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The Marion County Informer, a new online paper serving Columbia and Marion County, officially got off the ground on Tuesday (Dec. 15).
Publisher Josh Mitchell said the Informer will distinguish itself from other area news sources by providing more complete coverage of the local government entities. The Informer will be updated with new content regularly to provide Columbia and Marion County with a daily source of news.
The Informer will report on the Columbia Board of Aldermen, Marion County Board of Supervisors, local school boards, crime and the arts. Mitchell said the Informer will adhere to all professional newspaper standards.
Readers can access the Informer at www.marioncountyinformer.com.
Mitchell started the Marion County Informer after a seven-month stint with the Columbian-Progress as the managing editor. Mitchell has years of journalism experience having reported for newspapers in Mississippi, Florida, Wyoming and North Carolina. He has won numerous state-level awards for his work, particularly in the area of investigative journalism.
Mitchell is excited to provide Marion County and Columbia with another source of news.
“I will never forget that my allegiance is to the readers of the Informer,” said Mitchell.
Mitchell’s wife, Christi, who is also an experienced journalist, will cover the local arts for the Informer.
Mitchell wants to hear from you and can be reached at (601) 549-3974 or at marioncountyinformer@gmail.com.

As we all prepare for finals, there are no events this week.  However, see below the fold for some great opportunities for the spring!

What: IPSA Off the Record Coordinator

About: Attention First Year IPSA Members!!!!

Is there a certain faculty member that you want to get to know better? The IPSA board is looking for an involved first-year member to coordinate our faculty “Off the Record” discussions during the Spring semester. There’s been a call to increase the number of faculty that we invite, and we’ve already gotten requests for various people. We need a first-year member who’s interested in getting to know more members of the faculty to help us coordinate and schedule discussions. If interested, please email Caitlin Ostomel at cro227@nyu.edu.

What: Deshpande Foundation 2010 Innovators Challenge

About:  Do you have a social innovation that could make a huge impact in today’s world? Are you ready to be part of a new, innovative approach to international development?

The Deshpande Foundation welcomes individuals to APPLY NOW for our 2010 Innovators Challenge!

Welcome to the Deshpande Foundation’s Innovators Challenge, where we are challenging you to create solutions through social innovation and entrepreneurship for some of the top issues that NGOs face in the Sandbox region of Northwestern Karnataka, India.

If your project is one of the three winners of the Innovation Challenge, you will receive funding for your group to travel to the Sandbox during the summer of 2010 and implement the project. If the product shows promise of success, the Deshpande Foundation may choose to fund Innovators on a long-term basis.

How to Apply: Once you have selected a challenge, you must submit a proposal detailing the project that addresses the fundamentals of your innovation and how it will promote sustainable change for the NGO. All documents and questions should be submitted to the Deshpande Foundation at gep@deshpandefoundation.org by January 15, 2010 as an attachment in the following format: teamname.Innovators2010. The full application can be downloaded at www.deshpandefoundation.org/GEP.html

What: Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellows Program

About: Interested in making a tangible difference in today’s world?  Are you ready to be part of a new, innovative approach to international development?

The Deshpande Foundation welcomes motivated individuals to APPLY NOW for our 2010 Sandbox Fellows Program! The Global Exchange Program puts into practice The Deshpande Foundation’s vision for global exchange specific to development and innovation. The concept allows for exchange – in both directions- improving and addressing the solutions that solve the developing world’s most intractable challenges. Fellows work to address challenges at NGOs working in the fields of Agriculture, Livelihood, Education and Health. Ideal candidates have experience in these areas but also add value by bringing skills from the IT sector, business (marketing and management), finance (accounting) and other globally applicable skills.

