PRWG of AEGEE

Update: PRWG SU Award

2010-06-08T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hello again,

some time ago, we announced our PRWG SU Award on this blog. We are happy to inform you that so far we have five contestants willing to invest time and energy in creative, innovative and convincing promotion and communication (not only) Web 2.0 activities for their SU.

The bold locals are:

*AEGEE-Catania & AEGEE-Cagliari
*AEGEE-Las Palmas
*AEGEE-Istanbul
*AEGEE-Oviedo
*AEGEE-Agrigento & AEGEE-Palermo

In case you would like to take part with your SU as well, simply send us an e-mail to prwg_board[at]aegee.org indicating you local, dates and name of your SU until Sunday, June 13th. We are looking forward to your ideas and are curious who will receive our goblet at Agora Istanbul!

PRWG is attending Shape Our Home event

2010-05-22T06:03:00.000-07:00

we often come to the conclusion that simple questions are difficult to answer. What is AEGEE? What do we do? What are ou aims? What activities define us?

We all know the answers, but sometimes finding the right words is pretty challenging. Shape Our Home is a project whose purpose is to tackle this challenge and discover the new words and new visual elements that characterise AEGEE at 25 years of being.

PRWG is part of this unique project, Maurits Korse, Project's Director of PRWG is a member of the team and Laura Toma, SPeaker of PRWG is attending Shape Our Home in Aachen.

We will keep you post it with news regarding the results of workshops.

New PRWG Members!

2010-04-29T05:17:00.000-07:00

Dear PR enthusiasts,

PRWG is still growing! We would like to take the chance and present you two new and motivated members of our working group:

Luis Alvarado comes from AEGEE-Las Palmas, is 20 years old and a student of Translation and Interpreting at Las Palmas University. At the moment he is president of his local, but that doesn't seem to be enough of a challenge for him :-) Concerning PR and intercultural communication he states: "I've realised how important communication is in our society. Being able to approach different people from different cultures and actually being able to reach an agreement or convince them of something is vital for us nowadays. This is why Im really interested in the PRWG, and the way communicationn works inside and outside AEGEE." We are convinced you will find out soon and are looking forward to your contribution in PRWG!

Our second new member is Michael from AEGEE-Hamburg. He is studying Biology and Psychology at Hamburg University and has been an AEGEE-member for 3,5 years already. He is quite involved in PR in AEGEE - e. g. in the Shape our Home Project - however, "I don't know,
but I have never managed to apply for a membership in the PRWG!" We are glad he finally decided to join us and are especially honoured since Michael was elected next PR director of AEGEE-Europe at Agora Leiden - congratulations from our side!

In case you want to become a member of PRWG as well, just send us an e-mail stating your interest to prwg_board[at]aegee.org!

Verena on behalf of PRWG board.

PRWG proudly presents SU Web 2.0

2010-03-21T09:12:00.000-07:00

We all know what this AEGEE period is all about, the applications for SUs have started! How does an AEGEE member chose the perfect event for himself? Well, it's all about the funny promo videos, or the attractive pictures, or the great choice of words to envision a place in summer.
PRWG knows all this so, we want to award the best online promo campaign for a SU taking place this year :)
How does it work? SU willing to take part in the contest should send an e-mail to us: prwg.board@aegee.org or prwg.board@gmail.com expressing their wish to participate, thus entering the competition.
We will then send them a document that explains in detail what we are evaluating. Generally, PRWG will have an expert look at the promotion of the SU (on youtube, facebook, website etc.), the use of Web 2.0 during the SU (via a blog, website ) and afterwards (video etc.). Criterias will be the creativity and the quality of the content.
We will present the competing SUs on our blog and via AEGEE-L, so the public can have a look as well :-)
The best team wins a special award, a surprise which will be revealed at the rght time!
So, dear SUs organizing teams, PRWG is looking forward for your entering the competition. The deadline to send the email is the 1st of May!

Don't forget to vote!

2009-12-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

Dear PRWG members,

candidates have been presented, questions have been asked and answered - now the most exciting part of PRWG board elections is approaching quickly - IT'S ELECTION TIME next week!

As usual, the Juridical Commission will give the starting signal for the voting week, and we would like to ask each and every one of you to submit their votes - we need your support and legitimation!

In case you forgot, here is the candidates:

Verena Haßler - Secretary/HR
Samir Maharramov - General Board Member/IT
Maurits Korse - General Board Member

Happy voting time!

Elections in PRWG - Give yourself a Christmas PResent!

2009-11-23T09:31:00.000-08:00

Dear PRWG,

time has come for you again to run and vote for the next board members of your Public Relations Working Group!

PRWG is glad to welcome the support of the Juridical Commission for this election, represented by Mirjam Dickmeis, President of the Juridical Commission of AEGEE-Europe. The board of PRWG would like to express thanks in advance for her support with the upcoming elections!

What are the positions you can run for during this election round?

_Secretary (& HR-PRWG membership management)
_General board member (IT & PR)
_General board member (projects coordinator)

The election procedure will start this week and will be introduced to you by Mirjam. We apologize for the tight timeframe, but we would like to present PRWG's new board before Christmas. We encourage everyone to run for her/his favourite position - why not give yourself a Christmas PResent? :-)

If you are interested in becoming a board member of PRWG, feel free to contact the board for any questions you may have on the positions, tasks and competencies.

Please note that you have to be a member of PRWG in order to candidate and/or cast a vote in this election (being subscribed to PRWG-L is not sufficient).

Looking forward to an exciting election round with many interesting candidatures!

Your board of PRWG
Laura, Gosia, Verena, Fra, Isa and Samir.

First Results of PRWG Identity Process

2009-11-07T02:26:00.000-08:00

PRWG board is happy to present the results of the PRWG identity survey realized in spring/summer 2009. Thanks once again to everyone who took part! You can find a summary including first conclusions at

http://prwg.autoricambideluca.it/PRWG%20documents/FirstResultsPRWGIdentityProcess.pdf

and on AEGEE intranet in the PRWG section ("documents -> public -> PRWG materials").

