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Next lunchtime seminar – Mastering your Internet Strategy, Thursday 23 April 2015

Dear communicators,  
We are pleased to announce our next event for 2015:
Lunchtime seminar –  Mastering your Internet Strategy
Today, the Internet is becoming an increasingly central element to every organisation’s communication strategy. Greg Rice and Paolo Valdemarin will help you discover how to optimise your organisation’s Internet strategy and learn about best practices for working with third party developers.
Date: Thursday 23 April 2015
Time: 12h30 to 14h00
Location: The Swiss Press Club, Route de Ferney 106, La Pastorale, 1202 Geneva.
Fee: CHF 20.- per person includes drinks and snacks – payable at the door.

Whether it’s a web site or a web service, a web app or a smartphone app, an intranet or a private social network, you have probably already started incorporating Internet technology into the core of your organisation. Regardless of your activity, sector, size or location, if you haven’t yet, it should clearly be on your agenda. During our session we will explore a number of techniques that help with understanding, sharing and managing small and large Internet software projects, making sure that no resources are wasted and that intellectual properties are carefully developed and protected. Given that most organisations can not afford an in-house IT department, understanding how to create solid and productive relationships with specialised external service providers is becoming a fundamentally important skill.
Places are limited due to the venue size, so please register early for the event.

About the speakers:

Greg Rice has been in the IT industry for 30 years and is the founder of Activate Media, one of the first Internet consultancies in London. Over the years he has been involved in several start-ups, two of which evolved into public companies. He brings a wealth of knowledge to any Internet based endeavour.
Paolo Valdemarin has been helping companies to establish their technology strategy for more than 25 years. He has launched countless internet projects in Europe and the US and is co-founder of “State of the Net“, one of the main Internet conferences in Italy.
By | April 1st, 2015|GCN lunch events|Comments Off on Next lunchtime seminar – Mastering your Internet Strategy, Thursday 23 April 2015

Two new communication jobs in Geneva

Two new jobs are now available on our careers page:

—Public relations officer (60%) – Better Cotton Initiative – Geneva or London

—Writer/editor – UNICEF Home based with limited travel to Geneva

Good luck!

 

By | March 25th, 2015|Careers|Comments Off on Two new communication jobs in Geneva

Salon eCom Geneva 21 & 22 April 2015

 

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The annual Salon eCom will be held at Palexpo in Geneva on 21 & 22 April.

eCom  is the largest professional gathering dedicated to web, eCommerce , mobile and digital marketing in Suisse Romande. The 4th edition was held on April 29 , 2014. 2,600 trade visitors were able to come to the meeting with 160 companies (75% in Switzerland , 25% foreign), attending 60 thematic conferences.

IT’s a meeting for leaders, digital managers, web and mobile managers , eCommerce , eBusiness , marketing and communication , IT managers and more.

For more information and to view the programme>>

By | March 17th, 2015|Other events|Comments Off on Salon eCom Geneva 21 & 22 April 2015

Opportunity – Communications consultant – 6 months

FIND Geneva are looking for a communications consultant – 6 months post:

Communications Consultant – FIND Geneva

Good luck!

By | March 4th, 2015|Careers|Comments Off on Opportunity – Communications consultant – 6 months

Workshop day – some places still available

Our workshop on Engaging with your audiences has sold out – but there are still places in the following workshops:

Workshop 2:  Advanced social media

More information >>
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Workshop 3: Writing for the web
More information >>
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By | March 2nd, 2015|GCN workshops|Comments Off on Workshop day – some places still available

New communication jobs online

New job openings are online:

Press Officer – CHARLESCANNON, Geneva
Communication Manager – Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

Good luck!

By | February 16th, 2015|Careers|Comments Off on New communication jobs online

2015 Workshops on Raising Multilingual Children by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa in Geneva & Lausanne

Know-it-all passport® presents workshops in March for:

Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children

by world-renowned specialist in education and neuroscience, Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D. www.traceytokuhama.com

Tracey is half Japanese-American, half Irish-Native American and is married to an Ecuadorian. Her 3 children aged 22, 19 and 17 speak fluent English, Spanish and German and some French.

Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, author of “Raising Multilingual Children” and 5 other books on the brain and learning, is visiting Switzerland to present her dynamic workshops.

