Visual identity – call fo proposals – the Sphere Project
The Sphere Project (SphereProject.org) is looking for graphic designers to respond to their call for proposal:
http://goo.gl/KxVGo
deadline: 30 September 2011
Workshop: Getting the Best from your Creative Team
Getting the Best from your Creative Team
6:00pm – 8:00pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011
International Media Management:
Getting the Best from your Creative Team
Media production in a culturally diverse creative team can become problematic, yet rewarding. When these teams are charged with producing content that works across cultures the process becomes even more complex.
What cultural considerations are specific to international media production? How can a manager use a team’s diversity to produce effective socially responsible media content that works across cultures?
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
18:00-18:30 Registration & refreshments
18:30-20:00 Workshop
20:00 Apéro
Webster University, Commons Room
Route de Collex 15, 1293 Bellevue
A photo project with Synthon is used as the basis for examining production challenges, generating discussion, and developing solid tactics for managing the client-producer relationship from both sides.
Panel members
Ron Banks, Marketing
David Veenhuys, Public relations
Paul Sutin, Media manager
Kristian Skeie, Photojournalist
Keith Strandberg, Videographer
Daniel Deboy, Audi engineer
Tim Young, Media Technician
Register now for limited seating:
wichert @ webster.ch
+41 (0)22 959 8016
Workshop: Creating effective teams — an introduction to Belbin Team Roles
An interesting workshop coming up in Geneva:
Creating effective teams — an introduction to Belbin Team Roles
Saturday 24 September 2011, Geneva, 9.00–17.00
Do you feel that you’re not fully using your natural talents at work? Do you ever get frustrated as part of a “team” that doesn’t really function well as a team? Is team spirit sometimes jeopardized by difficult relationships with colleagues?
If yes…then join us for this fun, interactive workshop to learn how the Belbin Team Roles approach can help you to develop your self-management skills, understand the unique contribution you can make within a team and build productive working relationships.
The workshop will be run by Liz Tayfun and Sarah Clark, both Belbin Team Role accredited facilitators.
Special Presentation by Renowned Photographer David Burnett – 19 September 2011
“Changing Times in History and Politics through the Lens of a Photojournalist” – A Conversation with David Burnett
Château de Penthes, Monday 19th September 2011, 6.30pm – 9.00pm
(The event includes a 3course dinner at the Restaurant of the Château de Penthes. The price is 60 CHF per person),
The Institute for Media and Global Governance and Photographers for Hope in cooperation with the Musée des Suisses dans le Monde would be honoured to invite you to a Dinner Conversation with photojournalist David Burnett.
The event will showcase some of his most iconic photographs, as told by a photojournalist who has been a witness to some of the most important events of our time. Burnett will share the stories behind the photographs and discuss how photojournalism is evolving within the digital age.
David Burnett is a photojournalist with more than four decades of work covering the news, the people and visual tempo of our age. His iconic pictures range from the Vietnam War to the Iranian Revolution and to every US presidential campaign since Kennedy. In a recent issue of American Photo Magazine, Burnett was named as one of the “100 Most Important People in Photography”. In a world gone mad over digital photography, his kit includes a 60 year old Speed Graphic press camera, and a plastic $30 HOLGA. Each has a place alongside its digital counterpart, each camera a tool to find the right look for the right moment.
RSVP by Wednesday 15th September to: Serena Carta: sere.fr@gmail.com
Conference: Equip your key people to become Inspirational Business Communicators, 15 September 2011
An interesting conference coming up in Geneva:
Pulford Media offers a “taster” session of its new one-day Masterclass:
Who speaks for your company?
Well of course ALL your staff do – whether in a formal communication role such as media interviews or face-to-face presentations, or informally through personal social media links, blogs, tweets etc, but:
– how well do they communicate the right messages both within and outside your company?
– they make a lot of decisions – how well do they communicate them?
– how well do they cope with the tough questions that can arise?
Thursday 15th September 2011 – 19.00-20.30
Central Geneva
Cost: CHF 25
Take-aways to put into practice immediately:
Speaker – Michael Dodd: journalist, media and presentation trainer, and an associate of Pulford Media, working regularly for both international organisations and government departments teaching media response skills. A lecturer in broadcast journalism for many years with the University of Westminster, he continues his association with the university through delivering media master classes.
To register for this session: liz@pulfordmedia.co.uk/ +41 79 547 5131
Partner event: Networking with purpose and pleasure, 27 September 2011
An event from our partners OWIT and the International Unversity in Geneva:
Networking with purpose and pleasure
“Networking is about creating purposeful and uplifting relationships and how we choose to be in these relationships. A network is a vast web of real people connecting to one another in an environment in which magic can take place. Transforming one’s life, business, and those of others is the usual result.”
