Interesting exhibition at the Palais des Nations on the History as News with more than one hundred historic front pages from around the world, 1898-2012 selected from the Josep Bosch Collection.
12 February to 1 March 2013
Palais des Nations: Salle des Pas Perdu Entry: Pregny Gate; Access Door 15
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.
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:
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.
‘The Power of Creative Collaboration’ – a workshop about how to use new approaches to collaboration to unlock value for business.
9h00-16h30 Wednesday 28th November 2012, Geneva
Cost: 375 CHFs for GCN members, 495 CHFs for non-members (if you are interested in attending, please write to us at genevacom@gmail.com for the promo code)
As the world opens up, business is becoming increasingly social and in the process opening new valuable ways of collaborating. Today’s best communicators will also be the best solution finders. ‘The Power of Creative Collaboration’ workshop is a highly interactive and pragmatic day that uses the latest learning techniques to show participants how to use new approaches to collaboration to unlock hidden value for their business.
It will showcase techniques of Open Innovation, Peer to Peer coaching and Creative Collaboration to solve real life problems. Previous events have kick-started successful new ventures for Orange, Lego, P&G and Virgin. The event is available to 32 participants maximum so they receive highly personalised coaching from the 4 experienced facilitators.
An exhibition that may be of interest to members:
Please join us for the launch of the IRIN photo and film exhibition “Our Lives – local communities confront global challenges” on 23 October 2012 at 1:00pm in Salle des Pas Perdus, Palais des Nations.
Following brief remarks from the hosts, there will be a short film screening and a discussion with Editor-in-Chief Obinna Anyadike on IRIN‘s work in humanitarian reporting (venue: room IX)
Participants interested and without a UN security badge must confirm their attendance at least 24 hours in advance to trevelline@un.org or 022 917 42 09.
An event taking place in Brussels that may be of interest to readers:
AidEx 2012 is the leading event in Europe for professionals in humanitarian and development aid. The event, will take place on 24-25 October in Brussels, expects to bring together 2,000 aid experts from all over the world to address key issues in the humanitarian aid and development space.
Entitled “The Changing Face of Aid”, AidEx 2012 will bring together major humanitarian aid and development agencies, organizations and suppliers from across the world to uncover new strategies for optimizing aid resources and discuss how to adopt more innovative approaches within the sector in times of economic crisis.
AidEx 2012 comprises an exhibition space where over 200 suppliers of relief products and services representing the sector will showcase innovative and cost-effective tools that can guide development professionals in their purchasing strategies. This platform is created under the patronage of major NGOs to address humanitarian aid and development issues, to facilitate expertise and knowledge sharing among partners from a practical, on-the-ground perspective.
AidEx 2012 exhibition and conference is free to attend, on either or both days. To receive a free entry badge to the event, please register at http://www.aid-expo.com/en/visitor-zone/registration.aspx
AidEx2012 takes place at : Hall 6, Brussels Exp, Belgiëplein 1 – Place de Belgique | B-1020 Brussels | Belgium
Wednesday 24 October: 09:30 – 17:00 Thursday 25 October: 09:30 – 16:30
For more information about the event programme and location, please visit http://www.aid-expo.com/
Following is an event that may be of interest to members (discount for GCN members applies).
The International University in Geneva and the Organization of Women in International Trade – Lake Geneva present a roundtable conference:
Ageing of Working Society – Trends, Impact and Solutions
We dedicate this evening to exploring the topic of ageing societies, managing pre-retirement and new “old” age in European societies; we will touch upon intergenerational workforce dynamic, and will get a glimpse into practical solutions offered by governments in the EU and employers in Switzerland. Age management is no longer an option but a must : society, companies and individuals need to address the complexity and the diversity of all ages in order to keep both younger and older talents at work.
Panel:
Dr. Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board of the World Demographic & Ageing Forum (WDA Forum) Ms. Geneviève Reday-Mulvey, head of the Four Pillars Programme on Social Security, Pensions and Employment, The Geneva Association Ms. Birgit Peeters, Founder, Aquincum
Date & Time: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 18:30 — 21:30 Location: Geneva Press Club, 106 Route de Ferney, Geneva, 1202
Entry fees:
40 CHF: International University alumni, OWIT members, Geneva Communicators Network members
30 CHF: Student/pensioners
65 CHF: General public