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update on GCN Christmas Apéro

We have plenty of communicators signed up for our xmas apéro – it’s still not too late!

Details as follows:

When: Tuesday 15 December 2009 at 18.30

Where: Lola, Rue de Richemont 7-9, Paquis (Next to Le Comptoir restaurant)

View website for drink & food selections. To view map click here>>
Trams: 13 & 15 Môle

Format: No presentations or speeches – just socialising and networking!

Entry: CHF 10.- includes two drinks and snacks

Places are limited, so please register as soon as possible>>

View website for drink & food selections. To view map click here>>
Trams: 13 & 15 Môle

By | December 11th, 2009|GCN aperos|0 Comments
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GCN Christmas Apéro

Dear Communicators,

A year has passed since our official launch as the Geneva Communicators Network. In 2009 we organised 4 lunch events and 2 apéros and our network has grown to over 600 members. To celebrate this milestone we would like to invite you for a Christmas drink on Tuesday 15 December at the Lola bar in the Paquis, Geneva.

When: Tuesday 15 December 2009 at 18.30

Where: Lola, Rue de Richemont 7-9, Paquis (Next to Le Comptoir restaurant)

View website for drink & food selections. To view map click here>>
Trams: 13 & 15 Môle

Format: No presentations or speeches – just socialising and networking!

Entry: CHF 10.- includes two drinks and snacks

Places are limited, so please register as soon as possible>>

We look forward to seeing you there.

Regards,
Glenn, Patricia, Vincent, Melitta
Geneva Communicators Network
By | November 30th, 2009|GCN aperos|0 Comments
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More communication jobs in Geneva

By | November 19th, 2009|Careers|0 Comments
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GCN lunch event wrap up

Many thanks to the 40+ participants who attended the GCN lunch event today on Crisis Communication in the Social Media Age. We would like to thank the speakers, Tony Murdoch and Raj Rana for their valuable contribution. If you would like further information or a copy of the slides, you can contact them directly on www.theworstcase.com .

Many thanks also to  Andy Andrea, Director of Communications at the HD Centre, for giving us the opportunity to use such a great venue and the International University in Geneva for their sponsorship.

We have posted a few photos of the event on the left hand column of this page. You may also view them on our Flickr page.

As mentioned, our  next event will be another networking apero early December to celebrate our one year anniversary as the Geneva Communicators Network.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Patricia, Melitta, Glenn, and Vincent

By | November 10th, 2009|GCN lunch events|0 Comments
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EYH Geneva- An interactive, dynamic day of science for 11-15 year old girls!


An interesting event for all parents with teenage daughters:

Expanding Your Horizons is an international program for girls (age 11-15) who come from public and private schools. At the Geneva EYH conference, girls will participate in an exciting and fun-filled day of hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities led by professional women scientists and engineers. Girls will perform actual science experiments in small groups (in French and English) and talk with women scientists and engineers. Discover how an iPod is built, launch a comet, look at brain MRIs, find the link between cooking and chemistry and more!

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
International School – 62 Route de Chene, 1208, Geneva, Switzerland

Entrance:  15 CHF.  Pre-registration is a requirement.
Register at: www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/Geneva

Exploring what types of exciting careers exist in math and science. Meet real “Googlers”–women engineers who work at Google, talk with a doctor from the World Health Organization, ask women physicists from CERN what they studied in school…and discover their passions.

Over 20 organizations will be represented. Dynamic women scientists from a variety of fields (like medicine, biotechnology, engineering, technology, environmental science, public health) will be there to talk with participants. An opportunity to meet other girls from around Switzerland and France with similar interests. And, at the end of the day a chance to win fabulous prizes–like a notebook computer and a private tour of CERN.

Parents welcome –  There’s a day-long program of interesting workshops for them as well.

To find out more and to register your daughter and yourself :  http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/conferences/Geneva/

By | November 8th, 2009|Other events|0 Comments
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It only takes one tweet – PR lessons from Trafigura

A real-life lesson that ‘honesty is the best policy’. Traditionally, when things went wrong for Corporations, there were two options facing their PR team: come clean or to try and bury the story. But as the recent Trafigura fiasco has proven, in today’s world it only takes one tweet to cause Corproations a very big and expensive headache.