PROGRAM FOR LAUSANNE
Sunday, 22 March, 2015
13h Registration and welcome drink
13h30-15h Ten key factors which influence every student’s success with new languages
15h-15h30 Break with drinks and snacks
15h30-16h45 How children learn languages and Q&A
17h end

PROGRAM FOR GENEVA
Tuesday, 24 March, 2015
18h Registration and welcome drink
18h30-20h Ten key factors which influence every student’s success with new languages
20h-20h30 Break with drinks and snacks
20h30-21h45 How children learn languages and Q&A
22h end

PRIVATE MEETINGS
Wednesday, 25 March, 2015
If you would like to have a private meeting with Tracey, you can discuss your individual situation with her. She will be in a private office at the Geneva Train Station (Cornavin) from 9h-16h30. Appointments are booked in 1/2 hour increments. If you would like one hour, then book 2 adjoining openings. First come, first served.

PRICE FOR WORKSHOPS:
Includes drinks and snacks during the break.

EARLY BIRD SIGN-UP online before midnight on 9 March, 2015:
Fr. 70.-/individual, Fr. 120.-/couple (2 parents of the same family)
ADVANCE BOOKING online from midnight on 9 March, 2015 until midnight on the day before each event:
Fr. 80.-/individual, Fr. 140.-/couple (2 parents of the same family)
AT THE DOOR (CASH ONLY):
Fr. 100.-/individual, Fr. 170.-/couple (2 parents of the same family). Please note that if you wait to pay at the door, there is a risk that you will be turned away if the event is full.
PRICE FOR PRIVATE MEETINGS:
Appointments are booked in 1/2 hour increments at Fr. 150.-. If you would like one hour, then book 2 adjoining openings. There will be room in the office for both parents to have a one-on-one meeting with Tracey. Please send in your family language situation and questions or comments prior to the meeting so your time will be used to its fullest.

Further information and registration>>

By | February 11th, 2015|Other events|Comments Off on 2015 Workshops on Raising Multilingual Children by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa in Geneva & Lausanne

Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop – Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March, Lausanne

A new interesting workshop coming up from Sarah Clark of Clear Thinking – Clear Communication. 

Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March, Lausanne – Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop

An introduction to the techniques of using hand-drawn visuals in a range of professional contexts, including group facilitation, coaching and training. You will learn the basics of visual language and how to use a mix of simple drawings, colour, words and metaphors to develop and share ideas, record presentations and meetings, and engage and energize groups.

Thinking that you can draw is absolutely not a prerequisite— if the techniques interest you and you’re prepared to experiment, please join us. We will spend a large proportion of the day practising and sharing within the group. Engage both your right and your left brain and have fun!

Further details (pdf)>>

The deadline for registration is 14 February.

By | February 6th, 2015|Other events|Comments Off on Visual language and graphic facilitation workshop – Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 March, Lausanne

Book Launch – Holding Out for a Hero

One of our GCN Members, Lesley Lawson Botez,  has just published her first book- Holding Out for a Hero – Five steps to marriage over 40!.

A book signing is scheduled for the 14 February 2015  from 15h30 onwards at the Payot bookstore, Chantepoulet, Geneva.

hero The book can be purchased at Payot and online at Amazon>>

 

 

By | February 4th, 2015|Other events|Comments Off on Book Launch – Holding Out for a Hero

The Lift conference – coming up next week 4-6 February

The annual Lift Conference is coming up next week. Don’t miss out on the special 10th anniversary event. Lift15 will be offering an exclusive program, full of super-rich, rather intimate sessions in an interactive break-out format. Participants from over thirty countries will enjoy taking a break from the all-day plenary preaching format and explore the future of innovation, out of the conference room. Recognised amongst the top 5 innovation and entrepreneurship events in Europe, Lift15 will take place in Geneva on Feb 4-6 2015. Join an international and diverse community for 3 days of talks, masterclasses, workshops, creative events and social gatherings.

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Latest Confirmed Speakers

Alexandre Rose profile picAlexander Rose, executive director of the Long Now foundation, designer of the 10’000-year clock, will help us see the future (and past) in a new perspective. After his talk, Alexander will be joined on stage by Jobst Wagner, owner of a vast European family business, for a debate on “Switzerland in the Long Term”.

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Sophia Lin Small

Sophia Lin, founder of Shanghai-based Make+ art and technology program, advocating for crossover collaborations between artists, designers, engineers and scientists. At Lift15 Sophia will run the masterclass on makers in China, supported by swissnex Shanghai.

 

 

Xavier Damman Small

Xavier Damman, co-founder of Storify.com, the largest social media curation platform used by top publishers, brands and organizations around the world and acquired by Livefyre in 2013

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Joining speakers like Frederic Jacobs, co-founder Open Whisper Systems who just made the news by partnering up with Whatsapp for encrypting all their messages by default and Adrian Hon, author of “A History of the Future in 100 Objects”

By | January 30th, 2015|Other events|Comments Off on The Lift conference – coming up next week 4-6 February