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Communicating cross-culturally is a must in a globalised world, and communications professionals must convince their companies of the value of bringing people together to share a diversity of business thinking.
The new issue of Communication Director takes look at the complexity of cross-cultural communications. Gerd Götz explains how Royal Philips combines a clear, unified vision with room for local differences; Virginia Drummond Abdala writes on what and how we can learn from the life experiences of global managers; and Lisbeth Clausen tells us how, if used intelligently, stereotypes can actually help in communication encounters.

Furthermore in the magazine:

Getting to grips with the iceberg of differences: Looking below the surface can improve our cultural literacy

Finding common ground in a divided world: Dialogue brings together people pushed apart by their differences

Straddling the divide between east and west: How one bank engages clients from Jordan to Germany

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[ Overcome the Stereotypes ]

Post date: September 07th, 2009

Communication Director issue 03/09

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[ Review of the European Communication Summit 2009 ]

Post date: July 06th, 2009

State of the Art: 3rd European Communication Summit

Between July 2nd and 3rd, over three hundred communications professionals gathered in Brussels to attend the European Communication Summit, which is the highlight of the European Association of Communication Directors’ calendar. Hosted jointly by the EACD and Communication Director magazine, the event featured over sixty speakers, who made gave presentations, workshops and took part in panel discussions for the benefit of the participants.

The event focused on six major strands of communications: Strategy and Planning, Execution and Measurement, Next Media and Innovation, Internal and Change Communication, Crisis Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility. The Summit included keynote speeches from Alan Kelly (the founder and CEO of ‘the Playmaker’s Standard’), Björn Edlund (Global Head of Communications for Shell), Professor Soumitra Dutta (Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology and Dean of External Relations at Insead), Mike Wing (Vice President of Strategic and Executive Communications at IBM) and Professor Craig Carroll (from the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication).

The EACD Working Groups also held meetings and Panel Discussions to focus attention on specific topics, and these were well attended during the Summit. All of the keynote speeches, as well several of the best case presentations are available now, by clicking the link below.

Within the next few days, presentations from all of the speakers will be available online for download, and the link will be posted on here, as well as being emailed to all of the participants from the event.

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[ The only constant ]

Post date: May 15th, 2009

Communication Director issue 02/09

Change is the only constant. This year has once again proven the truth behind this old saying. Coping with change effectively is becoming a constant challenge for most organisations. Communicators know that strategic Change Communication is the key for successfully leading the company through periods of significant transformations. How can this be achieved? How to create a consistent message, a point
of reference for all stakeholder groups? The new issue of Communication Director gives an overview of strategies and tools in Change Communication and gathers sucessfull case studies and inspiring theories from all over Euurope.

Furthermore in the magazine:

Strategic Thinker: Love your agency -- Basic rules for companies to successfully cooperate with their PR agencies.

Border Crosser: Communication Director spoke with Meglena Kuneva about her work as EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs.

Team Player: An international survey on measuring success shows that each society has its own definition of success.

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[ Crisis Management ]

Post date: April 17th, 2009

Crisis Communication Conference in London

An international conference on Crisis Communication will take place on the 23rd and 24th of April in London. The conference is hosted by Communication Director magazine and reflects on how to best deal with the challenges faced by communication professionals today, with the world economic crisis leaving companies’ reputations more than ever in the hands of its communication departments.

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The conference’s agenda features best cases, workshops and inspirational speeches that encompass the whole course of a crisis – from preparation to recovery – presented by high- ranking speakers from different sectors.

Speakers include:
- James Appathurai, spokesman, NATO
- Richard O'Brien, former Executive Director, American Express Bank
- Philip Dewhurst, Head of Public Relations, Gazprom
- Vernon Everitt, Director of Marketing and Communications, Transport for London

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[ The way forward? ]

Post date: March 20th, 2009

Communication Director issue 01/09

The latest issue of Communication Director risks a glimpse into the future of corporate communications. Communication academics and corporate communications professionals from different parts of the world list current trends and recent developments in the field of corporate communications. This thorough inventory is the basis for their predictions concerning the future of communications on a corporate level. According to the experts consulted, it is not necessary to take a whole new approach to communications, but existing tools must be refined in order to cope with the challenges of a steadily evolving world of communications.

Content of the magazine:

Agenda Setter: Opening hearts and minds in today’s EU

Border Crosser: Communication Director spoke with Bjorn Edlund about PR professionals working abroad

Story Teller: Analytical today, emotional tomorrow – The communication directors of tomorrow must be trained to be more emotional

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[ Europe's PR Award ]

Post date: September 19th, 2008

European Excellence Awards 2008

Companies, communication agencies, associations and NGO’s can submit their applications for the European Excellence Awards until Friday, October 10th.

