feiea_annual_report_2008_web.pdf

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The FEIEA family
- spotlight on the national associations
A key part of FEIEA’s purpose for each national member
association is to be a gateway to its fellow member
associations around Europe. here is a spotlight on key facts
about each member of the FEIEA family, with information
provided by the associations themselves:
AUSTRIA
Name of Association: vIKOM
President: Dr. Rosemarie Schuller
Membership: About 200
Key developments in 2008:
Main activities: be a platform for all communicators in
business, keep in touch and get together, education and
training, regular member surveys amongst our members
Seminar/conference themes: Learning from unconventional
communicators, Examples: The Scary Guy www.thescaryguy.
com/ (complete with tattoos, shaven head, body piercings and
outlandish clothes), who works mainly with young people who
accept him because of his image, to tackle anger, hate, violence,
drugs and alcohol. Also Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian Ski
racing ace, on how to be successful, and a communication
agency for dogs. Since time is limited and people have fewer
chances to travel, we have developed the format of the “lounge”,
a monthly evening event where well-known journalists,
politicians, general managers or outstanding agency heads
speak for about one hour about really interesting themes.
Priorities for 2009: to keep our members interested and able to
attend our meetings, seminars and lounges. 2009 conference
theme: “Every crisis is also an opportunity”
bELGIUM
Name of Association: Association Belge de la Communication
Interne (ABCI)
President: Christine Massin
Membership: 156
Members active in FEIEA: Marie-Eve Deltenre (Treasurer-
General); Bénédicte Papeloer (Council).
Key developments in 2008: A new name, reflecting the
evolution of internal communication, and a new website, which
is now the major communication tool for ABCI.
Main activities: promotion, development of internal
communication and press (code of ethics, workshops, magazine
(Rédactuel), newsletters, ‘Plumes d’or’ awards competition
Seminar/conference themes: intranet, web, social media and
the impact on business communications and public relations
FEIEA The Report 2007-08
Innovations: A grant to
support research into internal
communication
Priorities in 2009: Launch of
Rédactuweb, the online version
of ABCI’s magazine, in order to
reduce costs, development of the
intranet, collaboration with the
Flemish branch, workshops
Next three years: Get more
members, Build a real network
of communicators, Become
recognized as a point of reference
in the field of communication
dENMARK
Name of Association:
Foreningen for Interne
Kommunication (FIK)
President: Kenneth Wilson
Membership: Approx. 75
Members active in FEIEA: Poul
Erik Larsen (Executive). Vacant:
Council member
Key developments in 2008:
Reorganising the association after
a couple of years with no activity
in which we lost quite a few
members.
Main activities: Member
meetings
Seminar/conference themes: