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Top 5 euroTwitter disorders (and their remedies)
Twitter is THE buzz word and the online place to be at the moment within the EU-geeks, journalists, civil servants and last but not least EU public affairs professionals. Twitter is undoubtedly a great tool for promotion and exchange between people w...
4 social networks for EU affairs people
Whereas social networks grow up with more and more users and features and community management becomes a real specialty/added value, the EU bubble also wants to have its piece of cake. What are the main social networks for EU affairs people? How are...
Why the EU’s communication is about to fail
When it comes to defining guidelines for the EU, everyone – i.e. EU institutions / professionals, commentators and citizens – agrees that the EU should promote values such as transparency and dialogue. The growing interest in online commu...
From iPad to iNnovative presentations
This may sound obvious for many people: professional presentations (especially on Powerpoint) should always be innovative, interesting, instructive and generate discussions. At least in theory… The reality is often less flattering and I canR...
Logorama, a short film about brands
Sorry to all euro-geeks, but this post is not related to any EU topic. That being said, the following video is the “must see” of the week. Why? Not just because it is the (awesome) result of 4 years working, but also because it combines t...
2010, the year we make contact
2009 is now over and we will not regret it. What a strange year for many for us! The good news is 2010 has now started and it looks quite promising. 2009 was a year of transition for the EU: new MEPs were elected in June and the Lisbon treaty was fi...
EU Zeitgeist 2009 by Google
Like every end of year, Google has just published its Zeitgeist 2009. For those of you who wouldn’t have heard of Zeitgeist, it is a German expression meaning “the spirit of the times” (cf. Wikipedia). Basically, Google Zeitgeist wa...
Best of EU online communication campaign 2009
In a few years, we’ll not only remember 2009 as the year of the Lisbon Treaty but also as the year 0 in terms of European communication. Yes, it was a remarkable year with lots of premieres and innovative ways of communicating, especially comin...
Social Media growth in real time
Speaking of how big social media are becoming is much easier to imagine if we consider it in real time. Thanks to Gary Hayes, there is now a very cool and interactive tool counting the average activity of major social media including Facebook, Twitte...
Wanted: Women on top of the EU!
The next European Commissioners have not all been announced yet that concerns arise among feminists. As euObserver reported, “President Jose Manuel Barroso [...] admitted he is unlikely to achieve his aim of getting more women commissioners in...
Twitter celebrating the fall of the Berlin wall
Twitter is much more than a simple egocentric tool or an online sharing platform. It has shown its increasing role in politics, especially during the Obama campaign. It is also becoming a pedagogical tool to remind us of our history. To celebrate the...
158 MEPs are on Twitter
Who said European politics was incompatible with Social Media? If we take the example of Twitter: among the 736 MEPs, how many of them are on Twitter? This is a question many EU-bloggers and Twitter users have been asking for weeks. Here it is, the c...
DG INFSO rapping for ICT
There is one hot topic at the moment in Brussels, one hot question: who will be the next EU Council president and who will be the next “foreign affairs minister”? A hot question bringing another one: when will we have women at the top of...
Digimahti: communicating for Europe
There has to be a very first one, this is it: the first post to announce the launch of this new blog! One more blog among hundreds you may think. This one will try to keep unique while focusing on its reason to be: understanding the new ways of commu...