Examples of Current Projects:

• Developing a new system to increase the efficiency of NGOs using microfinance
• Creating a strategic plan for increasing the amount of high quality social entrepreneurs in the region
• Developing a replicable self-financing model for a graduate finishing school
• Producing documentaries showcasing the work of the Deshpande Foundation and its partner NGOs

How to Apply: The fellowship is a year-long program from September 2010-September 2011 for dynamic professionals or post-graduate school candidates who have experience working in on- the-ground development and/or social entrepreneurship and are seeking an extended experience working on these issues. Please send your most recent resume and completed application by January 4th, 2010 to gep@deshpandefoundation.org. Download the application at http://deshpandefoundation.org/GEP.html.

What: Asia Society Global Policy Initiatives Internship

Title: Policy Initiatives Intern

Location: New York

Description: The Asia Society is seeking interns in its policy initiatives division. The intern should have interest in issues revolving around policy in Asia, and will be researching various topics including current political trends and developments, and other issues that affect Asian policy. The intern will assist with the development and implementation of policy initiatives, including Asia 21 Young Leaders, the Williamsburg Conference, Bernard Schwartz Fellows and the Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include but are not limited to researching emerging government and private sector leaders, specific research in preparation for Conference topics and reading lists, assist in the event planning of the conferences, including logistical support and communications.  Researching various issues regarding foreign policy in Asia – policy research, staying up-to-date on breaking news and hotspots in Asia, in order to assist in creating content for the Asia Society website. Some funding and development research for grant proposals and new Initiatives. On-site logistical assistance with NY-based events and some administrative work is also required.

Requirements: Qualifications: excellent communication skills – written and verbal; strong research skills; strong interest in Asia and Asian Politics; efficiency in MS Word, Excel, research databases (familiarity with Raiser’s Edge a plus); experience in Asia is a plus (not required).

Schedule: full or part-time (minimum of two days per week); this is an unpaid internship, but academic credit can be offered; please indicate the days and hours you are available to work. This internship will begin in the fall.  Early morning and evening availability several times a month for events may be requested.

How to apply: With the title of the Internship in the subject line, please submit cover letter, resume, and 1-2 page writing sample to: Azadeh Fartash, Policy Programs, E-mail: azadehf@asiasociety.org

No phone calls, please. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted. If you submit your resume by email, please regard it as having been received unless your email is bounced back. Only complete applications will be accepted.

What: Call for Papers: Progressive Planning Magazine

About: Theme issue on Planning by Big Multinational Institutions. Progressive Planning seeks articles that describe and critically analyze physical, social, cultural, economic, and/or environmental planning in urban and rural areas from a progressive standpoint. For a theme issue on planning by big multinational institutions, articles may address, but are not limited to the planning philosophies, practices, and/or case studies of these institutions:

• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• United Nations (UNDP, UN-Habitat, UNESCO, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, WTO, etc.)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Council of the European Union
• USAID and equivalent nation-based agencies involved in international planning
• World Trade Organization
• Transnational corporations
• Bi- or multinational NGOs
• Bank of the South (Banco del Sur), Bolivarian Alliance for the
• Peoples of Our Americas (Alianza Bolivarina para los Pueblos de Nuestra America, ALBA), etc.

Articles may be up to 2,000 words. They should be addressed to PN’s broad audience of professionals, activists, students, and academics, and be straightforward and jargon-free.

Following a journalistic style, the first paragraph should summarize the main ideas in the article. A few suggested readings may be mentioned in the text, but do not submit footnotes or a bibliography.

The editors may make minor style changes, but any substantial rewriting or changes will be checked with the author. Photograph or illustrations are encouraged. Submissions by attachment to email are greatly appreciated.

Please note that while we work with authors to help them fit the Progressive Planning Magazine style, format, and themes, we cannot accept all articles submitted. The typical article goes through three layers of editing: editing by a theme or issue editor, an overview editor, and a copy editor.

Please respond with article suggestions by December 30th, 2009 to: Clara Irazábal at cei2108@columbia.edu. Deadline submittal of manuscript is February 15th, 2010. The special theme issue will be published in spring 2010.

