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Invitation to UNI Communicators’ Forum 2013

Jerome Morard  22 April 2013 15:23:12
Dear Colleagues,

UNI would like to invite your union to participate in the upcoming Communicators’ Forum, which will be held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta, Malta from June 18-20.

The theme of this year’s Forum is “New Visions for Union Communications”.

The focus will be on how we can sharpen and promote the labour movement message in the teeth of the crisis. What are the best digital solutions to maximise the impact of our communications strategies to inform, inspire and mobilise your members in the spirit of “Including You”.

UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings said, “We look forward to welcoming your communications experts in Malta. Never have communications been so vital as the crisis continues to bite, destroying workers’ lives. We must win the PR war against big business, government and the Troika. We must change the public perception of the union movement – we are job and wealth creators and must be seen as such. The Communicators’ Forum has a great track record, we look to the affiliates to seize the opportunity to learn about and share cutting edge innovations in the union communication world.”

The full programme will be available online. Some of the themes included are:

  • Five years on – five years after the crisis began how do we seize the narrative, identify the new communication challenges and prepare to win the PR war?
  • The Road to Cape Town 2014 – with the UNI Global Union World Congress in sight what steps must we take to maximise the media impact to benefit your members and break through?
  • “I am a Camera” – how can we encourage and support your grass-root members in gathering audio-video materials and images to give our stories real impact?
  • Digital Power – how to create an integrated, powerful digital communications platform to deliver our message
The Forum is an opportunity for your communications, press and media officers, journalists, webmasters, videographers and campaigners, to share ideas and experiences with other unions as well as UNI’s communications team.

We want the UNI Communicators’ Forum 2013 to be at the forefront of innovation and with that in mind we will send out a doodle poll to all registered participants to ensure the programme is tailored to their needs and prioritises the issues that really matter.

The Forum takes place each year and it is a unique event in the UNI calendar. It is important that we bring our best talent together so that we can learn from each others’ experiences and move forward.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Interpretation

The Forum will be conducted in English only.

Registration

Those attending the Forum will be expected to pay for their travelling and accommodation costs. Please complete the online registration form here: http://www.unicommunicators.org/

The final deadline for registration is May 18, 2013

Login: xxx

Password: xxx

Sponsoring

Please note that UNI will not sponsor any participants.

Insurance coverage

Please note that UNI cannot take out insurance for the participants. It is up to the union or the individual participant to conclude insurance. Participation in this meeting is at your own risk.

Visa & Health requirements

If you need a visa to attend the Forum in Malta, please contact UNI head office after registering for the event and we will send you with a personal invitation to obtain a visa.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact press@uniglobalunion.org  

Hotel accommodation

UNI has negotiated guaranteed rates at the Valentina Hotel from 18 to 21 June 2013, (4 nights)

Participants should book their rooms directly with the hotel before 1 May 2013, providing them with Credit Card information and in parallel, register to the Forum with UNI.

Please tell the hotel that you are with the UNI Global Union Communicators’ Forum and quote reference number – “0613”

Valentina Hotel

Dobbie Street

Paceville

St Julians STJ 3070 Malta

Tel: (356) 21382232

Fax: (356) 21382232

Email: reservations@hotelvalentina.com

Web: www.hotelvalentina.com



Thank you for your continued support.

Say cheese!

Cécile Monnier  2 July 2012 10:40:30
Here's our forum 2012 Flickr album! If you want to add your photos, join the group




 forum  Flickr  Photos 

Presentations from the forum

Jerome Morard  29 June 2012 10:39:30
You can now download the presentations that were made during the forum here !

And you can watch edited footage of the forum's Livestream here: http://www.livestream.com/uniglobalunion

Watch live streaming video from uniglobalunion at livestream.com



Image:Presentations from the forum


Follow us Live on livestream

Jerome Morard  20 June 2012 08:00:00
You can follow all the forum live on Livestream.
Image:Follow us Live on livestream

The conference will start today at 10h00.

Communicators forum count down

Cécile Monnier  11 June 2012 14:00:58
9 days until the forum and we look forward to seeing you all in Nyon very soon! Until then, you can have a look at our exciting agenda.

