Thanks to Thierry Weber of Culturepod, we now have a videocast of the presentation of Dr. Surabhi Aggarwal on intercultural communications from our lunch seminar of 30 January 2009.
View the video: Geneva Communicators: The Challenges of inter cultural communication >>
Enjoy the show!
A US webinar on 27 February, titled ‘Media Relations Lessons from the 2009 Peanut Butter Recall‘ will examine real product recall cases and their handling in the media, sharing best practice and lessons learned. With those in Corporate Communications often being asked to produce emergency communication plans, this webinar could offer useful insights to help construct such plans. Find out more at: www.health.newsbios.com.
The University of Geneva is holding 10 evening seminars on communications themes from February to June 2009. The conferences are on a variety of themes ranging from crisis communications to media and democracy in the Middle East. All conferences are in French except the conference of 2 June in English on the theme “Communication in International Organisations” featuring Keith Rockwell, Director of Communications, WTO.
Last night, members of the Geneva Communications Network participated in a virtual event where we met in a virtual “world” and spoke about how they work for communications applications. Ron Edwards of Ambient Performance took us through the virtual environment of Forterra Systems with a demonstration as to how it works. We were all sitting in a virtual conference room and members of the London Communicators Group were watching it all *live* from a conference room in London. Here is a screen shot of the virtual conference room:
Thanks again to Ron Edwards and Matt O’Neill of the London Communicators Group for organising the event and inviting members of the Geneva Communicators Network to participate.
If you are interested to hear a preview of what Dr Aggarwal will speak about at our event on 30 January, listen to Dr Aggarwal and Glenn O’Neil of the Geneva Communicators Network discuss the challenges of inter-cultural communication on World Radio Switzerland:
Written Communication: million dollar cost or strategic asset? That will be the question addressed by Sarah Clark, a consultant and trainer, at the next IABC seminar, following their AGM.
The event will take place at 18:30 on Thursday 29 January at the Hotel Bristol in Geneva. Cost: Members CHF 25, non-members CHF 35.
Please register for the event by sending an email to: marcus@ferrar.ch
We wish you all a Joyous Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year.
We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to many great events together in 2009.
Patricia, Melitta, Glenn, and Vincent
We’ve writtten before about biology courses for communicators and here’s another course that could also be of interest to communicators – interior design courses for non-designers! No doubt this could be of interest to communicators working in image management and related fields.
Jorge Cañete, an interior designer and marketer based in Geneva, is offering two day workshops on interior design for non-designers. The courses take place in Geneva – in English – and will be offered every month between January to June 2009.
Read more in the workshop flyer (pdf) >>
Many thanks to the some 60-70 communicators that joined us to officially launch the Geneva Communicators Network last night. We had many more people than expected!
You can see some photos of the event in our photo feed displayed to the left or on our flickr page>>
We would like to thank Daniel, Candace and Viktoria, MA media & communication students from the International University in Geneva for helping out last night and a big thanks to our partners/sponsors:
The International University in Geneva
Mircrosoft
World Television
Kellen Europe
And thanks to our special guest, Matt O’Neill of the London Area Communicators Group who came over for the launch.
We look forward to seeing you at our next event – a lunchtime meeting on the theme of communicating across cultures scheduled for Friday 30 January 2009.
Zurich Financial Services will host a session titled “Connecting with customers – employee engagement in driving transformational change” presented by Deborah Hudson, Head of Internal Communications, Katherine Tersago, Head of Online Marketing, and Christian Aepli, Head of Advertising Media.
You will learn about Zurich’s recently launched global brand campaign and the integrated communication program to support it.
Venue: Zurich Financial Services Corporate Center Mythenquai 2, Zurich (nearest railway station Bahnhof Enge, nearest tram stop Rentenanstalt)
Time: 16:30 for networking and a 17:00 start for the presentation.
CHF 25 for IABC members, CHF 45 for non-members. Pay at the door.