Saturday, 13 December 2008
Designer Team meeting in Gdansk this weekend!
What: Designers Meeting. We will work very hard on corporate design for AEGEE. Creative thinking, brainstormings and
good fun is guaranted:D
For whom: Everyone who has graphic talent, is interested in branding and want to contribute to big change in AEGEE:D
Where: Gdańsk, north Poland
Fee: no fee:D free acomodation for all participants:)
When: 13 - 15 December 2008
Thanks to Bartek for this initiative and the meeting! Have fun and good ideas for the visual identity for AEGEE!
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Next "Communicate!"-PR-LTC training in Alicante, 12-14 Dec
"Communicate" in the the calendar of events on aegee.org:http://www.karl.aegee.org/calendar.nsf/EventuallyEdi/C7597DC93B3AEE23C1257501000C83BC?OpenDocument"
Application deadline is december 3rd! Please note that this training course is held in spanish and you need to know spanish on an advanced level to participate!
Event homepage:http://www.aegeealicante.org/comunicadic08
"Communicate!"-package for download: www.wg.aegee.org/prwg --> activities
We wish all who are participating and organising this event some wonderful days full of pr-spirit and entusiasm! :-)
Key To Europe: team selected!
The next edition of the Key to Europe - AEGEE's yearbook, will be available at the Agora Magusa in Spring 2009. Good luck to the team! :-)
Postponing of elections of PRWG
This is why the election committee (Patrick & Sjuul) and the board of the PRWG (Nadine, Vio, Isa, Gunel, Maria and Jorge) decided together to postpone the fall elections.
On december 2nd, the election committee will open the elections again!
When you are interested in running as a candidate in this elections and you have any questions, feel free to ask the board of the PRWG anytime :-)
Shoud out loud! - training with support from European Youth Press
Monday, 10 November 2008
Working Group Booklet Online
The Working Group Booklet was updated this year and distributed at the Agora in Ljubljana. The last edition was issued in 2004.
Election process Fall 2008 started!
NWM Toulouse: PRWG at AEGEE-Café & Workshop
Laure Onidi (former president of AEGEE-Europe & PRWG member) will be present during the AEGEE-Café there and will answer all your questions! Oana Angel will lead the workshop about public relations! We wish all participants a wonderful and inspiring meeting in Toulouse!
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Youth in Action application submitted
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
+open call+ Key to Europe 08 / 09 Editorial Team
the preparation for the new Key to Europe have already began and we
are looking for a motivated and dedicated team who is willing to work
hard and create the next issue of AEGEE's most important publication.
The team will start working in a few weeks and finish by Spring Agora
Magusa 2009, when the wonderful new Key to Europe will be published.
We are looking for the following members of the editorial team:
- content manager: responsible for the content, checking the facts,
making sure all the data is correct
- photo manager: responsible for collecting photos and checking them
- proof reading manager: responsible for coordination of proof reading
- FR manager: responsible for FR assistance for Key to Europe
- authors: interested in writing articles for Key to Europe
- proof readers: interested in proof reading the articles for Key to Europe
What do we expect from you:
- some experience in the field for which you are applying for
- availability till the Spring Agora Magusa 2009
- lots of motivation :)
If you are interested in becoming a part of the project, if you have
any kind of experience in the field (remember that we will be needing
people with very different kind of experience) and if you are
motivated to create the best Key to Europe ever, join us!
Send us your application with a brief description of your experience
(within AEGEE and in the field of publications in general), your
motivation (why would you like to work in the Key to Europe team and
how do you think you can contribute) and tell us which position would
you like to have in the next Key to Europe. Your applications should
be sent to veronika.zagar@gmail.com until 28. 10. 2008.
For any further information, questions, comments, simply e-mail me :)
Warm regards,
Veronika Zagar
Editor-in-chief Key to Europe 08/09
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Veronica & Nadine @ European Youth Media Days in Brussels
Veronica (editor-in-chief Key to Europe) and Nadine (PRWG) enjoyed the event a lot and made a lot of new contacts with media makers from all over Europe!
PRWG board and members meeting
Tuesday, we continued the brainstorming before we moved to the concrete activities of the PRWG. We used this as an entry to the strategic plan 2008 of the PRWG and to gather ideas and concrete suggestions for activities and events in 2009. In the end we started to define the positions of the board more detailed, thus, giving not only the description of the task but also defining competencies and requirements for these positions. Surprisingly, we re-arranged the distribution of the tasks and shaped the positions newly according to the present needs.
On our last day, wednesday, we continued with the description of the board positions and got an insight into the newly created PR-LTC package "Communicate!", the first of its kind, enabling locals to conduct their own two-day training courses in public relations only.
After a small closure, all together, we took the route towards the Agora Aachen!
Special thanks to all the participants of that meeting, Vio, Gunel, Maria, Georg, Laure, Francesco and Nadine!
Thanks also to Thilo Zimmermann for being our contact person, arranging all facilities as well as lodging places for us all!
Stay tuned for the reports on our activities and the open call for the board elections!
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Your board at the Agora in Aachen
Sunday, 7 September 2008
News Bulletin sent to the printing house!
For all those who cannot make to the Agora: make sure someone of your friends bring one example for YOU! The online version will be online available soon!
New team member PRES2 concept development team!
Monday, 1 September 2008
PRWG board and members' meeting - - > 29-30 September - - > Cologne
29-30 September
PRWG board and members' meeting
" See you in Cologne"
- Interesting workshops;
- meeting PR addicts from all over Europe;
- going to AGORA - ALL TOGETHER, etc.
Lodging, food and social programme will be covered by PRWG. There's no participation fee.
All you need to do is REGISTER NOW! ( please, send the registration form to prwg_board@yahoo.com)
Come and meet us, be a part of us!!!
Saturday, 30 August 2008
PR Network for AEGEE in cooperation with the Network Commission
The basic tasks of PR Subcommies include:
- help for antennae doing their local PR activities;
- coordination of all communication to antennae;
- reporting requests of antennae regarding PR to PRWG;
- bringing strategy, ‘corporate’ vision of AEGEE and European PR innovations from the European level to the local level;
- serving as recruiting for PR on the European level;
- visiting PR events (like LTCs or PR actions) of a PR Subcommies’ neighboring antennae as a trainer/advisor/guest.
For this purpose, 2 communication platforms for responsible representatives of PRWG, NetCom and PR Subcommies was created: a mailinglist NETPR-L and a group ‘AEGEE PR Network’ on Facebook.
We are looking for further cooperation with antennae and fruitful work of current seven PR Subcommies.
If you are also interested in becoming a PR Subcommie, please feel free to contact the board of the PRWG anytime (prwg-board-l@aegee.org). In particular, the following regions of Europe still needs to be covered: Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
News Bulletin ready to print!
The new edition is divided in three sections. While the first section is dealing with the theme of knowlege transfer, the second chapter informs you about past events and projects in AEGEE. The third chapter provides you with information about the new CD, the ultimate AEGEE-Quiz, a horoscope and much more! In total, the team and the editors managed to fill 50 pages for you :-) The layout was done by a friend of one of the team members. Stay tuned for more information about YOUR next News Bulletin!
Future cooperation between the PRWG and the Comité Directeur
During the strategic meeting mid of August in Brussels, Nadine had the chance for a chat with Dragan, Robin and Tena. Subject were the publications in AEGEE but also the cooperation with the PRWG in the future. The Comité Directeur will think about their expectations towards the PRWG and will communicate that soon.
PRWG is looking forward to a good cooperation and many successful activities in the future! :-)
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
AEGEE-Krakow will be the hosting local of the next PRES2 2009
Currently, AEGEE-Krakow estabishes a team and soon the communication with the team will start!
Congratulations for AEGEE-Krakow and many thanks to all other applicants!! The choice was not easy, but we think we choose the best location for the event.
PRES2 is an advanced training course on public relations for European projects, working groups and future PR-Directors of the Comité Directeur. It is organised by the PRWG in cooperation with the AEGEE-Academy.
Veronica Zagar appointed as new Editor-in-chief for the Key to Europe 08/09
Congratulations Veronica and many thanks to all applicants! PRWG is looking forward to a great cooperation and an excellent Key to Europe 80/09.
The Key to Europe is AEGEE's yearbook and published on an annual basis reflecting AEGEE's results and achievements of the previous year. It is usually published in spring every year and distributed to its members as well as to stakeholders outside of AEGEE.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Cooperation ITWG & PRWG on the "new aegee.org"
successfull imPRoving publications meeting in Brussels
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
PRWG present at Strategic Meeting of AEGEE in August
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
PR action in the UK
The board of the PRWG is happy to help in this matter and being able to arrange the contacts. Good luck!
