Workshop: your powerful voice – 28 February 2012

genevacom — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:41:17 +0000

A new workshop offered by a GCN member and featuring a past GCN guest speaker Maria Wilhelmsson. Further information:

Your Powerful Voice – Discovery Workshop
Tuesday 28th February, 2012, 18:30-21:00

Have you ever wanted to change anything in the way you sound? Or are you simply curious to learn more about your voice and how to use it to its full capacity?

This Discovery Workshop has been designed for individuals who want to get an idea of how to work their voice to make themselves heard, understood and believed.

In this energizing workshop you will:

- Understand how your voice works and what it is capable of.
- Identify unhelpful speaking habits – and learn what to do instead.
- Learn to align your body for air, energy and sound to flow freely.
- Reconnect with natural, profound breathing for a more dynamic voice.
- Practice techniques for clear and assertive speech.

With a focus on the physiological and acoustic aspects of the voice, you will be guided through exercises aiming at finding the posture, breathing technique and resonance that will help you project a loud and vibrant voice.

You will also learn how to speak with more clarity and assertiveness through diction and intonation.

CHF 150, incl. refreshments and workbook
Tuesday 28th February, 2012, 18:30-21:00
Contact: maria.wilhelmsson@voximpact.com
Place: Dare to Glow Center
21bis, rue de la Navigation
Genève
Group size: 12 people.

For more information about our workshops on Image and Presence please visit the website>>

What do people do all day?

genevacom — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:39:46 +0000

After asking members of the Internal Communications Community how they would explain what they do to a nine year-old, UK based Employee Engagement agency, Involve, produced a short film featuring a nine year-old girl explaining what her father does all day and the difference that a ‘lady with shiny shoes’ (a new internal communications manager), has made to his company.

It’s a fun yet clear look at what communications professionals do all day.

You can view the animation on You Tube: ‘What do people do all day?’ >

Melitta

Social Intranets can support employee engagement

genevacom — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:38:55 +0000

That’s the focus of a new whitepaper from ThoughtFarmer, a Canadian based intranet development company.

More and more research is proving that happy employees are more productive and can drive positive business outcomes through their attitudes and desire to go ‘above and beyond’ to ensure business success.

In this document, ThoughFarmer not only explain how a social intranet can help improve engagement, but also give a lots of facts and figures to demonstrate the importance of engaged employees - giving some good ammunition to those wanting to convince a reluctant CEO or CFO that there are real tangible productivity gains that can be made by having a social intranet. The white paper also includes a number of intranet examples.

You can download your copy of the whitepaper from the ThoughtFarmer website.

Melitta

Workshop – How to use video in your organisation

genevacom — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:48:54 +0000

‘Online video combined with smart strategy reaches people’s emotions, builds your brand and increases your credibility.’

That’s the strap line of a free workshop taking place at @FER in Geneva on 22 February from 09:30-12:00.

The event aims to show how video can be used to grow your business as two companies, So Money and 23 Video, share their international experience of using online video to support organisations in transforming their communications. There will also be a case study from Genève Servette Hockey Club which has used online video in the Swiss market.

For more details of the event or to register, click here >

What it takes to succeed in Internal Communications

genevacom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:17:02 +0000

The third annual ‘Professional Development in Internal Communications’ study by the VMA Group, highlights the core skills and qualities that managers look for when recruiting IC professionals today.

According to the report, the top five skills are:

Influencing
Coaching Senior Leaders
Strategy Setting
Writing – Specific Corporate Messages
Writing – Online/Publications

Interestingly, the first three points highlight the continuing evolution of internal communications from a function that churns out news, to one that has a real impact on the success of a company. While the last two points highlight that traditional communication skills still have an important place in the function.

By contrast, the top five skills as perceived by the IC community are:

Coaching Senior Leaders
Social Media Development
Influencing
Public Affairs
External Communications

While survey respondents felt that they are an integral part of the senior leadership team, disappointingly the results showed that advocacy for internal communications amonsgst senior leaders remained unchanged from 2010.

On a more encouraging note, the results did testify to the resilience of the discipline despite the economic climate, with 74% of internal communications functions remaining the same or increased in size over the last year.

You can download a copy of the full report via the VMA website >

Melitta