence Colladon, chemin Colladon
4-6 Petit Saconnex, 1209 Geneva (Bus No.3 Arret Colladon)
Please note this workshop will only take place with a participation rate of 10 firm registrations – we encourage you to register early!

For more information: Contact events@gfn-net.ch

A workshop on New Media for civil society will take place in Geneva, on March 8, 2010, at 5 pm.

The workshop takes place in the framework of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy.  The full details of the event are:

http://www.genevasummit.org/static/showNew/page/program_2010_en

17:00   Human Rights Advocacy: Skills-Building Workshops: New Media for Human Rights: Activism in the Internet Age, Yves Bennaim, New Media Expert Trainer

The workshop is free, register at: http://www.genevasummit.org.

An interesting event from Web Analytics Wednesday for those working in the online communications field – this event focuses on the analysis of web-based communications:

Join us on the 27th of January 2010 for the first Web Analytics Wednesday of the year sponsored by HIPPARCOS and FinScore.

On the agenda (to be confirmed):
* Opening words
* Business case by Swisscom: Web Personalization
* FinWEB: Online and offline become 1
* Discussion and networking

We will be happy to welcome you at this event.

Location: Forum Crédit Suisse – Rue de Lausanne 17 – 1201 Geneva
Only 1 minute far from the train station
Time: 17h00

Register here >>

An interesting event on human rights reporting presented by CSR Geneva:

Corporate Human Rights Reporting: An Analysis of current trends

Dr. Liz Umlas and Salil Tripathi will discuss some recent trends in human rights reporting, highlighting selected examples of innovative reporting on the subject, as well as key areas where further work is still needed.

Guest speakers: Dr. Liz Umlas, author of a recent report on corporate human rights reporting and independent researcher specializing in human rights and Salil Tripathi, Policy Director of Institute for Human Rights and Business in London, internationally recognized specialist in the field.

The talk will be moderated by Tony Burgener, Director, Senior consultant at Burson-Marsteller in Geneva.

When: On Wednesday, 13 January, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Where: First floor of the Restaurant La Broche – Salle la Combourgeoise, 36 rue du Stand, 1204 Genève, Tel. 022 321 22 60 –www.restaurantlabroche.ch

How to get there: Tram: 1 and 15 – “Stand”and several buses. If car needed, free private parking next to restaurant.

Entrance fee: CHF 15.—including networking cocktail

Registration compulsory (limited space): info@convergence-durable.org
Please mention if you would like to stay for dinner – delicious roasted meat on the spit or vegetarian option available.

An interesting event for all parents with teenage daughters:

Expanding Your Horizons is an international program for girls (age 11-15) who come from public and private schools. At the Geneva EYH conference, girls will participate in an exciting and fun-filled day of hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities led by professional women scientists and engineers. Girls will perform actual science experiments in small groups (in French and English) and talk with women scientists and engineers. Discover how an iPod is built, launch a comet, look at brain MRIs, find the link between cooking and chemistry and more!

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
International School – 62 Route de Chene, 1208, Geneva, Switzerland

Entrance:  15 CHF.  Pre-registration is a requirement.
Register at: www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/Geneva

Exploring what types of exciting careers exist in math and science. Meet real “Googlers”–women engineers who work at Google, talk with a doctor from the World Health Organization, ask women physicists from CERN what they studied in school…and discover their passions.

Over 20 organizations will be represented. Dynamic women scientists from a variety of fields (like medicine, biotechnology, engineering, technology, environmental science, public health) will be there to talk with participants. An opportunity to meet other girls from around Switzerland and France with similar interests. And, at the end of the day a chance to win fabulous prizes–like a notebook computer and a private tour of CERN.

Parents welcome –  There’s a day-long program of interesting workshops for them as well.

To find out more and to register your daughter and yourself :  http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/Geneva/

For those interested in usability and related-online communication issues, then keep in mind World Usability Day,  12 November 2009 and the special event being held in Geneva, more information as follows:

World Usability Day was founded by the Usability Professionals’ Association to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.
 
Join us on Thursday 12 November at Hotel Bristol, Geneva, to participate in World Usability Day 2009.

This year, the event will have two parts:
1.     Usability training courses in the afternoon
2.     Presentations by invited speakers and our traditional networking apéro.

1. Training
§  How to integrate User-Centered Design into your projects by Mary Mooney, MBA
§  How to set up and run your usability tests by Florian Egger, PhD

2. Guest Speakers & Apéro
§  Achieving Usability with Interaction Design Patterns by Ahmed Seffah, PhD
§  Usability at Orange by Marjana Rapaic
§  Apéro sponsored by Telono

Guest Speaker Presentations & Apéro: FREE
More Information & Registration>>: