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UNI Communicators’ Forum
Protaras, Cyprus – 10-12 June 2009
Wednesday 10th June
09:45 - BUS to the Conference room: in front of TETYK hotel. Be on time!
10:00-10:15 Welcome to Cyprus
Loizos Hadjicostis, ETYK - Cyprus
10:15-10:30 UNI Communications’ Strategy
Rachel Cohen, UNI - Switzerland
10:30-12:30 Musical Computers
A networking exercise
12:35 - BUS / 12:40-13:50 – Lunch / 13:55 - BUS
14:00-14:15 The Never Ending Message in Modern Times
Philip Bowyer, UNI - Switzerland
14:15-14:45 Successful Campaigning
Paul Hilder, AVAAZ.org – UK
Avaaz.org is a global web movement that works to close the gap between
the world we have and the world most people everywhere want. It has over
3 million members and has supported major solidarity campaigns on a
range of progressive causes. Paul Hilder is the campaign director at
Avaaz. He will share his experiences building Avaaz and his ideas on how
unions could adapt the Avaaz campaign model.
14:45-15:00 How a Micro-multinational Can Please…with the Union Story
Paulien Osse, WageIndicator & Decisions for Life - Netherlands
15:00-15:15 Coffee & Tea break
15:15-16:00 Company Websites
Monique Braam, LBC-NVK - Belgium
Member Applications
Massiré Diémé, SYTS - Senegal
Our New “Members’ Only” Website
Barbara Hackenjos, ver.di - Germany
16:00-17:00 Speakers’ Bus Stop
1st bus stop: Paul
2nd bus stop: Paulien
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3 bus stop: Monique & Barbara
17:00-17:30 Web-based Strategies for Building Member and Public Support
in Union Campaigns
Candice Johnson, CWA - USA
17:35 - BUS / 19:00-23:00 – Greek supper at the TETYK hotel
Courtesy of our host, the ETYK Cyprus trade union
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Thursday 11th June
09:00-09:30 Can Trade Unions Use the Power of Online Engagement?
Matthew McGregor, Blue State Digital - UK
Trade unions have looked to the victory of Barack Obama for lessons that
can be adopted in Europe to help us campaign better and win more often.
Matthew McGregor works for Blue State Digital, the US firm which
powered Obama's online campaign. He will speak about transferable
lessons from that campaign and how simple changes can set unions on a
path to winning online
09:30-09:45 From Leafleting to Texting: Responding to the Changing
World of New Media
Scott Shumaker, SEIU - USA
09:45-10:30 From UNI & the Web 2.0…to Online Rights for Online Workers
Lorenzo De Santis, UNI - Switzerland
From Online Rights to Online Chaos?
Matthieu Marin, SETCA - Belgium
Turning my Union into a Web 2.0 Organisation
Aristotelis Lakkas, OTOE - Greece
Boosting Communications in Mongolia
Erdenesaikhan Tsedevsuren, FCSWTU - Mongolia
10:30-10:45 Coffee & Tea break
10:45-11:45 Speakers’ Bus stop
1st bus stop: Matthew McGregor
2nd bus stop: Scott
3rd bus stop: Lorenzo & Matthieu Marin
4th bus stop: Aristotelis & Erdenesaikhan
11:45-12:00 Union Comms: Examining New Challenges in the 2.0 Era
David Hoets, SASBO - South Africa
12:05 - BUS / 12:10-13:35 – Lunch / 13:40 - BUS
13:45-14:00 Membership Growth with Traditional Methods
Lars Jönsson, Handels - Sweden
14:00-14:15 Vida Voice, May the SMS Force Be with You!
Dietmar Weiss, Vida - Austria
14:15-14:30 Photo Competitions Online
Johannes Fjose Berg, NITO - Norway
14:30-14:45 The World of Works
Helmut Tomek, GPF - Austria
14:45-15:45 In UNI’s Global Campaigning Shoes
a workshop
15:45-16:00 Coffee & Tea break
16:00-17:00 Reports from the Workshop
17:05 - BUS / 19:00-23:00 – Boat party leaving from TETYK hotel
Bring swimwear and towels if you wish!
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Friday 12th June
09:30-10:00 Popcorn and Movies
Time…to wake up
10:00-10:30 Union News on Internet TV
Miquel Loriz, COMFIA – Spain
Paola Mele, FISASCAT - Italy
10:30-10:45 360 Degrees Communications
Kevin Slocombe, CWU - UK
10:45-11:00 Coffee & Tea break
11:00-11:15 The Future of Journalism
Peter Ross, MEAA - Australia
11:15-11:30 Campaigning for Journalists
Andrula Georgiadou, ESK - Cyprus
11:30-11:45 Union Challenges: Developing Countries & the Global Recession
Mike Abrahams, SACCAWU - South Africa
11:45-12:00 Africa eFuture
Corneille Wandjo, SYNCASS - DRC
12:05 - BUS / 12:10-13:35 – Lunch / 13:40 - BUS
13:45-14:00 Unequal Access to Communication Tools
Jorge Diego Gonzalez, FETRABAN - Paraguay
14:00-14:15 The Suterh Growth in Argentina and the Contribution of Web
2.0 applications: A Community Project
Victor Santa Maria, FATERyH - Argentina
14:15-14:45 Speakers’ bus stop
1st bus stop: Paola & Kevin
2nd bus stop: Miquel & Peter
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3 bus stop: Andrula & Mike
4th bus stop: Jorge & Victor
14:45-15:00 Web 2.0 Paradigm
Pietro Gentile, FABI - Italy
15:00-15:15 UnionReps.org.uk and the Facebook/UnionBook debate
John Wood, TUC - UK
15:15-15:30 Facebook Aplications
Kristina Larsen, PROSA - Denmark
15:30-15:45 A Crystal Ball – Looking into the Future
Davide Barillari, Web Expert - Italy
15:45-16:00 Conclusions, Evaluation
Rachel Cohen, UNI - Switzerland
16:05 - BUS ………………………………………………HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME!
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