Open Call - Editor-in-chief for the "Key to Europe" 2008/2009
The “Key to Europe” is AEGEE’s most important publication and published
on annual basis. Its purpose is, to show AEGEE’s achievements, projects
and results to people outside of AEGEE, like members of the European
Parliament, other European NGO’s but also to the rector of your
university and can be perfectly used for your fundraising activities!
It is usually produced by a motivated team of AEGEE members, printed
somewhere over Europe and distributed either by general mailing or at
the Agora.
Your Comité Directeur and the Public Relations WG are looking for:
+++ Editor-in-chief “Key to Europe 2008/2009” +++
Do you have some project management or editorial experience, within or
outside of AEGEE? Do you want to develop your skills in making
publications and managing a magazine?
The tasks that the editor-in-chief should do are as follows:
- preparing a VISION and CONCEPT for the next edition of the Key 2 Europe
- selection and successful management of the editorial team
- some knowledge about lay-outing, skills in editing and journalism are
highly appreciated
- experience in the field of publications
- good communication skills
- a good knowledge about AEGEE and its history as well as about the
latest happenings
- some experience in work on European level of AEGEE (distance
working/international team work)
- good level of English
- availability directly after the selection till the Spring Agora Magusa
- be the contact person towards the CD and the PRWG
In case you are interested in being the next chief please submit a
motivation letter in which you give an impression of yourself (task
related experience inside and outside AEGEE) and why you want to work on
the next “Key to Europe”.
We are very much looking forward to receive YOUR application and to work
with you on AEGEE’s most important publication!
Send your motivation letter to headoffice@aegee.org and prwg@aegee.org
till 1^st of August 2008!
With best wishes,
Your Comité Directeur & Public Relations WG
Sunday, 6 July 2008
A couple of PRWG members are the participants of T4T in Bucuresti
Training for Trainer of Young European Citizens is organised by AEGEE-Academy in Bucuresti, between the 20th-30th of July. Some participants who are selected have a PR background and may also work as a trainer in the field of PR after the training and in general.
We are glad to announce that, a couple of PRWG members - Agnieszka Wesolowska (AEGEE-Krakow), Gunilla Friedrichs (AEGEE-Mainz-Wiesbaden) and Percin Imrek (AEGEE-Canakkale) have been accepted for T4T.
Keep it up!
Gunel Guliyeva
(PRWG - Treasurer & Human Resources)
Friday, 4 July 2008
+open call+ Host local for PRES2 in spring 2009
It is often claimed that Public Relations in AEGEE are too weak and
that AEGEE-Europe should improve its PR. Therefore, it is time to make
a difference and for taking a challenge towards a new edition of
Public Relations European School 2!
In Spring (March) 2009 the next Public Relations European School 2
will take place. Thus, the PRWG and the AEGEE-Academy are searching
for a motivated hosting local.
During PRES 2, the participants should be equipped with the necessary
skills and knowledge to implement and practise Public Relations on the
European level of AEGEE. Concretely, the participants will be able to
run public relation activities for projects and working groups within
AEGEE as well as for our Comité Directeur.
What does it mean organising a PRES 2 for you as an Antenna in charge?
+ It is a wonderful opportunity for any local to contribute to the
formation of the future PR specialists of AEGEE.
+ It is a great chance to promote your local within the network, since
all the participants and staff will remember the great job you did!
+ You can carry out PR and FR activities for your local of any event
of your local in your city with help of PRES 2 participants
+ It is a huge learning experience in terms of organisation for any local.
+ And last, but not least, it is the perfect means to motivate your
members by living the exhilarating atmosphere of a PRES 2!
What kind of local are we looking for?
+ an energetic and motivated local organisers team - ready and really
motivated to organise an advanced PR-training event;
+ good logistic possibilities to provide adequate accommodation for
the participants and staff members (lodging, best in beds ;-) and
catering);
+ good to reach for possible external speakers, trainers, experts
+ taking care of the necessary logistics for the training programme
(rooms for lectures and technical equipment);
+ supporting the staff to arrange contacts and meetings with local
media & PR companies/agencies, other youth NGO and (local) guest
speakers
+ preparing an appropriate and exciting social programme;
+ providing the necessary documents (invitation letter) for whom needs visa;
+ within the budget (if possible) reimbursing the trainers' travel
costs (partially or totally)
+ ready to build up a good communication flow with the manager, PRWG and Academy
+ experience with the Youth in Action programme (The local should
cooperate with the team in the YiA application)
If YOUR LOCAL wants to make a difference and you feel addressed by
this great challenge, you should send your application to
prwg@aegee.org and board@aegee-academy.org!
