The Swiss Public Relations Institute is offering its first course in English and in Geneva.
The two day course “An Insight into Public Relations” (19-20 November) is intended for newcomers to the field and individuals requiring a basic knowledge of PR.
Further information is available here>>
Glenn
The International Association of Business Communicators in Switzerland have a new blog about their events and other activities. Welcome online!
Glenn
Dear fellow Communicators,
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are postponing the excursion to CERN planned for this Thursday 7 June . James Gillies of CERN has informed us that the project is lowering a large piece precisely on the afternoon of 7 June, so access will be blocked for any viewing that day.
The visit will be re-scheduled to Thursday 19 July, 14h00 to 17h00.
If you are able to attend on 19 July, please register online here
Looking forward to seeing you,
Patricia & Glenn
The International Association of Business Communicators is organising a NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENING
Monday 25 June, 18.30 to 21.00 , Hotel Bristol, 10, rue du Mont-Blanc, 1201 Geneva.
Topic: Mergers & Acquisitions are hot news. Every day there is another. How does a business communicator working for one of the companies involved tackle the challenge of communicating the deal? And how do you handle it if your own job gets “merged” out? How robust is the corporate market for communicators, and what are the pros and cons of going independent?
Speaker: Djan Yagtug, former Head of Corporate Communications for Serono, now Merck-Serono. Djan is today Managing Partner of Red Bench, specializing in people development, communications and issues management.
Drinks and networking 18.30: Presentation 19.15. Fee payable at door: CHF 25 for IABC members, CHF 35 for non-members.
For more information: email marcus@ferrar.ch. It would be helpful if you RSVP, but if you’re too busy, just show up.
See you there,
Patricia
Thanks to all for your interest in our CERN visit. We have over 30 participants and must close the registration. For those who cannot make it, we hope to see you at a future event. Patricia
We have updated our careers page with some new communications job postings in the Geneva region.
Good luck!
Geneva is home to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics centre. At the moment CERN is building the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator which will probe deeper into matter than ever before.
The Geneva Communicators Blog is pleased to invite you to one of the last visits to this spectacular sight before it is activated. James Gillies, Head of Communications, has kindly offered to host a tour and provide us some insight about communication at CERN.
Date: Thursday 7 June 2007 at 14h.
Place: Cern, Meyrin, Geneva
Register online here >>
Hope to see you some of you there!
Patricia & Glenn
Here is an interesting event being held next week:
As part of the Future Series, the International University in Geneva , and Geneva Women in International Trade has the pleasure to invite you to a roundtable: “The Future of the Workplace”.
When: Thursday 10 May 2007, 6 p.m.
Where: Ramada Park Hotel, Avenue Louis-Casai 75-77, Geneve-Cointrin 1216
“People are spending more of their time working, whether in their office, at home or on the road. How will technology, work practices and policies shape the work environment of tomorrow? How can organisations provide the ever-so-important work/life balance? How can individuals cope with the new demands of the mobile workforce?”Panel members:
– Clark Elliott, Workplace Consultant, CB Richard Ellis
– Bob Jones, Vice President, Global Government Solutions Group, Cisco Systems International
– Heidi Munro, Regional Human Resources Manager, EMEA, Safety & Protection, Du Pont de Nemours InternationalEntry fee: 25 CHF (15 CHF for GWIT members and IUN Alumni)Agenda: 6.00 p.m.
Welcome 6.30 p.m.
Presentations followed by discussions
7.30 p.m. Cocktail and networking
Glenn
Tom Watson is undertaking a study into the priorities for research in public relations and would like input from communicators via his blog.
If you go there, you’ll find a posting title, “What are the priorities for future public relations research” It asks you to nominate up to 10 topics from a list of 24 (and to add others if you consider there are gaps). The aims of this study, which includes academics, practitioners and the leaders of PR professional and industry bodies around the world, are to:
1. Identify the gaps between academic research and the industry’s needs
2. Identify current and new trends in research from theorist and practitioner perspectives.
3. Map out the best way for knowledge to be exchanged.
4. Define the research areas for which funding can be sought.
This is the first step of a project to consider ideas on how best to promote knowledge exchange between academics and practitioners. Please do participate!
Glenn
The IABC are organising a professional development evening in Geneva on Tuesday 15 May, Hotel Bristol on the theme “What are the implications of Web 2.0 for communicators?” with Alexander Osterwalder, PhD of Arvetica, the Geneva-based business consultancy.
Further information is found in the invitation (pdf).
Looks interesting, hope to see you there.
Glenn