Apéro – Tuesday 18 August 2026

Dear communicators,

We hope you are having a fantastic summer break!

We are pleased to invite you to a special GCN Apéro on 18 August to welcome everyone back from the holidays.

For this event, the GCN is teaming up with the the Comms Crowd, a rapidly growing community for communications, public relations, and marketing professionals in Switzerland.

We are gathering on the beautiful terrasse at the Restaurant du Chateau des Penthes (Jardin des Penthes) in Geneva to mark the occasion. The Comms Crowd has kindly offered to sponsor the drinks for this event, and we will provide the usual delicious snacks.

Date: Tuesday 18 August 2026

Time: 18h00 to 20h00

Location: Chateau des Penthes, Chem. de l’Impératrice 18, 1292 Pregny-Chambésy

Fee: CHF 20.- per person includes drinks and snacks

 Please register online >>

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GCN Apéro wrap-up

Thank you to all the members who joined us for the GCN apéro last night. The atmosphere at the Château de Penthes was a perfect backdrop for an evening of great conversation and community, including our fun, animated networking exercise.

It was a pleasure to see such a vibrant group, combining our loyal past members with many newly joined faces.

Below are a few photos of the event, taken by the talented Geraldo Pestalozzi.

We look forward to welcoming you again very soon at an upcoming GCN event.

The GCN Team

  • Geneva Communicators Network event
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End-of-Year Apéro, Thursday 4 December 2025

Dear communicators,

We are pleased to announce our end-of-year apéro get-together for 2025. Please join us at the Restaurant “La Vie des Champs”, a lively and dynamic venue near the ICRC and ILO. Join us for some drinks and finger food and to network with fellow communicators. The evening will also include a surprise animation to encourage networking.

Date: Thursday 4 December 2025

Time: 18h00 to 20h00

Location: Restaurant La Vie des Champs, Ch. de la Vie des Champs 15, 1202 Geneva

Directions: The restaurant is located on a small road behind the ICRC, limited street parking is available. Bus stop BIT for bus 8 is 5 minutes from the venue.

Fee: CHF 35.- per person includes drinks and snacks

Register here>>

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GCN Summer apéro 6 July 2023 – wrap up

Thanks to all the communicators who attended our summer apéro on Thursday 6 of July at the restaurant La Vie des Champs. It was a beautiful evening and perfect setting to enjoy a drink and some snacks with a fund animation. A special thanks to John Zimmer and Robert Bartram from the improv comedy group Renegade Saints for their animated intervention.

Below are a few photos from the event.

Have a wonderful summer everyone. We look forward to seeing you in September.

Glenn, Patricia and Bob

 

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Summer apéro – with the Renegade Saints

We are excited to announce that we will be joined at our evening apéro by the fabulous improv group the Renegade Saints! Join us for some drinks and finger food – and some fun improv.  Looking forward to our own Robert Bartram and John Zimmer bringing improv to the Geneva communicators.

Date: Thursday 6 July 2023

Time: 18h00 to 20h00

Location: Restaurant La Vie des Champs, Ch. de la Vie des Champs 15, 1202 Geneva

Directions: The restaurant is located on a small road behind the ICRC, limited street parking is available in front of the ICRC and UN on Avenue de la Paix. Bus stop BIT for bus 8 is 5 minutes from the venue.

Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks

 Please register online >>

By | July 3rd, 2023|GCN aperos|0 Comments

Summer apéro – 6 July 2023

We are pleased to announce our first evening apéro get-together since the end of COVID. Please join us at the Restaurant “La Vie des Champs”, a lively and dynamic venue near the ICRC and ILO. Join us for some drinks and finger food to welcome the summer and network with fellow communicators. The evening will also include a surprise animation to encourage networking.

Date: Thursday 6 July 2023

Time: 18h00 to 20h00

Location: Restaurant La Vie des Champs, Ch. de la Vie des Champs 15, 1202 Geneva

Directions: The restaurant is located on a small road behind the ICRC, limited street parking is available in front of the ICRC and UN on Avenue de la Paix. Bus stop BIT for bus 8 is 5 minutes from the venue.

Fee: CHF 30.- per person includes drinks and snacks

 Please register online >>

By | June 21st, 2023|GCN aperos|0 Comments

GCN Summer Apero 27 June – wrap up

Thanks to the many participants who ventured out in the warm temperatures to network on the beautiful terrasse at “La Vie des Champs“. The light breeze and entertaining wine tasting, organised by Maria Zioga and Anil Taneja from”The Geneva Wine Society” made for an enjoyable and hopefully memorable evening.

Thanks to Geraldo Pestalozzi for the lovely photos below.

We look forward to seeing you at our next event in September.

Wishing everyone a relaxing summer break!

The GCN Team

 

  • GCN Apero - 27 June 2019 - La Vie des Champs - Photo by G. Pestalozzi

 

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Networking apero – Thursday 27 June 2019

We are pleased to invite you to our “welcome summer” networking apero on Thursday 27 June 2019 at the Restaurant “La Vie des Champs” near the ICRC and ILO. Join us for some drinks and finger foods to welcome the summer and network with fellow communicators.

The event will also feature an interactive wine tasting session offered by the Geneva Wine Society.

Date/time: 18:30-21:00, Thursday 27 June  2019

Venue:  Restaurant La Vie des Champs
Ch. de la Vie des Champs 15 Geneva 1202
Directions: the restaurant is located on a small road behind the ICRC, street parking is available in front of the ICRC and UN on Avenue de la Paix. Bus stop BIT for bus 8 is 5 minutes from the venue.
Cost: 33 CHF – includes drinks and snacks

Places are limited, so please register for the event>> 

We look forward to seeing you there.

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GCN Apero wrap up

Thanks to all the enthusiastic communicators who joined our special apéro and participated in the The Annesci String Quartet’s interactive demonstration. It was a fun evening, that left everyone with some insights and inspiration.

Please find below, some photos thanks to Geraldo Pestalozzi www.gpestalozzi.com, www.objecitfsublime.ch.

Our next event is a lunchtime seminar, 8 February 2019, on Storytelling.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Glenn, Ekaterina, and Patricia

  • GCN Apero with The Annesci String Quartet - 22 January 2019
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Networking apero – Tuesday 22 January 2019

We pleased to announce our first event for 2019 – and we have a special guest on this occasion, The Annesci String Quartet, a quartet specializing in using music to improve management and communication skills. Join us for this special event, to learn something new, welcome in the New Year and network with fellow communicators.

Date/time: 18:00-20:00, Tuesday 22 January 2019

Venue: Restaurant La Vie des Champs
Ch. de la Vie des Champs 15 Geneva 1202

Directions: the restaurant is located on a small road behind the ICRC, street parking is available in front of the ICRC and UN on Avenue de la Paix. Bus stop BIT for bus 8 is 5 minutes from the venue.

Cost: 33 CHF – includes drinks and snacks

Places are limited, so please register for the event>>

We look forward to seeing you there.

By | January 6th, 2019|GCN aperos|0 Comments