PRWG board will continue the identity process during the next weeks and months together with YOU! We will keep you up-to-date and appreciate your ideas, suggestions and constructive criticism, either via PRWG-L or prwg.board[at]aegee.org.

PRWG board wishes you a splendid weekend!

PRWG@ Agora Kyiv

2009-10-20T07:55:00.001-07:00

Dear PRWG members,

Autumn Agora Kyiv is fast approaching and PRWG will make its mark once again!

First of all, we have the Agora blog, which has become a tradition! Check it out everyday for news and info, because it's an updated source with everything that's happenning! m-eye-agora.blogspot.com.
New posts will be published on the PRWG Group on Facebook, so don't miss our daily messages:)

PRWG Board, represented by its Speaker, Laura Toma will also present its Activity report, keep fingers crossed!

Georg Rehberger, AEGEE Munchen, member of PRWG will candidate for SUCT and we wish him good luck!

PRWG has prepared special presentations of its new projects for the AEGEE Fair!

And of course, the members of the PRWG will be @ all parties!

Working Groups Newsletter Team Complete!

2009-10-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

PRWG proudly presents the members of the WG newsletter team, which will in the future provide you with the freshest bits of news from all working groups in AEGEE! We are glad that Harris Kantas from AEGEE-Athina and Maurits Korse from AEGEE-Enschede, as well as your secretary Verena Haßler, are willing to meet the challenge and wish them a lot of inspiration and energy!

PRWG wants to Wiki!

2009-10-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

We proudly present to you the newest members of our PR Wiki Team:
Andreea Meteleciu-AEGEE Bucuresti and Lina Erzen - AEGEE Ljubljana and AEGEE Nis!
We congratulate them and wish them and the other members of the team: Nadine Karbach, Francesco de Luca and Laura Toma good luck with making this the best PR Wiki:)
Work will start very soon and we will keep all the members of PRWG up-to-date with the development of the PR Wiki!

Think OUT OF THE BOX!

2009-09-30T00:53:00.000-07:00

Only few days left to apply for the most imPRessing event of the year!

Have you always wanted to know how to PRomote things and events really effectively? How to cooperate with media and PaRtners? How to communicate so that you would be listened to?...

If yes, then Public Relations European School is just perfect for you! The Training Course will last between 21 and 29 of November in Leiden, a beautiful town in the Netherlands.

Leave the conventional way of thinking and start leading your thoughts out of the box!
During this training course you will get to know:
* How to develop a PR Strategy?
* Types of media and how to use them
* Designing a sound message for your target audience
* Presentation techniques & body language
* Creative thinking techniques
* Journalism and PR
And of course many more!

How much does it cost?
Accommodation, meals, training materials and social program will be provided for the participation fee being only 60 Euros.

Interested? Don’t wait and APPLY NOW on http://www.aegee-academy.org/es/home.php
You have time only till 9th of October!

More information about the event can be found on the webpage:
http://pres1leiden.blogspot.com

We are waiting for YOU! :)

Knowledge transfer completed :-)

2009-07-19T14:25:00.000-07:00

Various msn meetings, plenty of files to send, many questions to answer, some skype meetings and voilà: the knowledge transfer was successfully done! After the elections leaving board members and new elected board members spent much time online together to transfer the knowledge as good as possible. Slowed down by the exam period, the process took us somewhat longer, still it went very well and the new board took off to further improve public relations in AEGEE :-)

WG boards meeting in Brussels with PRWG!

2009-07-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

Yes we can and we do :-) During the WG boards meeting in august in Brussels, PRWG will be represented by Verena Hassler, our dear secretary! The aim of the meeting is to improve the current system of working groups in AEGEE as well as to take stock on the current situation. From 21.-23. of august, so far six working groups announced their representatives! Next to PRWG, for example also the IPWG, HRWG, EnWG and the AEGEE-Academy will be present.

PRES1 - Youth in Action application handed in

2009-07-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Keep all your fingers crossed! The team around the organisation of PRES1 worked hard and effiecient on an application for the Youth in Action programme! We handed in for the June 1st deadline and these days we are expecting the result of the selection!
Tremendous huge thanks for help and support and motivation go to Sandra Geldmacher (Academy contact person/Secretary), Aga (Speaker Academy), AEGEE-Leiden Crew Matthijs and Gerben, Nadine (PRWG) and Berat (manager)!!Stay tuned for for information and check the webpage regularly --> www.aegee-academy.org :-)) We are looking forward to meet you in Leiden! :-)

New board of Public Relations Working Group!

2009-06-19T01:11:00.000-07:00

Just to make sure that no one misses the news: AEGEE Public Relations Working Group has a new board! Let us introduce you to the members:

# our new Speaker: Laura Toma (AEGEE-Bucuresti)
# our new General Board Member (Network&Training): Malgorzata Garbarczyk (AEGEE-Poznan)

# Our new and old Treasurer: Francesco De Luca (AEGEE-Milano)

# And of course our "oldies" Isabell Schroeder (Projects, AEGEE-Passau), Samir Maharramov (IT&PR, AEGEE-Baki) and Verena Hassler (Secretary&HR, AEGEE-Passau)

We would like to thank our outgoing speaker Nadine Karbach and Maria Morozova, outgoing Network&Training, for their tremendous work and everyone who took an active part in the elections!

Great Success: PR Database online! :-)

2009-05-12T03:25:00.000-07:00

With pleasure, PRWG announces the new PR online database for PR material for AEGEE!
The database will serve as an interim solution till the new aegee.org/intranet is finally ready to use.
The entire material and its structure will be shifted then towards its new destination.
You can upload your material yourself with an FTP programme or send the material to the PRWG board and we upload it for you.
After a pretty long time and many discussions on where to put the database, how to manage its administration and how to manage the upload, the interim Database solution seems to be an excellent option!
Thanks goes to Isa who was mainly in charge of the project and to Francesco for his IT-knowledge and solutions for the actual implementation! Excellent guys! Well done :-)

CD communication: Communication and Transparency Recovery Package online!

2009-05-12T03:19:00.000-07:00

After the non-approved Activity Report of the CD at the Agora in Magusa and the positive Vote of Confidence, it was time to chance something in the communication with the entire (!) AEGEE-network.
The result is this great Recovery Package containing two pages where the CD clearly elaborates its new communication and transparency working style towards the network.
We are curiously looking forward to the implementation of all these very concrete measures which are mentioned and hope the best for the network and the association!
The Package can be find here:
http://www.karl.aegee.org/aeg-info.NSF/c7d75e4585529ef9c12562c900643a33/5682893386bd266fc12575b3005e2918/$FILE/CTRP.pdf

Results of the survey on the new "aegee.org"

2009-05-12T03:15:00.000-07:00

After the five-day survey, the results on the "aegee.org" poll are published here:
http://www.karl.aegee.org/aeg-publ.NSF/9ae067a50c88886fc12563680051d692/3cfbff28f03b9629c12575b30070d6ba/$FILE/websitesurveyreport.pdf
Enjoy reading and happy implementing :-D

Loesje Summercamp on Creativity

2009-05-12T03:01:00.000-07:00

This year Loesje Summercamp (www.loesje.org) will take place in Northern Spain, from July 25th till August 8th! You can apply for one or two weeks, the price is around 90€/week and 160€/two weeks. Accomodation and food is covered, travel expanses have to covered by your own.
What's the camp about? The Summercamp will start with creating a program together, with space for everybody to participate and contribute actively.
During daytime workshops, hiking in the surroundings, sunbathing,street actions in the village, during night time organising different parties or other funky happenings, cultural evenings, forest night games and an one-day excursion.
And what else? Drinking cider in the sun, Singing, dancing and storytelling around the bonfire, collective massage activities, kissing underwater contests in the river swimming pool , playing with paper boat in the ponds, following cows and deer in the mountains, catching crickets in the fields…And Loesje creative text writing workshops, of course.
More information you can find on the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=99275376640
And on www.loesje.org/members. Log in with member - password: IntMem#&);

Yes, we have a budget!

2009-05-03T05:23:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce that PRWG budget 2009 is approved for the majority of its calls! :-)
We will dispose of a total amount of 830 euros to publish the PR Guide, print new flyers and for the Board and Members Meeting.
Unfortunatly t-shirts for our members are not approved, but we will put all our efforts to find a sponsor for them ;-)

PRES1 postponed to Fall 2009

2009-05-03T02:13:00.000-07:00

Initially, we wanted to provide you with the training already in May/June 2009. Due to many difficulties, we are now shifting the plans to September this year. The decision was made by the boards of the PRWG and the Academy, which with we are cooperating for our one-week public relations trainings PRES1 and PRES2.
We hope that soon we can provide you with more and good news :-)

Juridical support for Spring board elections!

2009-05-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

We are happy to receive the support of the Juridical Commission for the upcoming spring board elections of the PRWG! :-)
The elections will start tomorrow and in total we are looking for three new board members: speaker, treasurer and a general board member (network & training). All positions are elected for a one-year period.
We are looking forward to an exciting and successful election procedure :-)

PRWG at the Spring Agora Magusa

2009-04-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

During the last Agora, you had the chance to meet and see Isa and Samir from PRWG board :-)! While Isa was presenting the Activity Report, Samir got in touch with many people from the network to chat about public relations matters! Besides, Isa was hard working to keep the Agora M(eye) Blog up to date! Thank you Samir and Isa for representing PRWG! :-)

PR-Material request from AEGEE-Zagreb

2009-04-21T12:17:00.000-07:00

PRWG could finally act in its supportive manner again :-) With pleasure the board send some PR material to the board of AEGEE-Zagreb who asked for some support in public relations matters. We provided some material about a pr-strategy, dealing with media and journalists as well as basics about public relations understanding. In case you also have a question or a concrete request, ask us and we try to help you anytime :-)

Digitalising Publications - Meeting in Enschede!

2009-04-10T05:29:00.000-07:00

Maybe you once surfed aegee.org and found the page of AEGEE's publications? They are not complete nor is anyone accessible to read or download. This shortcoming PRWG started fighting! Last year, a couple of old publications, such as old Key to Europe's and old News Bulletin were scanned. Now it is time to work on the scans and make them nicely looking for you :-) Maurits (AEGEE-Enschede/PRES2 Krakow participant) and Nadine (PRWG) met in Enschede to take stock, share duties and agreed on the publish-standard of the scans. Both are convinced that the scans will look awesome when they are ready :-) So, stay tuned for the results! Good luck and many thanks, guys!

PRWG realises M(eye) Agora Blog again!

2009-04-10T05:08:00.000-07:00

For the Agora Magusa, PRWG is working on realising the Agora Blog again :-) Isa from the board and Verena Schmidt from HRWG are taking care on it during the Agora. The chair will link the blog with the message wall from facebook, so that you are always up to date what's going on at the Agora!
An open call was issued to call for editors, who contribute actively during the Agora. New this time, we plan to have people responsible writing about specifics slots to guarantee a good level of information throughout the entire Agora for all people of the network who cannot be there.
http://m-eye-agora.blogspot.com/

Key to Europe - published after the Agora!

2009-04-10T05:01:00.000-07:00

Latest news about the new Key to Europe! After we missed the deadline of sending it to the printing house (25th of March), through reasons we also dont know definitely, the idea to distribute the Key at the Agora cannot be kept! According to the latest credible information we got, the design has to be done completely new and the process will start this weekend! Further information are not known yet, but we hope that the new Key can be send after the Agora with the next General Mailing to you :-) Thanks goes to Veronika Zagar, our editor-in-chief for all information and her hard work for the next Key!

Agora Magusa - meet Isa and Samir! :-)

2009-04-06T03:35:00.000-07:00

Isa and Samir are taking the chance to represent PRWG at the upcoming Agora in Magusa! When you have any questions or you are interested in a small chat about public relations in AEGEE, feel free to get in touch with Isa and Samir! :-)

Evren - our hero!

