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May 09, 2012
Real Estate Committee minutes from May 9
Real Estate Committee met to discuss the preparation of 2012 Best office publication and further activities. Minutes of the committee with tasks are attached. Attached also the draft of Tenant checklist (to be commented) and prepared interview and outcome from Facility Management event.
May 04, 2012
Shared Value as a Corporate Strategy – a 2012 Trend
May 03, 2012
Getting Things Done_workshop held on Apr27_outcome
The Getting Things Done method rests on the idea that a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them externally. So the mind is free from the job of remembering the tasks that need to be completed. One can concentrate on performing the tasks, instead of remembering.
Attached you can find the presentation from the workshop, implementation process (Oulook and Blackberry) and links to additional Czech information.
April 27, 2012
Minutes of HR Committee held on Apr 27
AmCham HR Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities, preferably preparation of 2012 Best Office publication. Complete minutes can be found attached.
With regard to Best Office publication members of the committee or other volunteers are asked to (before May 25):
- Opening text - Send proposals of people who might give an umbrella to the whole section; inspirational person who will persuade readers to read the whole HR section. Doesn´t need to be a rep or member company.
- Efficiency checklist - To send comments to the proposed checklist which is attached.
- Recognized best practices - To send suggestions of up to 3 case studies.
- Interviews - To send proposals of interesting people building innovative organization that could be interviewed or proposals of topics that should be covered in interviews.
April 26, 2012
Minutes of Marketing Committee held on April 27, 2012
Members of Marketing Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities, preferably May´s seminar and 2012 Best Office publication. The Committee is responsible for putting togehter Business Development section and its members are asked to come up with ideas and proposals. More information about Best Office publication planning can be found in the attachements.
April 25, 2012
Outcomes of Discussion on Web/VideoConferencing held on Apr24
AmCham held the discussion on Web/VideoConferencing. Following aspects were touched: Psychological aspects of Remote Communications, How to Integrate Technology into Your Office, Getting the Most from Your Technology: Using the Language Style, Why is it so Important for People to Meet Face-to-Face?
Available Technologies and Solutions and also best practices were discussed.
April 23, 2012
AmCham IT committee chairperson - nomination period open
Starting April23rd, 2012 until May 30th, 2012 nominations are open:
*an individual, employee of AmCham member company can be nominated by other member or can nominate himself/herself;
*nominations can be sent to Renáta Paceltová at rpaceltova@amcham.cz
April 20, 2012
Finance committee met on April 19
AmCham Finance committee members met on April 19 to discuss further activities and prepare Finance section for the publication.
BEST OFFICE publication
Committee members agreed on Efficiency checklist - see the DRAFT - register under the member´s password to open the attachements.
April 18, 2012
2nd series of AmCham seminars for University students on Truth & Trust
If you are interested in participating in this series of seminars, please send a registration email by May 31st, 2012, to Lucie Vrbová at lvrbova@amcham.cz.
April 18, 2012
IT section of BEST OFFICE publication
AmCham IT committee members met on April 17 to discuss further activities and prepare IT section for the publication. Full agenda is attached.
Committee members agreed on Efficiency checklist - see the DRAFT in the attachement
Members are asked to:
• Send inputs/details to Checklist-Draft (in bullet points) to describe the areas, show the efficient ways/best practices..etc. – before April 26
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April 11, 2012
Real Estate Committee met on Apr 11_minutes, tasks
AmCham Real Estate Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Members of the committee are asked to come up with ideas and proposals regarding 2012 Best Office publication preparation. You can find minutes attached.
April 03, 2012
Outcome of Discussion on Mobility in CEE held on Apr 3
AmCham held the discussion on Mobility in CEE region. Following aspects of the mobility were touched: General Mobility trends, Remuneration aspects, Tax aspects of Mobility, Legal aspects - comparison of visa policies, labor market, Psychological and Cultural aspects of Portable Career. To download presentations from the disscussion please log in under your username and password.