Make a difference and offer the perfect location and the perfect
atmosphere to educate PR experts for AEGEE-Europe and to contribute to
further successfully development of PR in AEGEE!
Please respect the deadline of August 1st, 2008.
What your application for PRES 2 hosting local should contain:
+ your motivation for organising PRES 2;
+ information about your local (e.g. number of active members,
experience with organizing events, etc);
+ information on potential logistics (i.e. lodging, catering, rooms
for lectures and simulations, the distances between the lodging place
and rooms, copy facilities etc.);
+ expected fee for approx. 20 participants
+ possibilities of financing the event
+ a provisional budget with expenses and incomes
+ list of potential media and PR companies, youth NGO in your city
We are looking forward to your application!
In case you have any questions do not hesitate and contact us!
Best wishes,
PRES2 Concept Development Team & Maria Morozova and Gülece Şenel (On
behalf of the board of the PRWG and AEGEE-Academy)
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
imPRoving publications - team meeting in Brussels
The team is very happy being hosted in the headoffice of AEGEE-Europe and would like to express it thanks for it!
The final agenda is not drafted yet.
The campaign of imPRoving publications aims to improve the situation of the publications of AEGEE,mainly adressing the Key to Europe (AEGEE's yearbook), the One Europe Magazine and the News Bulletin (AEGEE's membership magazine).
Verena Schmidt became editor in chief of the News Bulletin
Verena is member of the PRWG and also active in various other activities in AEGEE, as for example, the Environmental Working Group or the Europe needs You-project.
After a msn meeting, the team decided yesterday about the thematic focus of the next edition. It will deal with the different ways of knowledge transfer in AEGEE among the AEGEE-members.
We wish the team good luck while working on the next editon and are looking forward to hold the new magazine in our hands :-)
The News Bulletin is AEGEE's internal publication, the AEGEE membership magazine, produced by AEGEE-members for AEGEE-members. It reports about the latest happenings and publishes information amainly about past developments, but also blinks partly into the future of AEGEE.
Friday, 13 June 2008
PRWG invited to the CDM in Mainz
The aim of this meeting is to review and improve the learning and educational system of AEGEE. Two days of discussion, evaluation of existing concepts and exchange of ideas are part of the programme. In the end the results of this meeting will further contribute to improve the training system in AEGEE as well as to support dealing better with the human resources we have in AEGEE.
The AEGEE-Academy, AEGEE's Human Resource Working Group, is organising a concept developments meeting in Mainz from 20th till 22nd of June. This concept development meeting is organised by the AEGEE-Academy in cooperation with AEGEE-Mainz/Wiesbaden.
Saturday, 31 May 2008
New Board of Public Relations Working Group
As you all know, we have just closed our Board elections on PRWG-L.
Please meet the PRWG Board, recently approved by the Comite Directeur:
Speaker: Nadine Karbach - AEGEE-Mainz-Wiesbaden
Treasurer: Gunel Guliyeva - AEGEE-Baki
Secretary: Violeta Joitoiu - AEGEE-Bucuresti
General board members:
Maria Morozova - AEGEE-Kyiv
Isabell Schroeder - AEGEE-Passau
Jorge Reis - AEGEE-Porto
In the end we want to give our thanks to the previous Board members for all their comittment and wish them good luck in their next taks: Gunilla Friedrich and Percin Imrek.
PRWG Board wants to express its hapiness for having closed such a fruitful elections process. It does not matter who is in the board and who is not as long as we will all be working for the benefit of OUR working group.
We are looking forward to cooperating with you ALL. :)
Violeta Joitoiu
PRWG Secretary/PR
Monday, 12 May 2008
Public Relations Working Group at Spring Agora Ljubljana 2008
Last week, a beautiful Spring Agora 2008 took place in "the most beautiful town in the world" - Ljubljana.
Public Relations Working Group was very present and active, and if we take into consideration all the congratulations messages we received, we can say that it was the most visible moment of PRWG. (At least during my 2 years as board member of PRWG).
What made us so visible?