2009-04-06T03:32:00.000-07:00

Thank to Evren, the Secretary General in the CD, the correct version of the Activity Report of the PRWG is compiled in the AR-booklet for the Agora! By accident, Nadine sent the wrong file and only by the attentive reaction from Evren, a catastrophe could be prevented! Thank you Evren - our hero! :-)

Key to Europe - more news!

2009-04-06T03:28:00.000-07:00

The work on the new Key to Europe is going into its final phase! Initially planned to be ditributed at the Agora, it becomes more and more certain that the final version will be send to you with the General mailing after the Agora. The deadline for the printing house could not be kept (25th of March), since first the layouter went sick and then the editor-in-chief. We are on it for the latest news for you! :-)

imPRESsive - PRES2 Krakow

2009-04-06T03:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, WE CAN! 24 great participants, 6 fabulous trainers, many many genius local organisaers from AEGEE-Krakow (for example, Mirek, Tomek, Magda, Kubus, Kuba and many more!) made this PRES2 an unforgettable and inspiring training course! One week, we learned about public relations on the European level, enjoyed plenty of discussions, demanding group work and relaxing parties! There is much to tell about this week and what made it so special! But one thing is certain: the right people met at the right time at the right place! :-) Much much more stories are to be told, so stay tuned for more news when we start to "Shout out loud!"

No Logo-Proposal from AEGEE-Europe for Agora Magusa

2009-03-15T04:07:00.000-07:00

We are glad to hear that AEGEE-Europe did not handed in a proposal on the logo-change for AEGEE. The deadline was March 12th and this information was shared with us last friday. PRWG-board expressed its concerns towards a possible proposal few weeks ago.
The feedback process is not finished yet and it makes sense to take all concerns and feedback from the network to support the process towards an improved visual identity of AEGEE.

No workshop application for Spring Agora Magusa

2009-03-15T03:55:00.000-07:00

After small discussion about a workshop for the upcoming Spring Agora, the PRWG board decided not to hand in any application. The two premisses as a suitable topic as well as one/two workshop leaders could not be discussed thouroughly and with a satifying result. A certain quality in PRWG workshops would thereby not be guaranteed. We will try to be present as much NWM as possible and hope to hand in again for Agora Kyiv. Hoping for your understanding and see you somewhere in Europe!

Key to Europe! Coming soon.....

2009-03-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

The Key to Europe team is working hard on the next edition of the yearbook of AEGEE, the Key to Europe! The design was choosen and thus it is about putting all together! We are curious for the result and expect the 1st version every day.....:-)
You will get the chance to hold the new Key in your hands at the Agora Magusa or it will reach you with the General Mailing afterwards!

PRWG offered place for the upcoming Agora

2009-03-07T10:28:00.000-08:00

As a supportinve body of AEGEE, Public Relations Working Group takes place at the General Assembly of AEGEE. For this GA, PRWG, has two places which can be given to board members, for example. Places which are not taken from the board are usually offered to PRWG members. So we did with a vacant place for the upcoming Agora Magusa. Till the deadline, no one approached us who would have been interested in the place...Well, maybe next time ;-)

PRWG. Seriously Creative

2009-02-23T04:26:00.000-08:00

PRWG fuels the engine of events in AEGEE. Each event needs its promotion, each project of AEGEE-Europe cannot be done without appropriate dissemination information to the targeted audience. The team of ca. 60 members of PRWG is there for disposal of AEGEE members that want to discover what PR is and make their locals more famous. PRWG supports the whole AEGEE network in everything that concerns PR. This article is a practical guide for AEGEE members who always wanted to ask what PRWG can offer but were afraid to ask. Hopefully, the following will help to make the picture about practical implications of PRWG work more understandable and visible.

Use PR materials, share you ideas!

- Brain Center: PRWG not only stores, collects and retains all possible PR materials, but also generates ideas and creative solutions in everything that concerns promotion and publicity. PRWG knows everything about image, promotion strategy, better visibility and communication within AEGEE, as this WG constantly analyses and evaluates PR in AEGEE. For this purpose, PRWG manages PR materials in the AEGEE office on aegee.org and plans to create an AEGEE PR Wiki.

Ask your PR Subcommie for help!

- Transmitter: One of the major tasks of PRWG apart for CD support and PR on the European level is support to locals. Therefore PRWG stands for better information flow between the local and the European level. For this purpose there are several PR Subcommies responsible for the pool of antennae in their areas. This ensures better understanding of PR situation in locals and ensures prompter response from the European level.

Go to PRES1 or PRES2, learn more about PR or become a trainer!

- Training in Public Relations. PRWG cooperates with AEGEE-Academy in organizing PRES1 and PRES2. In 2009 PRES2 is taking place in March in Krakow and PRES1 is taking place also somewhere in Europe on the edge of spring and summer.

PRWG also assists locals in case they decide to organize local trainings. In 2008 PRWG sent its motivated members to train participants of LTC of AEGEE-Budapest and LTC of AEGEE-Torun. It supports graphic design in AEGEE: graphics is a part of ES and PRES, and in 2009 PRWG plans to make a graphic design school!

Moreover, after a successful PR training “Communicate” PRWG decided to supply the Network with all materials from this training so that they can be used by locals at their PR LTCs.

Become a journalist and get famous in AEGEE!

- Publishing House. Indeed, PRWG supports and improves publications in AEGEE (K2E, WG Booklet). Moreover, during Agoras PRWG informs the network about freshest news from the Agora in its Blog (aegeeprwg.blogspot.com).

- Discover CD!

- CD Supporter. PRWG supports CD with regards to publications, visual identity development, better dissemination of information about AEGEE work results within all the Network members and other PR related issues.

Join the Network of PR enthusiasts!

- PR Platform. PRWG is an ideal platform for those AEGEE members that

* have some experience in PR and want to develop it further

* are crazy about promotion and publicity, but do not know much about PR and are eager to learn

* are PR activists in all senses

* want to go on the European level and be involved into PR activities.

