Following a number of positive reactions to a breakfast series, the Geneva Communicators blog is pleased to invite you to a  first  “Geneva Communicators Breakfast” featuring guest speaker Dr Tom Watson from the School of Media, Bournemouth University,UK.

Theme:  Challenges in planning and evaluating public relations and communications programmes

Date: Friday 30 March 2007

Time: The event will kick off at 08h20 and conclude at around 09h15.

Venue: International University in Geneva, ICC building (ground floor), Rte de Pré-Bois – 1215 Geneva  (underground parking is available – follow signs to ICC parking).

Coffee and croissants will be provided by the International University in Geneva.

Entry is free-of-charge but please register as places are limited:
Register online here>>

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We look forward to seeing you at this event!

Patricia & Glenn

Brief profile of Dr Tom Watson:

Dr. Tom Watson is Reader in Communications at the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK. He was, until recently, Head of the School of Communication at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He has researched and written extensively on evaluation of public relations programmes and is co-author of Evaluating Public Relations – A Best Practice Guide to Public Relations Planning, Research and Evaluation, published in 2005 by Kogan Page, which has been translated into Japanese, Korean and Russian.  Before entering the academic world, Dr Watson had a 25-year career in corporate and consultancy public relations. From 2000 to 2002, he was chairman of the UK’s Public Relations Consultants Association.  Dr Watson also developed and introduced the Consultancy Management Standard which is a benchmarking and accreditation standard used by PR industry bodies in the UK and several European countries.