You can access the magazine guidelines for submission at http://www.plannersnetwork.org/publications/guidelines.html

What: Programs Assistant for  Author, Anna Lappé

Start date: Early January 2010

Overview

Seeking a part-time programs assistant (15 to 20 hours/week) to help author, Anna Lappé, with her 2010 nationwide speaking tour and campaign about food and climate change as well as to help with her ongoing advocacy work, media, and philanthropy. (See detailed job responsibilities below.)

The programs assistant will work closely with and report to Anna Lappé and tasks will range from the administrative to the collaborative, for example working with Lappé to develop creative ways to promote Diet for a Hot Planet (Bloomsbury 2010) as well as her broader message about food justice and sustainability. Small Planet Institute (www.smallplanet.org); Small Planet Fund (www.smallplanetfund.org); Diet for a Hot Planet (www.annalappe.com)

Requirements

Must be highly organized and detail oriented. Facility with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Calendar, WordPress, all essential. Familiarity with publicity and event planning a plus. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to interact professionally and diplomatically with a diverse range of people. Self-starter who can work well with little supervision and also follow through with directives. Resourcefulness, punctuality, reliability, and dependability. Knowledge about and passion for the food justice movement is essential.

Must have home office, be available during business hours and occasionally in the evenings (specific hours are flexible), and be located in New York City. (Lappé works out of an office in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn).

Specific Tasks

Event Coordination

-          Handle all event inquiries, including negotiating fees and handling logistics

-          Coordinate with publicist at Bloomsbury

-          Handle all event planning, including all logistics and advance research

-          Administration (most admin is handled by a bookkeeper)

-          Might involve some travel to accompany me for speaking events

Media and Communications

-          Handle all media inquiries

-          Track personal and public calendar and public events calendar

-          Handle publicity and outreach as needed and track all media and manage media files

Web presence

-          Manage facebook account and all updates and new entries on takeabite.cc site

-          Manage Web site upkeep, blogging, and other online work

Writing & Research Assistance

-          Fact checking and fact finding as needed

-          Filing and keeping track of research

-          Write blog entries as desired

-          Media monitoring as desired

-          Assistance with copy editing and development of articles, blogs, and speeches

Administration-General

-          Work with bookkeeper to assist with expense reporting

Administration-Small Planet Fund

-          Correspond with grantees and file grant requests with RSF Social Finance and track SPF emergency grants

-          Work with event coordinator on end-of-year SPF benefit

-          Work with event coordinator on one end-of-year SPF media briefing

To Apply

Send resume, cover letter, and include three references to anna@smallplanet.org; Subject: “Programs Assistant”

Compensation

$18/hour for 10 to 15 hours/week. Plus additional budget for expenses.

What: Win a trip with Nick Kristoff

About: See: http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/announcingdrumrollwin-a-trip-2010/

I’ve managed to find you some pics of the upcoming Transformers: The War For Cybertron.

please remember these are scans for the magazine (Game Informer) and as such the quality is not that great.

But it’s some very intresting concept art.

American games magazine Game Informer has just revealed a brand new transformers game,named Transformers: The War For Cybertron.

Thankfully this is a non-movie tie in and is being developed by High Moon,who brought us the Bourne Conspiracy game.

It seems to be using a similiar style to the War Withing comics with the transformers using there original non-earth modes.

Playing out in a third person shooter it will follow the Autobots fight against the Decepticons and vice versa.
the choice to allow players to play as both sides is a great addition and should keep many fans of the series happy.

At this point only these characters have been confirmed as playable:

Autobots:
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Ratchet

Decepticons:
Megatron
Thundercracker

but promotional graphics also show Soundwave and Ironhide who may also be playable characters.

Currently the game is set for a 2010 release.