Read an interesting article in the Guardian about this topic >

Melitta

By | November 4th, 2009|Other resources|0 Comments
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More info – Next GCN lunchtime seminar – Crisis Communications – 10 November 2009

Following is some more information on the theme of our next lunchtime seminar:

 Suddenly management and decision-makers are obliged to keep those existing ‘daily business’ balls moving fluidly, while adding one- or several- chainsaws into their juggling act. The chainsaw(s) can be accidents, scandals, product defects, environmental disaster, health hazards or any other situation that poses a threat to operations and reputation. The real question: are you prepared to juggle a chainsaw or two? We find that while companies can manage to juggle the odd chainsaw, their structures and approaches tend to work in silos- the health and safety officer might deal with the accident, human resources with the scandal, the marketers with the product defect and so on. Can communicators become the bridge-builders within organizations, effectively de-siloing approaches to crisis communication and management? Our hypothesis is that social media can help to level the playing field, where communications can become a ‘centralizing’ platform internally. While it is true that communications has always played an important role in crisis management, since the advent of Web 2.0 the rules of the game have been turned upside-down with the citizen having the power to create content.

Who is now in command? Which are the new target audiences and how do we reach them? By putting communications structurally at the center of the crisis response and intelligently making use of social media, companies and organizations can be better equipped to mitigate the impact of a crisis. Come to this workshop and discuss the social media dimension with Raj and Tony who specialize in creating scenarios which simulate your Worstcase nightmares.

Register here for the lunchtime seminar >>

By | November 3rd, 2009|GCN lunch events|0 Comments
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Next GCN lunchtime seminar – Crisis Communications – 10 November 2009

We are happy to announce our next Geneva Communicators lunchtime seminar!

Theme: Can you juggle chainsaws? Crisis Communication in the Social Media Age

Date/time:  12h20-14h00, Tuesday 10 November 2009

Venue: HD Centre, 114, Rue de Lausanne,  Geneva (map – pdf)

Speakers: Tony Murdoch and Raj Rana, co-founders of theworstcase.com

Cost:  10 CHF (light lunch included)

Register here for the lunchtime seminar >>

Thanks  to the HD Centre for the venue and the International University in Geneva for sponsorship.

By | October 25th, 2009|GCN lunch events|0 Comments
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Guide to Green Communications

With companies becoming increasingly keen to create and promote their green credentials, changing people’s towards sustainability and CSR is an important challenge for corporate communicators. Not sure where to start? Then help is at hand in the form of a free guide explaining ways to approach green communications, which includes a great employee engagement case study for Jaguar Land Rover.

Download Green Communications guide >

Melitta

By | October 24th, 2009|Other resources|0 Comments
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world usability day in Geneva – 12 November 2009

For those interested in usability and related-online communication issues, then keep in mind World Usability Day,  12 November 2009 and the special event being held in Geneva, more information as follows:

World Usability Day was founded by the Usability Professionals’ Association to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.
 
Join us on Thursday 12 November at Hotel Bristol, Geneva, to participate in World Usability Day 2009.

This year, the event will have two parts:
1.     Usability training courses in the afternoon
2.     Presentations by invited speakers and our traditional networking apéro.

1. Training
§  How to integrate User-Centered Design into your projects by Mary Mooney, MBA
§  How to set up and run your usability tests by Florian Egger, PhD

2. Guest Speakers & Apéro
§  Achieving Usability with Interaction Design Patterns by Ahmed Seffah, PhD
§  Usability at Orange by Marjana Rapaic
§  Apéro sponsored by Telono

Cost
Training (course materials included):
Regular price: CHF 240
Student price: CHF 100

Guest Speaker Presentations & Apéro: FREE
More Information & Registration>>:

By | October 23rd, 2009|Other events|0 Comments
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