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We have updated our careers page with some new communications job postings in the Geneva region.
Good luck!
Communicators visit to CERN Particle Accelerator
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
Geneva Roundtable: Future of the Workplace
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
Priorities for research in public relations
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
Conference: What are the implications of Web 2.0 for communicators?
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
Invasion of the web amateurs
During the First Geneva Communicators Breakfast, we spoke about the validity of blogs and other social media and the possibility that they will replace more traditional media.
I mentioned a forthcoming book on this subject, written by a journalist (the most threatened species by social media it seems), which you can read about further in this article, the invasion of the web amateurs.
Glenn
What do communicators think about blogs?
DELIVERING THE BEEF
IABC members from the Europe/Middle East region took part in EuroBlog 2007, the second pan-European survey conducted by Euprera (European Public Relations Education and Research Organisation) to explore the use of blogs in professional communications.
Eighty-five percent of the respondents are convinced that blogs and social software are changing dramatically the way in which we communicate, while eighty-nine percent agree that blogs and wikis are becoming main-stream communication platforms to the same extent as websites.
Doubts, however, still exist about the monetary impact of social media on the bottom line and companies are finding it difficult to recruit people with new media skills. To quote the survey, they have not yet found an answer to the question: “Where is the beef and who can deliver it to me?”
The results were presented at the International EuroBlog Research Symposium in mid March in Ghent, Belgium.
View the full results here (pdf)>>
Thanks to the newsletter of IABC Europe/Middle East for this item.
Glenn
Breakfast meeting – report
Dear readers,
Thank you to those who came to our breakfast on Friday (March 30). Dr. Watson’s presentation was very interesting and the discussion that followed as well. It was great to hear various participants share their experience in different sectors.
Here are some documents from the meeting, which may be of interest to you:
Introduction to communications evaluation (pdf)
Evaluating Networks (pdf)
Evaluating Communication Campaigns (pdf)If you would like to see a copy of Dr. Watson’s speech or the participants list, please send us an email.
For further information about “Evaluation”, check out Glenn’s other blog: Intelligent Measurement
Plus you can view some photos of the event on the side bar of this page or here>>
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Patricia & Glenn
Breakfast meeting closed
Dear Geneva Communicators blog readers,
Thank you for the positive response to our first breakfast meeting. Unfortunately, we have now reached the maximum capacity as the venue only allows for 40 people.
We must, therefore, now close this meeting. For those of you who are left behind, don’t despair as we will organise another meeting soon!!
Stay tuned for further developments.
Glenn & Patricia
Update – First Geneva Communicators Breakfast – 30 March 2007
We have had a great response to the First Geneva Communicators Breakfast with over 30 people registered to come along. If you are interested, please register online soon as we will have to close the registration shortly since we just don’t have a large enough room!
We will adapt for the next meeting ….
Glenn & Patricia