Dear Santa,
Hi. This is Kelly. I am an almost 23-year-old blonde chick living in a really windy town, at least it is tonight, in northern Ohio. You’re probably where Ohio is, it’s below Michigan and where that one football team always wins. I’m sure you root for them, you wear their colors like everyday. We need to have a talk. See, I want some things, things I’m sure you can pull some strings and help me get. Because I’m getting older, I had to ask for more needs than wants, and that really sucked. Because just because I need dress socks doesn’t mean I don’t want slipper socks to wear around the apartment when the toes get cold. I need money, and I want money, so that’s a good compromise. But here, let me put things in the most simplest of terms. Give me what I want, Tubby, or Mrs. Clause gets it.

Kidding, maybe you shouldn’t have gotten me all those violent Dolph Lundgren movies as a kid, eh? Lies. I love Dolph. Here are five things that as of tonight I think I want. This is one of many letters this season. Get ready.

1. The winning numbers to the lotto. I feel like if I won the lottery, I’d be happy again. Student loans would be paid, my mom would end up living in a nice retirement community probably next door to Neil Diamond who would be a robot by then because I’d use money to ensure he lived forever. My sister would be awesome, per usual. My brother would be a tool, but hey, he already is. He’d just look better. My friends would get what they want. My family would be set. And the Kelly Metz School of Journalism at BGSU would be well under way.

2. Dolph Lundgren to dress as Heman for my next birthday party. Because when he yells “I have the power!” he really does. That was weird…

3. An endless supply of… hmm… Doritos? Maybe. Cookies?! Maybe. No no. 7 eleven slurpees. That’s right, I went there. Because, really, who doesn’t love a delicious iced beverage that turns your tongue different colors.

4. John Cusack. No explanation needed. 

5. And finally, I would like, Vanilla Ice and Snow to do a duet together at my next birthday party. Ice, Ice, Lickyaboomboomdown.

“The Window”

December 7th, 2009

There are moments where it feels as if Robin Scherbatsky exists entirely to be ignorant to the various long-standing mythologies that exist in How I Met Your Mother’s universe. Inevitably, when something new to us is introduced, Robin is the one asking “what’s that?” And such we enter “The Window,” as we discover (through Robin) that Ted Mosby has been on a nine-year journey to bag a college pal and yet has been foiled every time.

The way the show is able to use Robin to justify its exposition, almost always told through a casual conversation at McLaren’s or in Ted and Robin’s apartment, is part of why these stories are able to move so smoothly. In just moments, the stage has been set for what is yet another potential love story waiting to happen, fate and destiny fighting against reality. And by nicely balancing some more emotional beats for Josh Radner’s Ted with some broader comedy as the rest of the gang tries to keep the window from closing, the episode manages to entertain while also providing the sort of heartwarming conclusion (albeit with a twist) that HIMYM is so great at.

There’s been some complaints that there hasn’t been a lot of Ted stories this year, so it’s fitting that “The Window” is all about Ted Mosby without actually involving Ted Mosby to the degree that would have made the episode less engaging (since, no matter where you stand on the character, too much Ted is never good for the show). When we learn that he’s had a crush living in New York for nine years that he’s always wanted to ask out but never had the opportunity, it’s a good excuse for the character to ask himself whether he’s ready to be one of her long-term boyfriends. The character has reached this point in the past, considering when a long-term relationship is something he really wants, and since Stella he’s been resistant to these sorts of opportunities. And yet, with a single phone call he acted reflexively, getting to Maggie Wilkes before every other suitor thanks to tipping off her elderly neighbour.

And what happens with Ted then it what makes the episode work: by having Ted forced to head into his class, it allows the character to investigate his feelings without having to test whether he and Maggie would actually make a good couple (since, after all, he has no evidence of this beyond her reputation as the ultimate girl next door. As such, his class (who seems to genuinely like the guy, which in turn makes them his favourite people on the planet) become a therapy group, and he’s able to talk through his relationship troubles with a group of people who aren’t able to say “Dude, remember what happened with Robin?” or “But what about Stella?” or anything else. It doesn’t change the fact that Ted has been here before, but it was a different audience for his concerns and represents a strong creative decision.