Nadine Karbach, current speaker of PRWG describes PRWG in a nutshell as “ Communication – body language – press releases – PR strategy – creative thinking – working with media – publications – spreading messages – visual communication – web 2.0 – external and internal representation: get in touch with various ways of PR!” If these words sound interesting and exciting, do not hesitate to visit www.aegee.org/wg/prwg

CD statement about logo discussion

2009-02-22T09:05:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

Some questions were raised about the process that lead to this proposal and who were involved.

In the beginning of 2008, PRWG board of that time and the former CD decided together about some activites in the field of public relations for AEGEE. Some orientation was needed and tasks needed to be shifted after the resignation of the CD member who was in charge of PR that time.

Among these activities was the establishment of a team taking care on the visual identity of AEGEE. Knowing one very enthusiastic member for this task, a call for the team was launched and they - 6 people with diverse backgrounds in AEGEE - started working.
A common email list was created and the team started analysing the status quo of visuals in the network (maybe some boardmembers and project managers remember that they were approached for sending their promotion material they use for promoting their WG/project for analyse purpose). The first version of a report was drawn up, but the team fell apart due to demotivation because of lack of cooperation from the network regarding the analyses and there was no more progress.

In summer, CD's changed and I - as announced in my candidature in Ljubljana - was highly motivated to pick up this initiative. I got in touch with Bartek, and together we made some more attempts to revive the team. Without much success, we then decided to narrow the analyses to purely the AEGEE-Europe logo and brand, and made a new plan. A team meeting took place in Gdansk (Bartek, Mateusz and Robin), which was reported on the CD blog and in the telegram. PRWG Board was no longer actively involved at this point, but developments were still reported and moral support for the initiative remained.

In Gdansk, the team decided to focus on designing, as it was convinced that only a clear and concrete proposal could get things moving. After the December holidays things went very fast, we set early deadlines for:

1. The EBM, as a good point to start the consultation process on their work

2. Necessity to synchronise with the new website, which had to be ready by April, as the website is our main PR tool on European level, and it's not that easy to completely change the look of aegee.org. CD, ITWG, PRWG, the Brand team, the locals and the external partners all have their own pace, and bringing so many factors together is a challenge.

During the month of January, we eventually reached to the current proposal, getting a first feedback along the way from different people, thus a kind of pre-test. Designers in and outside AEGEE, active and inactive members, older and younger members, journalists, artists, sponsors, the CD, and PRWG board. Why a smaller group of people and not the whole network? Because 11,000 people cannot design a logo together. It takes a designer with great courage and patience to take on a challenge like this, and be sure that it is not a lot of fun to deal with the criticism of a smaller group, let alone a huge association!

We look forward to a lively discussion and welcome all your constructive feedback through the channels provided (information reach you with a seperate email). No matter what you think of the current proposal, a proper visual identity is very important for our association, and any person contributing to the creative development of our association should be encouraged, supported and thanked. So we hope we can all treat the work done with respect and calmly raise our questions and comments.

Please keep in mind that it is just a proposal, nothing fixed and every kind of constructive feedback is welcome. Of course, decisions of that scale are in the end taken in the highest body our associations has, the Agora.

It is a proposal, not a decision

Yours,

Robin

Budget 2009 submitted!

2009-02-22T05:21:00.000-08:00

Few weeks ago, the budget 2009 regarding our working group has been submitted to the financial director of AEGEE Europe.
Lots are the activities planned for the upcoming year, from the Board and Members Meeting to the new PR Guide, through a Publications Meeting and the Digitalization of old Publications.
We hope our budget will be approved completely allowing us to pursue our objectives, so we will keep fingers crossed for that :-)

Participants PRES2 selected!

2009-02-20T13:18:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS! The participants have been selected! For PRES2 Krakow we will warmly welcome 24 participants from all over Europe! All participants will be notified these days and we are excited to spend an unforgettable week with them! The team selected 24 out of 83 (!) applications! The team and PRWG would like to thank all applicants who expressed the wish to take part in this unique training experience! Thank you!

Finally! - PRWG board archives online

2009-01-26T13:20:00.000-08:00

A dream came true, friday evening during the board meeting! Thanks to Francesco, PRWG board finally has a place to upload the board files! Why is this so great? Up till now, every board member keep the files of his/her work on the personal harddisc. During the knowledge transfer it can happen that not all files are transferred (if at all) which means a great loss of information for the board! From now on, the board will upload and share all PRWG related files on a secret place somewhere in the internet space :-) A huge sorrow less and a big step ahead for the current and all future board of the PRWG! Thank you, Francesco!

Meet three board members of PRWG at the EBM!

2009-01-26T13:15:00.000-08:00

During the upcoming EBM in Torino you get the chance to meet thre board members of the PRWG! Maria Morozova (Network & Trainings), Samir Maharramov (IT & PR) and Francesco de Luca (Treasurer & FR) are attending the EBM. Maria will have the pleasure to lead a workshop together with Anita from CWG about Networking! We hope you have the chance to attend it :-) For any questions, the board members are there at your disposal. See you at the EBM!

PRES2 Krakow trainer staff complete!

2009-01-25T02:37:00.000-08:00

Your PRES2 staff team is complete! The applications for trainers closed last week and we are proud to present you the staff team for PRES2 Krakow!

Arleta Bojke - trainer, manager, Concept Development Team
Basak Tuzun - trainer, tutor, Concept Development Team
Daniel Beke - trainer, tutor
Laure Onidi - trainer, tutor
Nadine Karbach - trainer, case manager, Concept Development Team
Radu Seuche - trainer, tutor

Furthermore, the members of our PRES2 development team (who can unfortunately not be with us in Krakow) and our contact person from AEGEE-Krakow:
Agnieszka Wesołowska - Concept Development Team
Gunilla Friedrichs - Concept Development Team
Letizia Gambini - Concept Development Team
Mirek Krzanik - local coordinator

We are proud and happy to welcome two trainers from the Pool of trainers of the European Youth Forum as well as external trainers from European Youth Press!
All together will work for an unforgettable and high-quality training for the future generation of PR managers for the European level!
Dont miss your chance and apply for these unique opportunity today!
www.aegee-academy.org/es/presii-krakow.
There you will also find much information about your staff team :-)

PRES2 - applications are open!