If you are not able to attend this year's forum, we are happy to let you know that we will be webcasting it live! Details will follow shortly.

We will also be tweeting from the forum via @uniglobalunion. You can comment or ask a question at all time (before and during the forum) using #unicommunicators.

For any questions about the agenda or the forum in general please contact us at communications@uniglobalunion.org

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Discover the highlights of the forum!

Cécile Monnier  19 April 2012 14:16:35
Until we reveal the whole agenda, here are the highlights of the 2012 forum.

If you are attending the Forum and would like to present your union's communications work and projects, please send us your presentation ideas at communications@uniglobalunion.org!

Image:Discover the highlights of the forum!

 


 forum  agenda 

UNI Communicators 2012 Contest: Enter your best worker photo

Cécile Monnier  18 April 2012 08:50:07
We are calling on UNI Communicators to pick the best photo of a member to submit for our contest to find the best photo of a UNI member.

We want to build our database of UNI member photos with pictures of our members on the job and/or taking part in union activities. Please send us your best photos. We’ll select a winner who will be announced and given a prize at the UNI Communicators Forum in at UNI’s head office in Nyon, Switzerland on June 21, 2012.

All UNI affiliated unions are eligible to enter the contest. You do not have to be present at the Forum to win the prize.

All photos must be submitted by May 30, 2012

Rules:
1.        Photo must be of a member of your union from one of the UNI sectors
2.        The worker must have given permission for his/her photo to be taken
3.        Your union must own the copyright for the photo. By submitting the photo you are automatically giving UNI permission to use the photo online, in video and in print publications
4.        The photo must be less than 2 years old
5.        Maximum 3 entries per union

Photo example


Colombia, February 24, 2012: A Colombian Carrefour worker votes in the election of store representatives and the union’s national board in an historic vote. The elections, held in 57 stores across 20 cities, were the first in the country for Carrefour, which entered the Colombian market 15 years ago.  About 70 percent of the union members took part in the election and over 400 new members joined so they could take part in the vote. UNI and Carrefour have a global agreement and this constructive relationship laid the foundation for the vote in Colombia.


Image:UNI Communicators 2012 Contest: Enter your best worker photo



To submit an entry, please send the photo (jpg format preferred) with your name, your union and the name of the person or people in the photo, their employer, location and a brief description of the photo. Send your entries or any questions to communications@uniglobalunion.org by May 30. Please write “Photo contest” in the subject line.

We can’t wait to see your best photos!

 workers  photo 

Lights, camera, (inspiring) action! Have you registered for the 2012 UNI Communicators Forum?

Rachel Cohen  16 April 2012 16:09:31
The 2012 UNI Communicators Forum will be held from 20-22 June at UNI’s head office in Nyon with the theme Inspiring Action: Sharing the Story.

Image:Lights, camera, (inspiring) action! Have you registered for the 2012 UNI Communicators Forum?
2011 Forum, Madrid, Spain

At the Forum, we will discuss and share experiences on how to create a compelling narrative and get the story out by making the best use of email advocacy, websites, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook and even union apps for smartphones. We will discuss new ways to collect and share workers’ stories so they can be used to build support as part of our broader communication’s strategy. We’ll take a special look at the social movements that have swept the world in the last year from the aftermath of the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement.
The Forum is an opportunity for UNI-affiliated unions’ communications, press and media officers, journalists, webmasters, videographers and campaigners to share ideas and experiences with other unions as well as UNI’s communications department and other staff based in Nyon.

The UNI Communicators’ Forum 2012 is a place of innovation and new thinking and we count on union communicators’ participation and commitment to ensure its success.

If you’d like an invitation to the forum, please contact UNI at communications@uniglobalunion.org

Watch the webcast - Day 3

UNI Global Union  1 July 2011 11:09:24
Did you miss any of the UNI Communicator's Forum? Did you have a favorite part you want to see again?

Now you can see it all.

Day 3: 22 June 2011


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Watch the webcast - Day 2

UNI Global Union  1 July 2011 11:09:20
Did you miss any of the UNI Communicator's Forum? Did you have a favorite part you want to see again?

Now you can see it all.

Day 2: 21 June 2011


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