The European Excellence Awards honour outstanding achievement in the profession on an international scale. Applications are welcome in a wide variety of categories, which cover all communication disciplines from internal communications to public relations, as well as a wide range of industries from all across Europe.

The winners will be presented at a gala ceremony on December 11th, 2008, in the ballroom of the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal in Budapest.

The European Excellence Awards are hosted by Communication Director, the magazine for corporate communications and public relations in Europe. In 2007, the organisation received 600 applications and the Awards Ceremony took place at the Ritz Carlton in Berlin in the presence of more than 400 communication professionals form all over Europe.

Communication Director is a European magazine for corporate communications and public relations. Communication Director features news, opinion, studies, and introduces new European communications professionals. The magazine is also co-host of the European Communication Summit, which gathers hundreds of leading communications professionals each year.

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[ Helios Media Brussels ]

Post date: March 20th, 2008

Helios Media Brussels in new offices

Helios Media and the magazine European Agenda have moved. They can now be found in the Philippe Lebon street, in the very center of Brussels.

„We are now only five minutes away from the Comission, which is of course excellent for our work“, explained Max Obenaus, Head of the Brussels Office of Helios Media Brussels.

The move took place on the 16th of June, telephone and fax numbers remain the same.

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Max Obenaus
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[ Problems within economic elite? ]

Post date: March 13th, 2008

Premiere of GWEF

The first Global Economic and Ethics Forum (GWEF) was held in Berlin-Mitte on the 10th and 11th of March 2008 in the "ewerk" venue. The conference, which was concieved, organised and hosted by the magazines politik&kommunikation and pressesprecher, engaged more than 200 participants from throughout the world of politics, economics and the media to broaden and reinforce critical dialogue on comtemporary ethical concerns within the scope of economics.

Monday evening, as a prelude to the congress, Michael Müller, Federal Secretary for Environment /Environmental Protection and Reactor security stressed the importance of collective recponsibility and action in efforts towards reducing mankind’s impact on the climate.

In his opening statement on Tuesday Federal Interior Minister Schäuble laid-out his views on the future of the relationship between economics, politics and civil society. Schäuble also stressed that he could not help but get the impression that there are also parts of the economic elite which occasionally suffer from endemic integration problems.

SPD General Secretary Hubertus Heil did not necessarily let the economic elite off the hook either. He emphasised that parts of the financial system still function as parallel societies. Heil joined the forum’s closing discussion titled "Bringing CSR to the Agenda" along with Gerd Billen (Manager of the Federal Consumer Association), Dr. Wilm Herlyn (Editor-in-Chief of the Deutsche Presse Agentur) and Dr. Klaus Mittelbach (Managing Director of econsense). Moderation was handled by publicist Dr. Hajo Schumacher.

Central to the conference were the midday assemblies. Within the space of these innovative discussion formats more than 30 Members of Parliment interacted with representatives from Federal Ministries, the media and conference attendees. Participants included Gerda Hasselfeldt (VP of the German Parliment, CSU), Claudia Roth (Federal Head of B90/Green Party), Edelgard Bulmahn (Chairman of the Committee for Economics und Technology, SPD), Eduard Oswald (CSU, Chairman of the Financial Committee of the German Parliment), Otto Fricke (FDP, Chairman of the Budget Committee), Hans-Joachim Otto (FDP, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Media), Bascha Mika (Editor-in-Chief, taz) and Stephan-Andreas Casdorff (Editor-in-Chief, Tagesspiegel), amongst others.

The prevailing general consensus amongst all discussion participants was that Corporate Social Responsibility become even more transparent, and that it should need to meet certain regulatory framework, which must also be established.

The most interesting results of the midday assemblies will be consolidated for print in a publication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) und Corporate Citizenship, which will be available after the Easter Holiday.

The day’s further round of discussions moved to the theme of "CSR and Politcs." Featured speakers included State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Work and Social Issues, Kajo Wasserhövel, CDU Political-Economic Spokesperson Laurenz Meyer and the former chairman of the FDP Parliamentary group, Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt. The moderator for this round of discussions was Dr. Michael Inacker, Head of Wirtschaftswoche's Capital-City office

Further speakers at the Global Economic and Ethics Forum included:
- Prof. Dr. Björn Bloching, Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
- Henrik Tesch, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Director Citizenship Corporate Affairs
- Jürgen Hogrefe, Chief Representative for Economics, Politics and Society, EnBW
- Dr. Ulf Santjer, Head of Business Communications, PUMA AG
- Andreas Streubig, Head of Environmental and Social Policy, Otto Group

politik&kommunikation is the only German magazine that focuses on political content coverage. It offers a professional, independent and multi-party platform for debating current affairs and trends.

pressesprecher is the magazine for Corporate Communications and Public Relations for German-speaking communication professionals. It has the highest number of subscribers amongst German communications publications.
Both politik&kommunikation and pressesprecher are published by Helios Media, Berlin.

