Geneva is home to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics centre. At the moment CERN is building  the  Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator which will probe deeper into matter than ever before. 
 
The Geneva Communicators Blog is pleased to invite you to one of the last visits to this spectacular sight before it is activated. James Gillies, Head of Communications, has kindly offered to host a tour and provide us some insight about communication at CERN. 

Date: Thursday 7 June 2007 at 14h.
Place: Cern, Meyrin, Geneva
 
 Register online here >>

Hope to see you some of you there!

Patricia & Glenn 

Here is an interesting event being held next week:

As part of the Future Series, the International University in Geneva , and Geneva Women in International Trade has the pleasure to invite you to a roundtable: “The Future of the Workplace”.

When: Thursday 10 May 2007, 6 p.m.

Where: Ramada Park Hotel, Avenue Louis-Casai 75-77, Geneve-Cointrin 1216

 Register online here>>

“People are spending more of their time working, whether in their office, at home or on the road. How will technology, work practices and policies shape the work environment of tomorrow? How can organisations provide the ever-so-important work/life balance? How can individuals cope with the new demands of the mobile workforce?”Panel members:
– Clark Elliott, Workplace Consultant, CB Richard Ellis
– Bob Jones, Vice President, Global Government Solutions Group, Cisco Systems International
– Heidi Munro, Regional Human Resources Manager, EMEA, Safety & Protection, Du Pont de Nemours InternationalEntry fee: 25 CHF (15 CHF for GWIT members and IUN Alumni)

Agenda: 6.00 p.m.
Welcome 6.30 p.m.
Presentations followed by discussions
7.30 p.m. Cocktail and networking

Register online here >>

Glenn

The IABC are organising a professional development evening in Geneva on Tuesday 15 May, Hotel Bristol on the theme “What are the implications of Web 2.0 for communicators?” with Alexander Osterwalder, PhD of Arvetica, the Geneva-based business consultancy.

Further information is found in the invitation (pdf).

Looks interesting, hope to see you there.

Glenn

Dear readers,

Thank you to those who came to our breakfast on Friday (March 30).  Dr. Watson’s presentation was very interesting and the discussion that followed as well. It was great to hear various participants share their experience in different sectors. 

Here are some documents from the meeting, which may be of  interest to you:
Introduction to communications evaluation (pdf)
Evaluating Networks (pdf)
Evaluating Communication Campaigns (pdf)

If you would like to see a copy of Dr. Watson’s speech or the participants list, please send us an email.

For further information about “Evaluation”, check out Glenn’s other blog: Intelligent Measurement

Plus you can view some photos of the event on the side bar of this page or here>> 

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Patricia & Glenn

Dear Geneva Communicators blog readers,

Thank you for the positive response to our first breakfast meeting. Unfortunately, we have now reached the maximum capacity as the venue only allows for 40 people.

We must, therefore, now close this meeting. For those of you who are left behind, don’t despair as we will organise another meeting soon!!

Stay tuned for further developments.

Glenn & Patricia

We have had a great response to the First Geneva Communicators Breakfast with over 30 people registered to come along.  If you are interested, please register online soon as we will have to close the registration shortly since we just don’t have a large enough room!

We will adapt for the next meeting ….

Glenn & Patricia

Following a number of positive reactions to a breakfast series, the Geneva Communicators blog is pleased to invite you to a  first  “Geneva Communicators Breakfast” featuring guest speaker Dr Tom Watson from the School of Media, Bournemouth University,UK.

Theme:  Challenges in planning and evaluating public relations and communications programmes

Date: Friday 30 March 2007

Time: The event will kick off at 08h20 and conclude at around 09h15.

Venue: International University in Geneva, ICC building (ground floor), Rte de Pré-Bois – 1215 Geneva  (underground parking is available – follow signs to ICC parking).

Coffee and croissants will be provided by the International University in Geneva.

Entry is free-of-charge but please register as places are limited:
Register online here>>

(if this link does not work, please paste the following link into your web browser: http://optima.benchpoint.com/optima/SurveyPop.aspx?query=view&SurveyID=145&SS=PJvPDsy)

We look forward to seeing you at this event!

Patricia & Glenn

Brief profile of Dr Tom Watson:

Dr. Tom Watson is Reader in Communications at the Media School, Bournemouth University, UK. He was, until recently, Head of the School of Communication at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He has researched and written extensively on evaluation of public relations programmes and is co-author of Evaluating Public Relations – A Best Practice Guide to Public Relations Planning, Research and Evaluation, published in 2005 by Kogan Page, which has been translated into Japanese, Korean and Russian.  Before entering the academic world, Dr Watson had a 25-year career in corporate and consultancy public relations. From 2000 to 2002, he was chairman of the UK’s Public Relations Consultants Association.  Dr Watson also developed and introduced the Consultancy Management Standard which is a benchmarking and accreditation standard used by PR industry bodies in the UK and several European countries.
 

Following are forthcoming events from the IABC in Geneva:

 Roundtable lunch

WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH AT 12.15

You are invited to an IABC roundtable lunch in Geneva at Chez Jacky, Rue Necker 9-11 (near Geneva Cornavin railway station).

There will be a theme for discussion: “Be Heard – the new brand tagline of the IABC. Do we really make ourselves heard? Success stories and roadblocks in our professional lives.” 

If you want to come, or for more information, please email Marcus Ferrar (marcus@ferrar.ch.) It’s first come, first served. The maximum number of places in the private room reserved is 12 !

Cost of lunch and drinks: CHF 35 per person, to be paid at entrance.

Early warning

 TUESDAY 15 MAY: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/NETWORKING EVENT STARTING 18.30 

Drinks from 18.30. Presentation at 19.15 on “New Social Media: what impact for business communicators?” We’ve thought about blogs, podcasts and wikis, but what about Second Life, YouTube and MySpace?

 The speaker and venue will be announced later, and the event will be in central Geneva. 

Glenn

A roundtable taking place in Geneva that may be of interest to readers:

Roundtable: The Future of Business: Focus on China

Tuesday 20 March 2007, 6 p.m.

Ramada Park Hotel, Avenue Louis-Casaï 75-77, Genève-Cointrin 1216

As part of the Future Series, the International University in Geneva, Geneva Women in International Trade and the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce present a roundtable:

With over one billion residents, China is the world’s biggest market. What are the cultural, political and economic challenges of doing business in China? What opportunities exist and “lessons learnt” that can be drawn from successful businesses in China?

Panel members:

– Phyllis Koessler, International Marketing Consultant, China and Asia Pacific Specialist

– Yuefen Li, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

– Hans J. Roth, Consul General, Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong

Entry fee: 25 CHF (15 CHF for GWIT & SCCC members and IUN Alumni)

Register online:

http://www.iun.ch/index.cfm/en/iun/news_events/registrationform?id=45

Glenn

Arvetica, the Geneva business strategy consultants are offering an “Arveticast” (presentation and apero) on the evening of Thursday 1 March  2007 on the subject of “Second Life” – the new internet-based virtual world.

The agenda will be the following:

1. understand Second Life:

• what is it?
• who uses it?
• why is it so popular?

2. explore the Second Life business space:

• what are big companies doing there?
• what business opportunities can we imagine?
• what are the benefits and risks of being there as a company?

3. design a Second Life presence:

• how do you approach building a SL presence?
• what are some of the pitfalls

4. implement your Second Life presence:

• what resources do you need?
• which process could you use to establish a Second Life presence?

 Learn more about the event and register online here>>>