1. The M(eye) blog - http://m-eye-agora.blogspot.com/
A motivated team kept on writing articles and posting news: Maria Morozova, Marino Bresciani, Anca-Maria Oita, Vaggelis Monoguios, Verena Kitz, Nadine Karbach, Percin Imrek, Jorge Reis together with me.
When coming back from Ljubljana, I found several congratulations emails on my personal address and also on PRWG's account. It is always a nice feeling to receive feedback from the network.
And I am so very glad that the blog was well received and enjoyed !!
2. Our activity report
Was the largest one of all the WG's. Nadine had quite a problem to fit everything in 3min, but she managed to do it very well. Some of the WGs did not have a power point presentation and some of them did not even show up on stage to present something.
3. The small surprise from Laure
On Friday around noon, the Chair announced "Laure Onidi wants to make a small announcement". Then Laure went on stage and started talking about all the work she had had since the resignation of the PR Director after Agora Eskisehir and how she would have never made it without PRWG Board. The beautiful words shiverred us all, but this was not all, she went on and called us on stage to give us a small present - a red scarf. (The coulour was chose according to PRWG Identity ;) )
The moment ended with lots of hugs, kisses, tears, applause and of course, pictures!
4. The "imPRoving publications" Workshop
On Thursday afternoon, Nadine Karbach lead the "imPRoving Publications – It’s all about publications!" workshop together with Arleta Bojke.
The participants had the chance to find out more about AEGEE's publications, about what it means to make a publication (from the very first open call until distribution) and in the end they had a funny test in order to find out who can they be in a editorial team (editor-in-chief, layouter, interviewer, etc.).
5. The Working Groups Booklet
After a few adventures with the WG Booklet we were able to have them in Ljubljana and spread them among the participants.
A beautiful nice booklet made its way on the registration desk of AEGEE Europe, in the plenary, in the gym, everywhere.
6. The first PR LTC in Mainz Wiesbaden - Communicate!
I think it was the most promoted event during Agora. From boxes of matches to posters sticked in the toilets everybody found out about the first Public Relations Local Training Course which is organised in cooperation with PRWG and will take place in Main Wiesbaden, between 15th -18th of May.
And for those of you who have not been present in Ljubljana here you can find a short overview: http://picasaweb.google.com/prwg.board/SpringAGORALjubljana2008
In the end, I would just like to thank all of you who contributed to the best semester of Public Relations Working Group and who have made of it a very active group.
Work must go on!!
Violeta Joitoiu
PRWG Secretary/PR
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Working Team on AEGEE's Visual Identity
In response to changes in the world of communication, AEGEE needs to create an own new, catchy and visible visual identity, basing on AEGEE's values. Therefore the PRWG in co-operation with the Comité Directeur created a Working Team on AEGEE's Visual Identity. The team consists of:
- Bartek Kotowicz (coordinator)
- Marek Urban
- Michal Majewski
- Ramon Martinez
- Freddy Lopomo and
- Mateusz Zapart
These six guys divided already the tasks and will start with an analysis of AEGEE's current viusal identity. Then they will create a proposal for a new visual identity - having a look also at the visual identity of other students associations - which will be presented to the PRWG, the Comité Directeur and the network. If the proposal will be accepted, they will also implement it.
PRWG is curious about their results and ideas!
Gunilla Friedrichs (PRWG - Treasurer & Human Resources)
PRES 2 Concept Development Team
The next Public Relations European School 2 is planned to take place in March 2009. In order to make PRES 2 a quality training with effective and lasting impact, AEGEE-Academy and PRWG chose a team that will work on a clear concept of this training event.
The PRES 2 Concept Development Team consists of:
- Arleta Bojke
- Nadine Karbach
- Basak Tuzun and
- Gunilla Friedrichs
PRWG is looking forward to a fruitful co-operation and a new and clear concept for a successful PRES 2!
Gunilla Friedrichs (PRWG - Treasurer & Human Resources)
Sunday, 13 April 2008
News Bulletin - Join the editorial team of the next edition
Dear AEGEE-members,
we call a team for the next edition of the News Bulletin!
This is your chance to write, to interview people, to layout, to design, to brainstorm, to research!! And if you are also a person that enjoys working in an international team, then this open call is definitely for you!
WHAT?
The editorial team of the NEWS BULLETIN
WHEN?
It will be issued before Fall AGORA
HOW?
By putting all our passion into a fantastic publication for our AEGEE-members
WHERE?
inside a multicultural team, but from our own home
WHY?
