The Geneva Chapter of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF Geneva) are hosting a  one-day workshop:

Friday 22 March 2013 09.00-17.00

Constructive Conversations in Stormy Weather with Louise Robb

How to stay grounded to help the group achieve their best results? Building our own and the group’s capacity to have creative and constructive conversations in “all weathers” – the real work of a Facilitator.

Blending tools from Aikido and mindfulness to re-centre when knocked off track by the group. We will utilise these skills in a practical session exploring:

– The Kantor 4-player model

– Otto Scharmer’s Fields of Conversation

Registration: iafevent@gmail.com / 079 547 5131
Fees: CHF 300 / CHF250 for IAF members (includes lunch,refreshments & handouts)
Venue: Residence Colladon, chemin Colladon 5-7, Petit Saconnex, 1209 Geneva

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Webster University Geneva’s Media Communications Department will hold its 4th annual Media Trends conference from April 8 to April 10. This year the spotlight is on media issues related to children, “Challenging Crossroads: Children and the Media,” will investigate some of the more contentious media crossroads that today’s youth  traverse. Panels on media ethics, protecting children on the internet, media activism, child exploitation, children’s health and media literacy provide the framework for Media Trends 2013. Related workshops will be held on the third day of the conference.

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Another interesting TEDx event  will be held on Tuesday 19 February 2013 at the Salle Centrale Madeleine, Geneva

TEDxPlainpalais is a local, independently organized event in Geneva, Switzerland, that strives to re-create the unique experience found at TED, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers congregate to share what they are most passionate about. At its core, the fundamental goal of TED is to foster and spread great ideas. The theme of this TEDx is centered around breaking the MYTH that you are just a single drop of water in this ocean and that you cannot make an impact on the world. THE POWER OF ONE.

Speakers include: Eddie Obeng, Taiba Rahim, Nadine Hack, Tim Clark, René Carayol,Gib Bulloch, Mark Strom, Jesús Martin-Garcia, Melody Atil, and Tamer Mustafa.

For more information, consult the site TEDxPlainpalais.

Visual language and strategic illustration

Lausanne/Geneva area, Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March

For anyone who wants to learn the basics of visual language and how to use a mix of simple drawings, colour, words and metaphors in a professional context. Engage both your right and your left brain and have fun!

The workshop will be facilitated by Sabine Soeder and by Sarah Clark.

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The Swiss Community Managers Association is organising an interesting event about “Social Media and Music” on Monday 21 January 2013 in Lausanne.

The event will be organised in French and will address the following questions:

• Les médias sociaux sont-ils devenus incontournables pour les professionnels de la musique?
• Comment s’y prennent-ils pour gérer leur présence en ligne? Ont-ils recruté un Community Manager?
•  Quelles sont les pratiques et les tendances dans ce domaine?

Below is a preview of the programme:

18h15 Accueil
18h30 Introduction et relance des projets SCMA
18h45 Présentation de Matt Zschokke et Samuel Vuillermoz (MX3)
19h10 Présentation de Yann et Alain
19h35 Présentation de Romain Gomis (Paléo Festival Nyon)
20h00 Table ronde avec Joram Vuille (responsable du site repreZent.ch) et Pierre Journel (producteur de La Chaîne Guitare et de The Guitar Channel)
20h20 Surprise Live!
20h30 Apéro

Entry fee: CHF 30.- / non members

For further information and to sign up check the SCMA website.

Happy Holidays to all. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a great start to the New Year.

See you in 2013!

World Usability Day was founded by the User Experience Professionals’ Association to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.

This year’s event will focus on the usability of financial systems and will take place on Thursday 8 November at 6pm, at Hotel Bristol, rue du Mont-Blanc, in Geneva.

Confirmed speakers are:

– Yann Ranchere, Anthemis “Finance 2.0”

– Florian Egger, Telono “Comparative eye-tracking study of banking websites”

The event is free but please sign up via Linkedin: http://linkd.in/QtGRRT

 Roger de Weck, head of Swiss Radio and Television, will speak about “Globalisation, numérisation, interaction – les trois révolutions médiatiques” at the Graduate Institute, Geneva on Wednesday 7 November 2012, 18h30.

The event is free, will be in French and is open to the public.

Registration and more information here>>