For those of you who couldn’t make it to LIFT07, catch up with the conference on the flow blog.
If you are interested in the area of evaluation, I presented a workshop at LIFT07 on “Do-It-Yourself Monitoring & Evaluation” – you can see the presentation slides here (pdf-690 kb).
Glenn
“Towards a new world governance: what role for Geneva?”In the context of its programme entitled “The Observatory”, the Fondation pour Genève is running a conference/debate together with the “Hebdo” in Zurich on 7 February 2007.The subject will be “Towards a new world governance: what role for Geneva?”. This first event of the Fondation pour Genève 2007 programme is to expose the people in Zurich to the new international paradigm shift in Geneva and to discuss the repositioning of Switzerland in the concert of nations.For further information, contact: info@fondationpourgeneve.ch
Patricia
LIFT 07, a conference about the communications, new media, 7-9 February is nearly full. If you want to to the conference, highly recommended by the Geneva Communicators Blog, you might want to register now (only CHF 395).
Some of our favourite speakers:
Sister Judith Zoebelein
Editorial director, Internet Office of the Holy See
Jaewoong Lee
Founder of Daum Communications Corp., Asia’s largest Internet platform
Check out the complete program here >>
Glenn
Arvetica, the Geneva business strategy consultants are offering an “Arveticast” (presentation and apero) on the evening of Thursday 15 February 2007 on the subject of the very popular business book “The long tail – why the future of business is selling less of more”:
Alex (of Arvetica) will briefly explain the concept of the long tail and focus on its implications for executives and the businesses they manage. In a nutshell, the Long Tail explains that profits are increasingly made in a mass of niche markets as opposed to markets dominated by blockbuster products for mass markets.
Here is some information about two events for communicators in Geneva and Zurich from the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) – it’s a leading global professional association for communicators. Personally I’m a fan of their blogs, Communications Commons.
Thanks to Liz Wilson for passing this information on to us:
New events for communicators in Geneva and Zurich:
Are you an internationally oriented communicator, regardless of whether you work in a corporation, agency, non-profit organization, public administration or for yourself?
The IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) is planning to revive its chapter in Switzerland. Join members in Zurich or Geneva for an evening of networking to kick off 2007.
15 JANUARY — ZURICH
18:00 Gather at a downtown venue (to be announced) for drinks. Those who wish can stay for dinner (pay-as-you-go).
Please confirm your presence to Eva Biede, Roche, by close of business on Thursday, 11 January at Bieda@gmx.ch.16 JANUARY — GENEVA
18:00 Gather at the Hotel d’Angleterre for drinks (Leopard Room Bar, Quai de Mont-Blanc, 17, 1201 Geneva, reservation under Marcus Ferrar, IABC). Those who wish can stay for dinner (pay-as-you-go).
Please confirm your presence to Marcus Ferrar, Consultant, by close of business on Thursday, 11 January at marcus@ferrar.ch.
Hope to see some of you there.
Glenn
Happy New Year to all. We look forward to communicating with you in 2007.
Patricia & Glenn
For those of you who are interested in the speeches from the MScom Event held in Geneva on October 10, here they are:
http://www.srrp.ch/index.php?nwsID=703
We thank the Société Romande des Relations Publiques for organising this.
Patricia
We received very good feedback from participants of the November Roundtable which we have analysed and pulled out some key findings, such as:
– the event was well appreciated by most participants
– marketing and communications professionals made up 46% of the audience
– more time was needed for networking
– the event format was not sufficiently interactive for participants
– the panel was seen by some participants as being of a varied level
– participants would like the following topics to be addressed in future events: international communications, media relations, evaluation and measurement.
A summary of the findings are available:
View Evaluation Report of the Conference(119 kb- pdf) >>
Glenn
If you are interested in communications, technology and social media, then you might want to consider attending LIFT07 taking place in Geneva: 8-9 February 2007.
Early bird registration closes on 15 December: If you register before this date, you pay CHF 295 instead of CHF 395. Regardless, it’s a great price considering the proposed programme. If you participate you can also propose a workshop or make a presentation yourself.
Glenn
We have just published a report highlighting some of the key points from the discussion at the IUN and GWIT Roundtable on the “Future of Corporate Communications” – plus some photos of the event.
Patricia & Glenn