From the telegraph to email and instant messaging, every radical new means of communication has caused huge shifts in business communication practices. Video is now used widely: Skype, video-conferencing, training videos for staff-partners-customers, meeting repositories. It serves different purposes from HR training to digital marketing. Recording devices are now so accessible and getting smarter that it’s somehow their time. They can help an organization accommodate flexible working conditions, remember decisions, and communicate clearly and efficiently. But if deployed badly, they can be a time sink that alienates staff and deliver counterproductive results. This afternoon of peer discussion is an opportunity to compare business communication practices and think through what this technological near future means for you and your business.
Program:
- Introduction – What are our communication needs?
- Dealing with Distance – Globalized Communication without the 24/7
- Avoiding Communication Overload – making the right choices
- Developing a better corporate memory
- Coffee time
When: Sep 12, 2014, from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Where: Idiap/Vatel building, in Martigny, Switzerland.
Who is this workshop addressed to: Middle-to-top management in large organizations, with experience in running meetings, small events, internationally.
The event will be held exclusively in English. 
Registration: Participation is free, but registration is required till Tuesday, September 9.
TEDx Martigny & ICC
On September 12, the TEDx Martigny event will take place at 5 pm at the hotel Vatel (same building as Idiap). For those interested to participate in this event after this workshop, please find the registration link here .
The workshop will take place during the International Create Challenge 2014 (ICC’2014), a start-up accelerator program organized by Idiap.
This workshop is organized in the context of the inEvent European research project which has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration.