It also allows that could have been an overly serious episode to still fall strongly on the side of comedy. As Lily and Marshall, Robin and then Barney are made responsible for Maggie staying unattached for the remainder of the evening, each of them forced to peel off for one reason or another created by the plot of the episode, the show is able to play with some fun combinations and allow some characters to have moments of their own and others to just play outright comedy. I think Barney’s characterization was probably the leakiest (boom boom yeah) of the bunch, if only because Barney didn’t actually get to do much with the overalls and the final realization that Barney is willing to have sex with the elderly neighbour just felt like the show going too far for me personally.

But I thought Cobie Smulders had almost too much fun in the episode, to the point where I kind of feel like they broke up Robin and Barney so that they could have Robin back in scenarios like this one. There’s some episodes where Robin seems pulled back from Barney’s comedy, but there was a fun dynamic here as Robin just started running off Farmer jokes, and then transitioned into throwing herself at Maggie’s co-worker (Jamie Kaler playing it straight compared to his My Boys character) with every ounce of her sexuality. There was a point last season where Robin became a comic tour de force (especially when Lily was missing, leaving the female comedy entirely up to her), and this was the first episode where some part of me (a very small one, I swear) was actually glad that she was single to be able to play her own absurd role in the charade.

And while I usually dislike random Lily and Marshall plots, I thought that Jason Segel sold the hell out of the letter from his 15-year old self (and the Mad Libs/Overalls that came before it) and its effect on him. As with Ted, he’s had the same sort of mid-life crisis before, but I thought the flashback sequence (with the rat tail, and the overalls, and the “Informer”) was just inspired enough to carry the episode over, and the return of older Marshall (this time time-travelling back to December 8th in order to send Marshall some hot wings as a sign of the existence of time travel) was paradox opening but immensely fun in the process. No, there’s nothing particularly fantastic about Marshall trying and failing to dunk a basketball in trying to live up to his life’s expectations, but it sort of captured the same sort of life’s consideration Ted was going through, and Vanilla Thunder really is an awesome nickname.

As things got to the end of the episode, with Barney in control and the co-worked back in the game, things got to the point where these mythology stories always do in figuring out how it’s all going to go wrong. We know that Maggie isn’t the mother because it would be too convenient, and because there’s no indication of JoAnna Garcia sticking around for more than one episode (such is the world we live in that we know this for certain). And yet, despite Barney’s presence offering the opportunity for the show to use his womanizing ways to in some way tarnish or ruin Maggie for everyone, the show goes in a completely different route. Instead of sabotaging her, the show further cements the role of destiny in the universe by having her own boy next door from her childhood in her apartment, rekindling a long lost love that is what Ted calls “the second greatest love story I’ve ever heard.” And you realize that “The Window” closed not because destiny doesn’t exist, but rather because there are other people like Ted out there who are sitting around waiting for their Mother to come along.

And set to Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” (in case you were wondering “What was the song at end of The Window?”), that montage allows this particular reference to fate to prove outside of Ted’s grasp without undermining his purpose. Ted didn’t fail so much as he learned a lesson, and while this isn’t an entirely new development it was nicely condensed into a single episode (as opposed to turning into Stella, who even with my appreciation of Sarah Chalke in general went on far too long to make a largely similar point). It’s as if “Ten Sessions” had been the end of Stella’s journey, simply revitalizing Ted’s belief that there is a reason fate exists, and there’s a reason he’s still out there searching for “the one” (and a reason that we are still following the producers on this wild goose chase to find the mother).

I laughed, the cockles of my heart were warmed, and I got to revisit the wonder that is early 1990s unintelligible white rap – I’ll take it.