Because you like writing, finding out more about this network and make your fellow AEGEE-members fascinated by the possibilities in AEGEE
Sounds good..? Read further....
WHAT IS THE NEWS BULLETIN?
The NEWS BULLETIN is mainly an internal AEGEE publication. It contains
news, stories and information about people, projects and events in the AEGEE network
which are worth for our members to know. However, the content has to be reviewed and discussed.
The NEWS BULLETIN serves also to introduce new members to the network of AEGEE
and its happenings.
It is published by an editorial team set up by the Public Relations Working Group and the Comité Directeur. Additionally, the team will be in contact with the team from the “imPRoving publications”-campaign.
WHEN WILL THE NEXT EDITION BE PUBLISHED?
The next edition will be published before Fall Agora Aachen 2008, so we will start working as soon as the team will be formed.
HOW CAN I GET ACTIVE?
There are unlimited possibilities for YOU to enjoy publishing the NEWS BULLETIN :-)
for example as chief editor, graphic designers, editors or proof readers or
*you develop the content of the next edition,
*you interview members of the AEGEE network,
*you bring in new and crazy ideas,
*you can practice your skills in layout and designing
*you write articles about exciting events and projects
* and whatever are your ideas!!!
Are you still with us? ;-) Great!
If it sounds interesting and you want to be a part of this small “project”, read on…..
All you have to do is to send us an email telling us a bit about your motivation and experience.
And if you already have an idea about your form of contribution even better! :-)
Let us know by 21st of April by sending your email to prwg_board@yahoo.com.
For any other questions don’t hesitate to contact us or just use: prwg-board-l@aegee.org !
Looking forward to have you in the team!
With Love,
Your PRWG board
Nadine, Violeta, Gunilla, Isabell, Percin & Jorge
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
New Edition of Working Groups Booklet
It will take a while to surf on all websites of all working groups and get informed, but in 3 weeks it will be very easy. If you come to Agora Ljubljana, just pick one of the booklets with Francois on the cover, our new mascot with many arms and as AEGEE addicted as we are. In this booklet you will find all important information in brief about our Working Groups in AEGEE to inform yourself and your local members who were not so lucky to get a place in Slovenia .
The work on WG Booklet is in progress and it will be ready until Agora. I want to thank all Working Groups for their contribution and, of course, my great team who is still working hard to finish work in time. I want to say many thanks to our designer Krisztián who helped out at short notice and had the idea for Francois.
So follow our smart guy through your way to this booklet and find your place in AEGEE.
Isabell Schroder (Publications Responsible of PRWG Board)
Friday, 4 April 2008
Workshop at the Agora Ljubljana
This workshop will be held on thursday, directly after lunch from 13:00 till 15:00.
It will deal with the publications we have in AEGEE focussing on the improvement of the Key to Europe, the One Europe Magazine and the News Bulletin. In particular, we will deal with the production process of these mentioned publications as well as we will together find out which position on the process would fit to your interests! Next to that, we will compare the advantages and disadvadvantages of a printed version and an online version.
Workshop description as printed in the Agora booklet.
AEGEE-publications (20 years young), single, at home all over
The workshop is a part of the "imPRoving publications" campaign, initiated by the Comité Directeur and the Public Relations Working Group.
Please find more information on our webpage. www.wg.aegee.org/prwg --> activities/ publications
See you at the workshop!
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Open Call - Join the team of the "imPRoving publications"-campaign
AEGEE’s publications need an update! Around 22 years after the first edition of any AEGEE publication was published, time has come to review the most important publications in AEGEE!
They need to be improved in their appearance and content, in terms of distribution and finances and of course regarding human resources! Besides that, long lasting evaluation criteria to proof the success of our publications need to be discussed, decided upon and monitored.
Therefore, the Comité Directeur in cooperation with the Public Relations Working Group are looking for team members to take care on these improvements!
Maybe you are the one, we are looking for?
_ you are familiar with AEGEE, its structure and have gained some experience?
_ you have some experience in the field of publications? (editing, lay-outing, advertisement, project management)
_ you have a sufficient level of English to work in a European team?
_ you are available the upcoming six months, willing to take responsibility within the campaign and motivate to join a meeting with your team members?
_ you want to make a difference and contribute actively to improve AEGEE?
Are you ready for a challenge? Then it is your turn now!
Send your motivation letter, give us an impression of you and explain why you are the one we are looking for!
Improving.publications@googlemail.com till April, 11th.
