Today we concluded the Visual Literacy for Management course at the University of St. Gallen with great presentations. Thank you to all the students for a great semester!
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Using Facebook for presenting facebook organizational culture
Today I witnessed an innovative presentation modality: a facebook page instead of the usual PPT. Although unusual, the medium fits very well the topic of the presentation, which is about the corporate culture at Facebook. My students of the Organizational Behaviour course uploaded their presentation on this facebook page and made us experience how itContinue reading “Using Facebook for presenting facebook organizational culture”
Symposium on Africa: help, cooperate or invest?
Last Saturday November 16th 2013, the Symposium “Africa: help, coopertate or invest?” took place in Lugano, organized by Fosit and MIC. It started off with an introduction to the topic by Prof. Veglio, president of FOSIT and professor at the university of St. Gallen, followed by a roundtable discussion. The guest speakers were Blandine SankaraContinue reading “Symposium on Africa: help, cooperate or invest?”
Visualizing for personal development: the career sweet spot
“It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement” Abraham Maslow (In Business model you pg. 125) Coaching, mentoring and personal development programs are usually based on dialogue. Talking is certainly useful, but we visualizing, drawing and sketching can provide additionl help for understanding yourself and your potential. StartingContinue reading “Visualizing for personal development: the career sweet spot”
Guest lecture: Rahel Aschwanden of the Impact Hub Zurich
In the Visual Literacy for Management course we had the pleasure to have a guest lecture by Rahel Aschwanden, of the Impact Hub Zurich, on How to Become a Social Entrepreneur. After explaining what is SE, and how the Impact Hub can help social entrepreneurs, Rahel conducted an interactive excercise with the class. She askedContinue reading “Guest lecture: Rahel Aschwanden of the Impact Hub Zurich”
CERN Open Days
CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, opened its doors to the public last weekend. CERN is the biggest particle physics laboratory in the world, where you can find the hottest and the coldest place in the universe. The thousands of physicists who work at CERN constantly conduct numerous experiments to “explore the fundamental componentsContinue reading “CERN Open Days”
Sketching self-perception and others’ perception
Dove’s recent ad “Real Beauty sketches” shows a number of interesting phenomena: first, visualizing how you see yourself and how others see you, can be revealing. Women often see themselves is less positive terms than others see them. Research indeed shows that women has lower self-esteem than men, on average. And the sketches help themContinue reading “Sketching self-perception and others’ perception”
Free software for visual and design collaboration
Mashable recently offered a review of the best ‘design collaboration tools’ which are available online for free: http://mashable.com/2013/08/06/design-collaboration-tools/ These online tools allow to share documents and feedback within a (dispersed) team or with clients. They allow to write feedback and to visually annotate the designs or graphics. Thanks Rahel for the hint
Intercultural Management Communication Course at Universidad del Pacifico, Lima
Estamos listos for the course “Intercultural Management Communication”, at the Universidad del Pacifico, in Lima, Peru! The course presentation is available in interactive and in printable (pdf) format: http://prezi.com/d8lumkgjmzug/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Doing Business in India (UP presentation)
This is the link to the presentation on “Doing business in India” which I’m giving at the Universidad del Pacifico, in Lima (Peru), on Tuesday August 20th.
Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D. 