2009-01-25T02:30:00.000-08:00

Applications opened for the upcoming PRES2 Krakow which will take place from 21st till 29th of March in the beautiful city of Krakow! 25 participants will learn about public relations in a European dimension! Together with an amazing local staff team and experienced trainers in the field of PR and youth work, they will spend an unforgettable week!
Read the open call for participants below and APPLY today!
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There are 13,000 lobbyists in Brussels -
have you ever wondered how WE can be more POWERFUL than they are?

There are thousands of student organizations in Europe -
have you ever wondered how AEGEE can be more VISIBLE than they are?

There are millions of different media and millions of journalists all over the world - have you ever wondered how YOU can COMMUNICATE SUCCESSFULLY with all of them?

If you had - we know the place where you can learn more about: specifics of PR in youth NGOs, creating professional PR strategies and campaigns, European media relations, web 2.0 communication tools and dissemination of your results.

Simply apply for Public Relations European School 2, training course on advanced public relations for youth NGOs and international projects, and learn how to SHOUT OUT LOUD!

Where? Kraków
When? 21-29.03.2009
Who? 20 participants with at least one year of PR-experience in AEGEE/other
youth NGO, eager to work actively on the European level
How much? 50 € fee; partial travel reimbursement
Programme and applications?
http://www.aegee-academy.org/es/presii-krakow

We're waiting for your application till the 10th of February.

Agnieszka ~ Arleta ~ Basak ~ Letizia ~ Gunilla ~ Nadine
PRES2 Concept Development Team

Open Call

2009-01-08T03:38:00.000-08:00

PRES2 Concept Development team has been working hard for some months already to make this training for people eager to work in PR field on the European level more effective.

The BRAND NEW PRES2 will take place in Krakow between 21st and 29th of March 2009 (TRAINERS COME ONE DAY EARLIER AND LEAVE ONE DAY LATER). If you are interested in joining the team (being available for all the days required), please send the answers to the following questions till the 15th of January to pres2.2009@googlemail.com :

1) What is your motivation to be a trainer at PRES2 in Krakow?
2) What is your experience as a trainer?
3) Are you willing to tutor a group? What is your experience in that?
4) What's your knowledge and experience in the following fields:
- PR campaigning
- PR in Web 2.0 environment
- Graphic programmes (e.g. InDesign, Quark, Publisher, Scribus, RagTime; eventually movie making programmes)
- Corporate identity
5) How do you see getting participants' active already before the training and encouraging them to stay active afterwards?

We especially look for trainers experienced in abovementioned topics and additionally willing to be a tutor.

We're eagerly looking forward to your applications!

Agnieszka ~ Arleta ~ Basak ~ Letizia ~ Gunilla ~ Nadine
PRES2 Concept Development Team

Designer Team meeting in Gdansk this weekend!

2008-12-13T03:56:00.000-08:00

The Visual Identity team, lead by Bartek Kotowicz, invited all interested members or AEGEE to come to Gdansk and participate actively!
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!

Next "Communicate!"-PR-LTC training in Alicante, 12-14 Dec

2008-11-25T13:26:00.000-08:00

The next training for the local level, a so-called PR-LTC "Communicate!", will take place in Alicante from 12th-14th of December! The training aims to equip young Europeans with more competencies in the field of public relations. The training is organised by AEGEE-Alicante and lead my Nuria Gonzales Ortin, member of PRWG.
"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!

2008-11-25T13:17:00.000-08:00

The work on the new "Key to Europe" started! The team was selected by the CD, the editor-in-chief, Veronika Zagar and the PRWG. We received 28 applications (!) for all positions! All accepted applicants have been informed and have been subscribed to the main mailinglist, the Key-L. Thanks to all applications we received!
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

2008-11-25T13:07:00.000-08:00

The first round of the fall elections of the PRWG finished without results. Four positions in total are open: our secretary, our treasurer (half year period), and two general board members (IT&PR and projects). Two brave and motivated candidates applied, however, we were missing a member for the post of the secretary. When a treasurer, a seceratary or a speaker is missing any working group of AEGEE cannot exist according to our statutes.
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

2008-11-25T13:03:00.000-08:00

Letizia Gambini from the board of the European Youth Press (www.youthpress.org) joins the team of "Shoud out loud! - Training for creativity and communication for Youth NGO's and projects"! The team of the training for advanced communications, Arleta, Basak, Gunilla, Aga and Nadine, welcome her very much! :-) Good luck and good working together!

Working Group Booklet Online

2008-11-10T06:19:00.001-08:00

The latest edition of the Working Group Booklet is online available! Surf the webpage of the PRWG (activities) and download your personal issue!
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!

2008-11-10T06:13:00.000-08:00

The election process for the Fall elections of the PRWG just started! In total, four new board members are going to be elected! The following positions are open: secretary, treasurer and two general board members. The requirements are simply: you need to be a member of the PRWG and motivated to take a new perspective! More information for intersted members are on PRWG-L or ask your board :-)

NWM Toulouse: PRWG at AEGEE-Café & Workshop

2008-11-10T06:01:00.000-08:00

When you are planning to attend the NetWorkMeeting in Toulouse from 20-23 of November, you have the pleasure to enjoy PRWG experienced members there!
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!

Youth in Action application submitted

2008-11-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

For the 1st of November deadline of the Youth in Action programme, an application for an advanced training on public relations was submitted. The training "Shoud out loud!- Communication and creativity for youth NGO and projects in Europe" will take place next year in March in the wonderful city of Krakow! Thanks goes to all the partners for submitting partnershipforms, to the great team of AEGEE-Krakow for preparing and translating the application and especially to the organising team of the training, in particular thanks to Basak Tuzun for her amazing effort! Good luck for a successful approval and good luck for the preparations of the training course!

