We have just published a report highlighting some of the key points from the discussion at the IUN and GWIT Roundtable on the “Future of Corporate Communications” – plus some photos of the event. 

Patricia & Glenn

After the success of the first two media networking evenings in Geneva, Kevin and Sarah are planning the third evening for Wednesday 22 November, full details as follows:

Hi to all of those in the media industry here in Geneva: television, radio, print & web publishing, marketing, communications, public relations, film, video, etc.

I’ll be hosting the 3rd monthly Media Networking Evening gathering on Wednesday evening, November 22nd from 19:00-22:00. This will be for media industry professionals. All welcome: private/public sector, staffers and freelancers. Discuss the job market or just come and socialize.

Please only respond to my e-mail address below with the words Media Networking in the subject line. I’ll then provide you with the bar/lounge location.

Thanks. Look forward to seeing you there.

Kevin
kevin@inthespace.com

Glenn

Last night some 120 people attended the IUN and GWIT roundtable on the “Future of Corporate Communications”.  If you did attend, please complete the short feedback survey. A more detailed report will be posted on this blog in the next days, meanwhile here are some links following some of the points raised:

– there was a lot of discussion about social media: here is an interesting guide (pdf) that explains all the terms (wiki, blog, podcast, social bookmarking, etc) and the relevance for communications / PR.

– Second life was discussed a lot (the above image is from this virtual world) – “What is this exactly?” was the question of many participants. This press article explains well how it works.

– and finally in my welcome presentation, I touched on the importance of evaluating communication activities – I had some question after asking my advice on evaluating corporate communications – if you are interested, there is plenty of information on my evaluation blog, intelligent measurement.

Glenn

Over 120 people have registered for the IUN and GWIT roundtable “The Future of Corporate Communications”, taking place tommorrow (Tuesday evening).

It’s not too late – you can still register online here – but be quick!

Hope to see some of you there.

Glenn  

For those of you working in the field of communications and new media, there is a fascinating conference coming to Geneva in 2007- LIFT:

LIFT is a gathering of talented observers, explorers, and builders who discuss the current challenges and creative solutions presented by emerging technologies. LIFT is three days to face cutting edge business models, bold predictions, radical thinking, and get new ideas to inject into your own part of the planet.

The  conference was held for the first time this year and it was well worth attending (consult some of the 2006 presentations).

And it’s not costly: 295 CHF for 3 day programme, you can register online.

Glenn

Full disclosure: Geneva Communicators blog admits to being involved with the LIFT conference: Patricia is working on the editorial side and Glenn is working on the conference evaluation, which he did for LIFT 06 – and if you are really interested, read the LIFT 06 evaluation report online.

Here is a presentation on blogging and humanitarian action (pdf 2 MB) that I presented to Communicators from European Red Cross Societies. 

Some additional resources on this subject:

Guide to social media & communications (pdf)

Some sites/blogs I mentioned on communications:

blog search engines:
http://www.technorati.com
http://www.icerocket.com

Technorati top 100 blogs:
http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/

CNET top 100 blogs:
http://news.com.com/2310-10784_3-0.html

PR & Communication blogs:
http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2006/10/22/pr-blogs-june-october-2006/

 Shel Holtz (PR & technology):
http://blog.holtz.com/

Richard Edeleman’s blog:
http://www.edelman.com/speak_up/blog/

Loic le Meur (source of some quotes/ideas of my presentation):
http://www.loiclemeur.com/ 

And the cartoons in my presentation are from gapingvoid who even inspired my own above sketch.

Glenn