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[ Spring Fever in European Politics ]

Post date: February 29th, 2008

European Agenda Magazine
March / April edition

Helios-Media Brussels announce the release of the March/April edition of European Agenda magazine. The magazine has been redesigned and the new formula aims to provide more essential coverage and more insider news than ever before.

Under the slogan "Spring Fever in European Politics", the current issue features all the big events in political Brussels over the coming weeks and tackles the problem of Sustainable Development. Additionally an in depth look is taken at the goings-on in the IT and Telecommunications sectors. Furthermore, with the ongoing race for the White House; an exclusive interview with Terry A. Nelson, the renowned U.S. political adviser and mastermind of the successful Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004, will offer readers particular insight.

With eight issues a year, European Agenda not only focuses on the key players and events in the EU, but tackles the topics that everyone is talking about. The upcoming April/May edition will feature Corporate Social Responsibility and the European Transport industry, as well as the usual information on who’s who in Brussels with personnel changes, a Gala section, and event listings.

"European Agenda" is published eight times a year. Before each change of the EU-presidency it introduces the political players, offers political analyses and collects the most important information of the upcoming six months in political Europe. In six further issues European Agenda puts an emphasis on a specific subject, presents the opinion and perspectives of experts and informs its readers about relevant upcoming dates and recent personnel changes.

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[ Entering a new market ]

Post date: February 22nd, 2008

pressesprecher edition 02/08

"Entering a new market - how German businesses communicate in Russia, China and India" is the title of the most recent issue of "pressesprecher", available from February 22nd.

In its title story this month "pressesprecher" considers communications work in three up-and-coming economies: Russia, China and India. A large number of German corporations and small and medium enterprises are active investors in the three countries and are now players within the local economies. Business engagement there presents companies' communications departments with many challenges. They must overcome language barriers, understand new media landscapes, and do business within different political systems.

Once again, the most recent issue of "pressesprecher" also includes the Media Interview. Bascha Mika –of the „taz“, Germany’s only female Editor-in-Chief of a national newspaper- discusses and critisises the decisions made about the economy and explains why her newspaper offers a view beyond the common public sphere of knowledge established by mainstream media an why interviews should have to be authorised.

Also included:

Mute Finns – how Nokia’s factory closing in Bochum was met by an overwhelming storm of public protest
Search for Transparency – how banks are communicating in the midst of the subprime crisis

pressesprecher isthe most subscribed-to magazine in the German-speaking communications scene. It helps lead the professionals responsible for communications through their everyday business day with its up-to-date reports and analysis begleitet es. pressesprecher is published by Helios Media, based in Berlin.

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[ Economy and Ethics Forum ]

Post date: February 12th, 2008

GWEF

On the 10th and 11th March 2008 the magazines politik&kommunikation and pressesprecher will be hosting the first Global Economy and Ethics Forum (Globales Wirtschafts- und Ethikforum) at the "ewerk" venue in central Berlin. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Citizenship congress provides a platform for presentations and the exchange of ideas and information for politicians, federal ministry staff, business decision-makers and journalists alike.

The congress begins at 7p.m. on March 10th with a speech from German environment minister Sigmar Gabriel. In the opening keynote speech on the 11th of March, German home secretary Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble presents his views on the future relationship between economy, politics and civil society. With Dr.Burkhard Schwenker, CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, the second congress’ keynote is also in good hands.

There is a number of top-class speakers already confirmed for the congress, including Hubertus Heil (general secretary of the SPD), Laurenz Meyer (MdB, CDU), Kajo Wasserhövel (state secretary at BMAS), Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt (MdB, FDP), Dr. Wilm Herlyn (dpa), Christoph Keese (Welt am Sonntag), Gerd Billen (German Customer Service Federation) and Jürgen Hogrefe (EnBW).

The Global Economy and Ethics Forum’s midday agora combines all elements of the congress’ discourse in an innovative format: more than 30 members of the Bundestag will be involved in thematically-specific round table debates with federal ministry officials, journalists and congress participants. Amongst the attendees are Gerda Hasselfeldt (Vice-president of the German Bundestag, CSU), Jörg Asmussen (Department head of BMF), Claudia Roth (chairwoman B90/the Greens), Cornelia Pieper (MdB, FDP) und Bascha Mika (TAZ).