April 01, 2012
IT committee - next events and activities
April 24: How to Leverage Web-based/Video Communications Technologies to Boost Business
BEST OFFICE publication - members are asked to:
A) Send before April 17 items/bullet points for efficiency checklist from IT/Telco/Logistics area
(create a checklist of best practices which companies can adopt in IT/Telco/Logistics management
March 30, 2012
Minutes of HR Committee held on Mar 30
AmCham HR Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities.
Members of the Committee are asked to:
- Contant proposed speakers for the event on Different types of Coaching (Dagmar, Irena, Hana, Naďa).
- Come up with the first draft of the checklist for Best Office publication (Irena, Monika).
- Send suggestions for case studies (up to 3) and for interviews (2-3) that should be part of Best Office publication and its Business Development section (all).
March 29, 2012
Outcome of Preparation of the proper questionnaire workshop held on Mar 29
Aim of this workshop was to find out how to prepare the proper questionnaire including right questions posed in a right way that will have the chance to be broadly responded. Workshop was driven by Eva Veisova, Executive Director of Ipsos Insight.
March 29, 2012
Minutes of Marketing Committee held on March 29, 2012
Marketing Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes of the committee and other materials for committee members attached.
Committee members are asked to:
- Contant proposed speakers for the event on Measurement, assessment of the success of realized MarCom strategy (Cristina, Emil, Mark)
- Check the first draft of the checklist for Best Office publication and send comments and updates.
- Send suggestions for case studies (up to 3) and for interviews (2-3) that should be part of Best Office publication and its Business Development section.
March 28, 2012
Minutes of Discussion on Construction Code amendment, Mar21
Minutes of the discussion on Construction Code amendment with Mr. Miroslav Kalous, Deputy Minister of Regional Development attached.
March 27, 2012
Outcome of workshop on How to leverage LinkedIn and Twitter for individuals & company held on March 27
The aim of the workshop was to find out how to set up individual and corporate presence on LinkedIn and Twitter; how to use these social media for marcom purposes - business development, visibility or campaigns. Attendees could explore different possibilities of their personal and company´s marketing usage based on practical demonstration.
To download the presentations please log in under your username and password.
March 21, 2012
IT committee met on March 20
Discussion: April 24, 2012 - “Effective Communications: How to Take Control of Your Communication Technology So that It Doesn’t Control You”
March 20, 2012
Environmental Issues as a Business Opportunity - Business Case of Strategic Social Responsibility
Environmental protection is shared value of the whole society and it also means strategic opportunity for companies’ development. Read more about the main points of presentaions by four interesting speakers, who have dicussed their experiences with AmCham members on March 20.
March 20, 2012
Finance committee met on March 15
March 15, 2012
Real Estate Committee met on Mar 14_minutes
AmCham Real Estate Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities. Minutes are attached. You are welcome to join one of upcoming sessions prepared by the committee:
- Mar 21, 14-16_Discussion with Deputy Minister of Regional Development M.Kalous
- Apr 11, 9-10.30_Real Estate Committee
March 04, 2012
Studying materials from the workshop on English for Conference Calls
AmCham held the workshop on English for Conference Calls on February 24. The workshop was meant to help attendees to refine their English telephone conferencing skills. Attendees get useful tips how to improve the ability to understand other participants in a telephone conference, to express the opinion, and to sound natural and cultivated at the same time.
February 24, 2012
AmCham HR Committee met on February 24th, 2012_minutes
AmCham HR Committee met to discuss and plan upcoming activities. To download the minutes of the meeting please log-in under your username and password.
To find out more about HR Committee please contact Lucie Vrbova at lvrbova@amcham.cz, 733 685 318.
February 23, 2012
TABLETS: Why to choose tablet for business?
AmCham IT committee organized on Feb 23 panel discussion on TABLETS.
To Download the presentations, please, login under your company password.
Program:
1. Why to choose tablet? – pros x cons
2. Tablets with Android operating systems
3. Apple iPad with OS 5
4. New tablet platform–Microsoft Windows 8
5. Panel Discussion