+open call+ Key to Europe 08 / 09 Editorial Team

2008-10-22T00:58:00.000-07:00

Dear Network,dear PRWG,

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

Veronica & Nadine @ European Youth Media Days in Brussels

2008-10-19T13:05:00.000-07:00

For the second time, the European Youth Media Days took place in Brussels. 200 young journalists from all over Europe had the chance to experience media and media making for three days, live in the European Parliament. In several workshops the participants had the chance to deepen their competencies about media making or entering entire new fields of media making. The choice was among the typical media channels as print media, radio, tv, online and photography. Additionally, the participants enjoyed several panel discussions about the role of the media in Europe, the ceremony of the first journalist award of the European Parliament as well as presentations of several departments within the European Parliament. The event was organised from the European Parliament in cooperation with European Youth Press.
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

2008-10-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

Since years, the first PRWG board and members meeting took place! From 29th till 30th of september, seven members of the PRWG gathered in Köln. Almost two days and a rich agenda, so what did we do? The first day we used to accomodate ourselves at the University of Köln, getting to know everything, made some shopping for the coffee breaks. Naturally, we then turned towards the content part of the day, getting insights into the PRWG, its role and its place in AEGEE. Many questions were raised, many answers could be provided. We ended the day with a brainstorming about the added value of the PRWG membership.

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!

Your board at the Agora in Aachen

2008-09-10T12:45:00.000-07:00

PRWG is proud to announce that almost the entire board will be present at the Fall Agora in Aachen 2008! Jorge, Maria, Gunel, Vio and Nadine will be happy to meet you there! See you at the Agora Aachen!

News Bulletin sent to the printing house!

2008-09-07T16:17:00.000-07:00

The new edition of the News Bulletin was sent to the printing house last wednesday noon! It contains 52 (!) pages full of precious informationa, great articles and cool news for you! Are you already curious to hold it in your hands at the Agora? ;-)
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!

2008-09-07T16:10:00.000-07:00

The concept development team for the PRES2 welcomes warmly Agnieszka Wesolowska from AEGEE-Krakow as a new team member! Agnieszka is a member of the PRWG and just took part in the last training for trainers from AEGEE.Besides that, she is currently involved in the PR-campaign in the UK. We wish her all the best in the team and a wonderful time there! Congatulations!

PRWG board and members' meeting - - > 29-30 September - - > Cologne

2008-09-01T01:04:00.000-07:00

Public Relations Work Group presents:

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!!!

PR Network for AEGEE in cooperation with the Network Commission

2008-08-30T12:37:00.000-07:00

PRWG understands the importance of networking and connecting PR in AEGEE on European and local level. This is why PRWG decided to establish a PR Network with help of the Network Commission. The basic principle of the PR Network is to have key people also known as PR Subcommies who will connect PR on European (PRWG) and local (antennae) level. Each PR Subcommie will be responsible for the area of his/her Network Commissioner.

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!

2008-08-30T03:01:00.001-07:00

After three months of intense working tons of emails, we can proudly announce that the new News Bulletin Fall 2008 is ready to print! The new edition of AEGEE's internal member magazine will be send to the printing house on monday, 1st september. We expect it to be available at the Fall Agora in Aachen.
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

2008-08-30T02:50:00.000-07:00

In few days the new Comité Directeur will start into their term which till take till the Fall Agora 2009. Together with the CD Eskisehir-Aachen, the cooperation between the bodies went very well. An interim PR-Plan was designed and many activities were started and are still ongoing. Within the CD to come, the task decision for public relations looks as follows: Tena will be in charge of the internal communication while Robin is responsible for the external communication, external representation and the webpage.
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! :-)

AEGEE-Krakow will be the hosting local of the next PRES2 2009

2008-08-27T01:25:00.000-07:00

The next PRES2 is scheduled for spring 2009 and will take place in the wonderful city of Krakow! Among the four applications for the hosting local of the event, the application from AEGEE-Krakow was the most convincing. The decision was taken by the AEGEE-Academy with the support of the PRES2 concept development team. It is planned to hand in a Youth in Action application for the 1st of november deadline.
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

2008-08-27T01:19:00.000-07:00

Veronica Zagar from AEGEE-Ljubljana will be the next editor-in-chief of AEGEE's most important publication, the Key to Europe. Veronica was informed by the Comité Directeur about the result of the selection process. The CD decides upon the editor-in-chief, supported by the opinion from the PRWG. The communication process will start soon and the new work for a new Key to Europe can start!
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.

Cooperation ITWG & PRWG on the "new aegee.org"

2008-07-30T11:54:00.000-07:00

The Information Technology Working Group asked the PRWG for a cooperation for the new aegee.org-webpage. The PRWG is glad about this cooperation. The main field of input for the PRWG are concerning the menue and the content of some pages, because some pages has to be updated. The contact person from the PRWG for this cooperation is Jorge, PRWG-board IT-expert. PRWG-board is looking for an excellent cooperation with useful results for AEGEE!

successfull imPRoving publications meeting in Brussels

2008-07-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

From 24th till 26th, the imPRoving publications team met in the headoffice in Brussels. Stefan, Laure, Fleur, Verena and Nadine worked three days on the publication system of AEGEE. With discussions, notes on a couple of papers and post its, the team came closer to the answer of the question "how many and what kind of publications" does AEGEE need. In the end, they had a nice overview file, from which they draw several conclusions for the publications of AEGEE. The results will be online available soon. Besides the theoretical work, the team cleaned up a part of the archives, where they found old Key to Europe's and old versions of the News Bulletin. You will find them online by the end of august. Thanks to the team and their valuable input!

PRWG present at Strategic Meeting of AEGEE in August

2008-07-16T07:46:00.000-07:00

From 14th till 18th August a meeting will take place in Brusselles in the Headoffice of AEGEE. Aim is to discuss and improve the strategic plan of AEGEE and develope a new version. This new version will then be valid for the upcoming three years, from 2009 till 2011. Besides old and new CD-members also members from various projects and working groups will be present to give their input. Next to members ,for example, from the AEGEE-Academy, the Culture Working Group, the International Politics Working Group and the Network Comission, also the Public Relations Working Group will be present at that meeting.