Come and join us for a fascinating session with Kristin Engvig, Director and Founder of WIN – Women International Network.You will gain valuable insights about how to do networking more effectively, and successfully.
Tuesday, September 27th, 6.30pm:
Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Ramada Park Hotel), Avenue Louis-Casaï 75-77, 1216 Genève-Cointrin
Entry fee: 3O CHF for Geneva Communicators Network members (reduced from 40 CHF)
New MA in Media Communications in Geneva
Webster University has launched a new MA in Media Communication at their Geneva campus.
Learn more about the programme in their brochure (pdf)>>
Communication & Leadership: Lac Leman Communications Forum – 2011 – September 1, 2011
The Lac Leman Communications Forum is less than a month away – if you are interested to go – book now as few places remain!
The Lac Leman Communication Forum will bring to bear the latest research and best practices on the following questions:
What does the CEO expect from the corporate communication function?
What does it take to be recognized as a leader in my organization?
How can quantitative and qualitative data support the case for communication?
What are the advantages of different corporate communication departmental structures?
How can corporate communication collaborate with HR and marketing?
What are the challenges of working across different cultures?
Further information and registration >>
The full program:
09:30 Registration
10:00 Welcome and introduction
10:10 Keynote
Leadership in times of crisis and change: the role of framing
Joep Cornelissen, Professor of Corporate Communication, VU University Amsterdam, NL
10:50 Play for fun
SwarmWorks
11:00
Keynote
Strategic leadership in corporate communication: aligning image and identity
Rosa Chun, Professor of Corporate Reputation, Ethics and Marketing, IMD, CH
11:35 Workshop sessions
Choice of several one-hour interactive workshops. The sessions will be repeated in the afternoon so that participants can attend a second workshop.
Culture clash: leading teams across borders
Dr. Thomas Zweifel, CEO, Swiss Consulting Group, CH
Integrating communication: is it about structure or the right culture?
Professor Joep Cornelissen, VU University Amsterdam, NL
Managing an international communication department: moving ahead whilst dealing with dilemma
Alexander Fleischer, Head Marketing & Communication Europe, Africa, Middle East and India, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CH
Putting it into action: leadership in corporate communication
Professor Anne Gregory, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Surviving leadership: what managers can learn from orchestras
Michael Spencer, Managing Director, Sound Strategies, UK
12:35 Networking lunch
13:50 Conducting and leadership: learning from the world of music
Be part of a unique interactive musical experience! Conductor Gernot Schulz and communication expert Manfred Harnischfeger will explore the relationship between a conductor and an orchestra as a perfect metaphor for
successful leadership. The audience will be expected to interact with a live orchestra.
15:00 Workshop sessions 2
Culture clash: leading teams across borders
Dr. Thomas Zweifel, CEO, Swiss Consulting Group, CH
Integrating communication: is it about structure or the right culture?
Professor Joep Cornelissen, VU University Amsterdam, NL
Managing an international communication department: moving ahead whilst dealing with dilemma
Alexander Fleischer, Head Marketing & Communication Europe, Africa, Middle East and India, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CH
Putting it into action: leadership in corporate communication
Professor Anne Gregory, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Surviving leadership: what managers can learn from orchestras
Michael Spencer, Managing Director, Sound Strategies, UK
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 Play for fun
SwarmWorks
16:30 Keynote
The CEO’s view: the role of corporate communication in adding value to the organization
Yves Daccord, Director General, ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross, CH
17:15 Keynote
The leadership challenge for corporate communication
Anne Gregory, Professor, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
18:00 Apéro
The Circle of European Communicators – Event – 7th to 9th September 2011, Oxford UK
An upcoming event of interest for communicators:
“Let’s talk about everything except communications”
7th to 9th September 2011, Oxford UK
The Circle of European Communicators will offer an exclusive programme featuring the participation of visionary speakers and presentations on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from politics to science and arts. Through the exchange of innovative and fresh ideas, the event aims to stimulate and inspire thinking in new directions, developing ideas and sharing experiences with top-level communications peers.
Participation in the event is possible by invitation only. For further information, consult the event flyer (pdf)>>
How to generate Facebook activity
Facebook has released the results of a study it conducted looking into which types of posts draw the most most engagement—“likes,” comments and sharing. The company looked specifically at journalists’ pages and the activity they prompted from readers.
Some of the results are as you might expect, with posts that include questions or photographs attracting the most comments, but there were also some interesting results that can help other companies and bloggers to boost activity relating to their own posts.
For example, the study found that comments posted later in the week, between Thursday and Sunday, those including personal reflections and comments with four to five lines sparked the most interest and feedback from readers.
For more highlights from the study, visit www.facebook.com
Melitta