More information on the campaign: www.wg.aegee.org/prwg --> activities/publications
We are looking forward to your application!
With best wishes,
Your Comité Directeur and your board of the Public Relations Working Group
Juridical Comission supports PRWG elections
The election process will start after the spring Agora in Ljubljana. Concretely, the process will start from 10th of May and will end before the end of May.
A detailed timeframe of the elections will be prepared and published on time to inform all members of the PRWG.
Positions to be elected are the speaker of the PRWG, the treasurer and a general board member.
If you are interested in one of these positions, get in touch with your board via email or meet them at the spring Agora in Ljubljana.
The board of the PRWG would like to thank the Juridical Commission in advance for their support!
PRWG workshop at the EBM in Delft
During this workshop we discussed the production cycle of a publication, since the first open all for the editorial team until the final distribution of publications. From this discussion two main problems raised: transportation and printing, both of them coming, actually, from the money problem. Printing the publications in different printing houses or printing everything in one printing house can be a way out to solving money issues.
During this first discussion, some ideas and suggestions were made on how to improve publications in AEGEE and their visibility. Publications are not well known among AEGEE members, it takes too much time for them to reach the targeted members and the target group of each publication is not always clearly defined.
On the second part of the workshop, participants brainstormed about what an ideal publication should consist in, taking into considerations a separation between internal and external publications. We then continued with 3 ideas of publications, of which extracted one, we defined its target group, the means of reaching it (using IT technologies, such as PDF, Newsletters, websites and Videos, etc.), its content and objectives.
As a final result from this workshop, the main idea is that publications do need to be restructured and stated clearer why they are created, thus, another workshop on improving publications is needed, as participants definitely showed interest on it.
If you want to read more about the PRWG workshop in Delft, you can find the detailed minutes on our mailing list PRWG-L!! Or you can simply join our future workshops on publications … maybe in Ljubljana … who knows??
Jorge Reis (IT Responsible of PRWG)
Leader of the workshop
Sunday, 30 March 2008
PRES 1 Trainer Team & Participants
- Marek Urban (AEGEE-Lublin), manager
- Arleta Bojke (AEGEE-Poznan)
- Ankie Knippenbergh (AEGEE-Tilburg)
- Piotrek Wojciechowski (AEGEE-Lublin)
- Berat Ezel (AEGEE-Izmir)
- Percin Imrek (AEGEE-Canakkale)
Furthermore the participants were selected. You can find the complete list here.
We are looking forward to a successful and inspiring PRES 1 with an enthusiastic trainer team and motivated participants full of fresh ideas :-).
Gunilla Friedrichs (Treasurer & Human Resources)
Friday, 21 March 2008
Your board at the Agora in Ljubljana
Nadine, Violeta, Gunilla, Isabell, Percin and Jorge are looking forward to meet you during our workshop (more information coming soon!), during the social programme or for a good chat while having a coffee :-)
Take your chance to get in touch with your board! This might be also a very good occasion for your when you are interested in a board position in the upcoming board elections.
See you at the Spring Agora Ljubljana 2008!
Monday, 17 March 2008
PRWG Renewal
the Public Relations Working Group is currently consisting of 68 members. Some are members already for quite a long time, others are new and fresh. We, the current board of PRWG, want our working group being active, since this is the purpose of an AEGEE-body. Most of the time the board is working on the various activities. Thus we were asking ourselves, who are our members? Why did they join PRWG? What do they want to do in PRWG? How do they want to become active and how can we involve them better in the PRWG projects and activities?
To find an answer to these questions and to figure out, who are the members that still want to be active, we start a renewal of PRWG. We have sent an e-mail with a small questionnaire to every PRWG member to make sure that he/she is an active member, is frequently checking his/her e-mails, wants to be part of a European Working Group of AEGEE and is still seriously creative :-)!
As a member of PRWG you can become active in our activities and projects. Furthermore you can candidate for a board position and you have voting right during elections.
If you are a member of PRWG and have not yet received the e-mail with the questionnaire, please contact the PRWG board (prwg.board[at]aegee.org). Your membership will be deleted if you do not reply to the e-mail until 30th of March 2008.
Looking forward to a lot of enthusiastic and motivated PRWG members :-),
Gunilla Friedrichs (PRWG Treasurer & Human Resources)
Sunday, 24 February 2008
PR subcommies
PRWG would like to lift some weight off Netcom’s and other bodies’ shoulders that are responsible of the network, while PR subcommies will take the role of fulfilling the need of knowledge and information for all PR matters. And after this system will be successfully implemented, there will be many PR lovers that will be ready to help AEGEE in terms of PR.