PR action in the UK

2008-07-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

Agnieszka Wesolowska from AEGEE-Krakow will support actively Tena Prelec (future member of the Comité Directeur), Wouter van den Broek and Robert Queckenberg (both Network Comissioners) for public relation action in the UK. Concretely, a public relation plan and customized pr-activities for the upcoming academic year in the UK will be discussed and implemented. The planning period will start these days while concrete measures will take place in september and october this year. The aim is to promote the idea of AEGEE to students 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

2008-07-15T13:44:00.000-07:00

Dear Network,

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

A couple of PRWG members are the participants of T4T in Bucuresti

2008-07-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

Hello dear AEGEE members,

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)

+open call+ Host local for PRES2 in spring 2009

2008-07-04T00:29:00.001-07:00

Dear AEGEE-locals,

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)

imPRoving publications - team meeting in Brussels

2008-06-17T01:20:00.001-07:00

The team of the imPRoving publications camopaign will gather in the headoffice of AEGEE-Europe from 24th till 26th of July for a team meeting. Stefan, Verena, Arleta, Fleur and Nadine will discuss, brainstorm and decide upon a couple of topics, like content of the publications, appearance guidelines as well as human resources and financial matters.
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

2008-06-17T01:06:00.000-07:00

The board of the PRWG congratulates Verena Schmidt from AEGEE-Tuebingen for taking the challenge and becoming editor in chief for the new edition 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.

PRWG invited to the CDM in Mainz

2008-06-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

Next to a couple of other bodies of AEGEE, like the NetCom, the ITWG or the IPWG, also the PRWG was asked to send representatives to this historial meeting. Gunilla Friedrichs (former board member PRWG-human resources) and Nadine Karbach (speaker PRWG) will be present during the meeting.
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.

New Board of Public Relations Working Group

2008-05-31T07:01:00.000-07:00

Hello dear PRWG members,

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

Public Relations Working Group at Spring Agora Ljubljana 2008

2008-05-12T02:38:00.000-07:00

Dear PRWG members,

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

Working Team on AEGEE's Visual Identity

2008-04-20T03:42:00.000-07:00

AEGEE as a brand?
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

2008-04-20T03:34:00.000-07:00

YOU can make a DIFFERENCE!
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)

News Bulletin - Join the editorial team of the next edition

2008-04-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

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 Aachen

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

New Edition of Working Groups Booklet

2008-04-08T11:29:00.000-07:00

Do you know how many Working Groups we currently have in AEGEE? What are their current projects? What will come up next year?

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)

Workshop at the Agora Ljubljana

2008-04-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

Our workshop application for the Agora Ljubljana was successfully approved by the chair team. We are proud to invite you to take part in the workshop "imPRoving publications - It's all about publications"!

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 Europe is looking for interesting friendship or even more…! My hobbies: editing, looking for exciting stories, interviewing people, layouting, telling stories, used that million eyes look at me J I am looking for a change in my live and want to give it a new sense! Maybe you can give this new sense to me? Together we can find out much more about me and my many faces (Key to Europe, One Europe Magazine, News Bulletin), testing how you fit to me, get insights into my private life (production process) and how we can go into a wonderful future (together maybe?) Contact: at the Agora in Ljubljana (meet me at the workshop)

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!

Open Call - Join the team of the "imPRoving publications"-campaign

2008-04-01T15:28:00.000-07:00

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, 11^th.

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

2008-04-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

The Juridical Commission of AEGEE will support the spring elections of the Public Relations Working Group.
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

2008-04-01T08:50:00.000-07:00

In AEGEE, one of the best ways of advertising our events and activities is through publications, such as Key to Europe, One Europe Magazine, News Bulletin…, amongst others. Therefore, due to the importance of publications in AEGEE, a workshop was held at EBM Delft about publications, with the title “Evaluate it, Shape it, Make it – Publications in AEGEE”.

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

PRES 1 Trainer Team & Participants

2008-03-30T02:35:00.000-07:00

In less than one month the Public Relations European School 1 will start in Rijeka. The manager Marek Urban is working hard with his team on the preparations. The trainer team consists of
- 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)

Your board at the Agora in Ljubljana

2008-03-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce that the entire board of the Public Relations Working Group of AEGEE will be present at the Spring Agora in Ljubljana 2008!

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!

PRWG Renewal

2008-03-17T10:22:00.000-07:00

Dear PRWG members,

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 30^th of March 2008.

Looking forward to a lot of enthusiastic and motivated PRWG members :-),

Gunilla Friedrichs (PRWG Treasurer & Human Resources)

PR subcommies

2008-02-24T08:57:00.000-08:00

PRWG is currently working on developing a PR subcommies network. As we believe that sometimes the locals miss news, updates, opportunities, open calls etc., due to several reasons as the English level, technical problems, lack of motivation or others, we have thought this PR subcommies system in order to ensure the information flow between European level and local level. Also we hope that this constant knowledge transfer about PR will help the new people in their upcoming AEGEE activity and open new paths for PR enthusiasts.

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)

Evaluate it, shape it, make it – Publications in AEGEE !! (EBM WS)

2008-02-18T12:02:00.000-08:00

The PRWG will present a workshop at the European Boards Meeting in Delft (February, 28th - March, 2nd) about publications in AEGEE!

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

2008-02-18T11:38:00.000-08:00

The preparation of the 2008 edition of the Key to Europe has started.

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

2008-02-18T11:34:00.001-08:00

Unexpected, the attention of the Public Relations Working Group of AEGEE was caught by urgent support for AEGEE-Europe.

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 !!

2008-02-18T11:13:00.000-08:00

After years of rethinking it, we are proud to present you a brand new website: http://www.wg.aegee.org/prwg/

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!

2008-02-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

Public Relations Working Group has now a 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