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est practice working events outside of Slovenia in May and<br />

September; establish the basic “link” for networking, and set up<br />

a library.<br />

Next three years: Connecting practitioners, especially for<br />

internal communication; exchange best practice among them<br />

and look to the future<br />

SWITZERLANd<br />

Name of Association: Svik<br />

President: Daniel L. Ambühl,<br />

Membership: 241<br />

Members active in FEIEA: Daniel L. Ambühl (President), Carola<br />

Minder (Grand Prix judge). Vacant: Council member<br />

Key developments in <strong>2008</strong>: The <strong>annual</strong> SVIK-Conference;<br />

organising and delivering the SVIK/FEIEA Academy in<br />

Regensdorf; education strategy<br />

Main activities: Professional events; research in our domain;<br />

documentation; coaching of members and businesses; legal<br />

aspects and trade union issues<br />

Seminar/conference themes: Techniques of IC (tools,<br />

psychology and rhythm); skills, including workplace journalism,<br />

business communication, management, etc.<br />

Priorities for 2009: Annual general meeting, Svik Conference (14<br />

May, Zurich); SVIK Academy and SVIK awards ceremony(both 29<br />

October, Zurich)<br />

Next three years: Moving from voluntary to professional<br />

management of SVIK; fill in the gaps in the SVIK committee<br />

UNITEd KINGdOM<br />

Name of Association: British Association of Communicators in<br />

Business (CiB)<br />

President: Paul Brasington<br />

Membership: 1106<br />

Key developments in <strong>2008</strong>: Adoption of a new goal:<br />

to change our status to become the Institute of Internal<br />

Communication. Launch of a foundation diploma, the first stage<br />

in a new national professional accreditation programme for<br />

internal communication practitioners.<br />

Main activities: <strong>annual</strong> conference, Communicator of the Year,<br />

awards competition, regional events, short-course training<br />

programme<br />

Seminar/conference themes: Change and engagement, storytelling,<br />

corporate case-studies<br />

Key speakers: American internal communications guru TJ<br />

Larkin<br />

Innovations: Change to CiB’s governance structure, notably<br />

with a Board and a Chief Executive<br />

Priorities for 2009: Celebrate our 60th anniversary, make<br />

preparations for the proposed change of status<br />

Next three years: Establish the Institute of Internal<br />

Communications, recruit a new chief executive, separate our<br />

national conference from our awards ceremony and make them<br />

both successful, increase our membership and maintain our<br />

financial strength as we emerge from the recession<br />

FEIEA The Report 2007-08<br />

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