PRWG has created a mailing list (PR-network-l@aegee.org) that will gather the PR subcommies in it and will sustain the contact between PRWG, CD and the subcommies. PR subcommies will create lists that will include the PR directors of the locals of their Networks, through which they will ensure the information flow and knowledge transfer from the European level to the local one.
Now PRWG is going to appoint PR Subcommies with the help of the Netcom. The people involved in this task are the PR Subcommies, the Netcom, the CD, the PR directors and all the other PR enthusiasts who would like to get active.
If you are excited about the idea and want to be a part of this small project, feel free to contact us, through the website, through the blog or by email.
Percin Imrek (Network Director of PRWG)
Monday, 18 February 2008
Evaluate it, shape it, make it – Publications in AEGEE !! (EBM WS)
You can read here the workshop description in the EBM booklet.
Do you want to change the future appearance of AEGEE? Then take part and adapt AEGEE’s publications to the needs today! Get to know all publications (e.g. Key 2 Europe, One Europe Magazine, News Bulletin and others!), establish proper criteria how to measure their success and finally use them to point out necessary changes so that we ensure best possible information flow inside AEGEE and for AEGEE’s external representation!
Your local and your project can take benefit from powerful AEGEE publications – shape them with us during the workshop :-) The board of the PRWG looks forward to meet all interested participants for shaping AEGEE's publications!
Nadine Karbach (PRWG Speaker)
Key to Europe 2008
It will be a mixture of traditional structure and new elements put together in a professional layout. So be excited and run to get one in Ljubljana.
The team for Key to Europe was selected. Gokhan Bozkurt is now the new Chief-Editor for this year. Among the happy editor of this edition, we have Verena Schmidt, Violeta Joitoiu, Nadine Karbach, Julia Hoffmann, Guleçe Senel, Barteck Kotowicz, Isabell Schroder, Marek Urban, Tika Tsertsvadze, Ramon Martinez, Arleta Bojke, Uygar Kilic, Laure Onidi, Christina Pototska, Maria Nomikou, Burcu Becermen, Sander Kahveciler, Dragan Stojanovski and the SUCT.
As there is not much time left until the upcoming Agora, where the next K2E will be distributed, the whole team is working hard to match the tight timetable. First, everybody introduced himself/herself to the others by mailing list, followed by a hot discussion about the structure, which topics have to be kept in the Key and what needs to be changed. After all, the editor in chief put all ideas together in a working frame.
All tasks are divided among the editorials now, the layout will be done by Uygar Kilic, so time to become creative and start writing!
Stay tuned....
Isabell Schroeder (Publications Responsible)
Cooperation between PRWG and the CD
New steps and priorities for the PR of AEGEE-Europe needed to be defined for the upcoming months. Together with Laure Onidi, President of AEGEE-Europe and contact person towards the PRWG, we managed to accomplish this task for the satisfaction of all involved. After four weeks of intense communication, we defined a good amount of activities to be started in 2008.
For example:
- the redefinition of AEGEE's visual identity,
- the project of translation press releases about multilingualism in AEGEE and research on national media for the distribution,
- the re-structuration of AEGEE's publications as well as developing methods to make AEGEE's results visible.
We as the PRWG looking forward to these tasks and for a good cooperation withAEGEE-Europe.
Nadine Karbach (PRWG Speaker)
PRWG has a new website !!
We are inviting you to:
- find all the information you need about PRWG and PR in AEGEE
- meet the PRWG Board
- read about PRWG's activities
- download PR materials, publications and press releases
- last but not least, keep yourself updated through this blog!!!
Enjoy !!!
Violeta Joitoiu (PRWG Secretary)
Welcome to our blog!
We have been dreaming about a blog, we have been planning it for a while and today we are happy to launch it!!
We will be updating it regularly, or every time we know something that needs to be told. You will be finding out from us news about what the PRWG members are working on, AEGEE’s publications, different workshops hosted by us, several PR activities, PR trainings and also external information about PR.
On the same time, we are inviting you to help us develop it, to contribute to it and make the best out of this great working group called PRWG!!
Greetings from your PRWG Board,
Nadine, Violeta, Isabell, Gunilla, Jorge and Percin