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[ The journalists of the year ]

Post date: January 19th, 2008

Award of the "Goldenen Prometheus" in front of around 500 guests in Berlin<

On Monday evening, January 28th, media magazine V.i.S.d.P. awarded its "Goldener Prometheus" prize to journalists. The event was presented by Jörg Thadeusz at the U3 Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz in the presence of Klaus Wowereit, current mayor of Berlin, who in his opening speech made a plea to all assembled media decision makers.

"You bear the responsibility for good journalism, on the one hand to offer your employees a required independence and, on the other, to provide the relevant financial resources and support. It is important to invest in quality"; claimed Wowereit when asked what he thought good journalism is. His reply: "From what I have seen today, whoever will be named laureate; I will be able to say that, that is good journalism."

Award recipients:
Award recipients:
Anne Will (television journalist of the year), Heribert Prantl (newspaper journalist of the year), Christoph Amend (magazine journalist of the year), Anne Amerie-Siemens (newcomer of the year), Matthias Matussek (online journalist of the year), Günter Müchler and Dirk Planert (radio journalist of the year) and Katharina Wagner for the ‘coup’ of the year. Jürgen Leinemann received the lifetime achievement award. Acting on behalf of Leinemann, who was absent due to illness, were his wife Rosemarie and his daughter Susanne who both accepted the award.

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[ The Golden Prometheus ]

Post date: January 15th, 2008

Gala

Media award for the journalists of the year 2007 / Spiegel – reporter Leinemann will receive the lifetime achievement award.

On January the 28th, the journalists of the year 2007 will be honoured with a festive Gala at U3-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz.
Media journal V.i.S.d.P. will award the Golden Prometheus in the categories TV, radio, newspaper, magazines, newcomers, online and coup of the year.
The award ceremony will be opened by Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit (SPD), and Jörg Thadeusz will moderate the gala throughout evening.

The lifetime achievement award will be given to SPIEGEL journalist Jürgen Lehmann.
In doing this, the media journal V.i.S.d.P.honours one of the "most clever and balanced but nevertheless most accurate and elegant observer of political Germany" as described in the jury’s explanation.

Esteemed guests have already confirmed their attendance, including Günther Jauch, Dr. Mathias Döpfner, Bascha Mika, Stefan Aust, Reinhold Beckmann, Patricia Riekel, Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Hubertus Heil, Claudia Roth, Peter Limbourg, Matthias Matussek, Katharina Wagner, Dr. Uwe Vorkötter and Anne Will amongst others.

About the "Golden Prometheus"

On January the 28th, the third annual Golden Prometheus awards will be hosted by the media magazine V.i.S.d.P.. The jury, consisting of leading media journalists and experienced editors-in-chief nominates the journalists, who have distinguished themselves through their excellent journalistic work. Former award recipients include Maybrit Illner, Henryk M. Broder, Giovanni di Lorenzo, Ernst Elitz, Friedrich Nowottny, Maynhardt Graf Nayhauß, Stefan Raab and Oliver Kahn.

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[ European Excellence Awards ]

Post date: January 15th, 2008

Gala

On December 13, 2007 over 400 of Europe’s finest within the world of PR and Communications were brought together for the first time ever for the European Excellence Awards. The ceremony celebrated the year’s professional highlights with a beautiful Ritz Carlton Gala event in Berlin. The jury of professional and academic experts chose laureates from 600 entries in the areas Accomplishment, Industries & institutions, Communications, Corporate Media and National & Regional Campaigns, who were honoured throughout this elegant evening.

For further queries please contact:

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[ Interview Blumencron ]

Post date: January 15th, 2008

V.i.s.d.P.

"Power isn’t an issue for me", said Spiegel-Online Editor-in-Chief Matthias Müller von Blumcron in the V.i.S.d.P interview. He talks about the characteristics particular to online-journalism, provocative authors, the pressure of competition and relates the success story of the biggest German news site.

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[ Archive ]

[ Overcome the Stereotypes ]

[ Review of the European Communication Summit 2009 ]

[ The only constant ]

[ Crisis Management ]

[ The way forward? ]

[ Europe's PR Award ]

[ Helios Media Brussels ]

[ Problems within economic elite? ]

[ Spring Fever in European Politics ]

[ Entering a new market ]

[ Economy and Ethics Forum ]

[ The journalists of the year ]

[ The Golden Prometheus ]

[ European Excellence Awards ]

[ Interview Blumencron ]

[ Overcome the Stereotypes ]

[ Review of the European Communication Summit 2009 ]

[ The only constant ]

[ Crisis Management ]

[ The way forward? ]

[ Europe's PR Award ]

[ Helios Media Brussels ]

[ Problems within economic elite? ]

[ Spring Fever in European Politics ]

[ Entering a new market ]

[ Economy and Ethics Forum ]

[ The journalists of the year ]

[ The Golden Prometheus ]

[ European Excellence Awards ]

[ Interview Blumencron ]