Cultural Observations

• Loved the small moment where Ted is chasing through the streets cursing Barney, and a woman responds with “Me too!” from somewhere on the street.
• I haven’t seen Se7en (I know, I know), but Smulders so sold that “What’s in the box?!” joke at the opening as both a) kind of terrible and b) kind of awesome that I didn’t need to “get it” to “get it.”
• As far as the Robin/Barney complaints of past weeks go, I thought it was better here, although I don’t like Robin’s “I can’t believe I dated that guy” attitude. Barney wasn’t a complete and total womanizer here, and it appears (in an interview with the L.A. Times, which has minor plot spoilers) that they’re going to consider the ramifications more carefully eventually…although a reunion seems out of the question.
• I now want to know who Robin’s “Mike Chaps” is – Barney’s random chick doesn’t warrant investigation, but Mike Chaps totally does. His last name is Chaps!
• JoAnna Garcia was charming and pretty as ever as Maggie, but Jaime Weinman is right that it’s very tough to properly cast someone who is supposed to be completely irresistible: beauty is subjective, after all. However, I thought show was smart to avoid showing too much of Maggie’s early years in college so as to not have to be put on trial for whether she was charming enough to warrant the obsession, thus leaving it to our imaginations and our ability to accept Ted’s romanticism.
• Now, excuse me while I Make Adjustments [and] Go Get It Energized!

1.3.3 Recruiting Church Members as Informers

Communists do not trust people; even their own. This is why in any given community there was always more than one informer. So, even if the pastor of a church was working for the secret police, either as an undercover officer or as a collaborator, the police also recruited lay church members in order to check up on the information received from the leader. In order to recruit them the secret police used the same means as for the recruitment of church leaders. The officers frequently exploited the naïveté of the people they approached.

When they make contact with potential informers, secret police officers instruct them very firmly not to tell anyone, even their family members, about having been contacted. The effectiveness of their attempt unquestionably depends on the acceptance of this secrecy.

Suggestion – The best protection for someone who is targeted by the secret police to become an informer or who is simply called in for interrogation is to ignore the warning received and to tell everyone, including family and church members, in such a way that this will reach the ears of the secret police. You will quite definitely not be contacted again. Of course, there is a risk in doing this, but not doing so carries with it a much greater risk that one should avoid at all costs. And be sure to pray earnestly about the situation and have others pray for you.

The recruitment of an informer is always confirmed by a written agreement that is really like a pact with the devil. At this point the informer also receives a secret code name that will be used in all information reports. These reports will be kept in the personal files of the informer and of the people they have informed on.

Those who agree to this compromise sometimes think that their failure will always remain a secret. However, after the fall of communism the secret police files in many countries were opened and the written agreements and reports of the secret police informers in churches became known to the public, to the shame of those guilty of this great sin.

This request from the officer becomes a definite order accompanied by real threats if the person signs the agreement, but even in this case there is a way out. The solution is to refuse to write any reports. If someone who has signed a collaboration agreement starts writing reports, it will be even more dangerous to refuse cooperation later on. Some collaborators who tried to withdraw after years of cooperation when the Lord convicted them of their sin were killed by the secret police. Certainly, people like these died as martyrs, but their families still have to live with the shame of their life of compromise before they were killed.

Suggestion – If you know anyone who has become a collaborator with the secret police, try to convince them gently to come out into the open as soon as possible and to save their soul. With confession, there will be forgiveness before God and the Christian community.

Premier clip : violences psychiques.

Voyez ce que vivent les victimes de violences conjugales (et parfois longtemps après la séparation, en raison des enfants par exemple). ” Les victimes de violence conjugale ont besoin de vous. Aidez-les à s’en sortir.”

Spot TV particulièrement “direct”.(Ministère, Canada). Cliquer sur le bouton “aider la victime” pour lire la suite du spot, et comprendre ce que ressent la victime. C’est extrêmement impactant, mais montre bien la réalité des violences psychologiques.

Les victimes de violences conjugales sont prises au piège. Plus elles essaient de s’en sortir, plus l’emprise de leur agresseur se resserre. A bout de souffle, elles ont besoin de votre aide, pour éviter de couler… Ressources du gouvernement canadien.

Deuxième clip : une nouvelle façon d’aborder les violences conjugales.

Clip To B Com, choisi par 2 associations françaises pour la journée internationale de la femme 2010, utilisé par des professeurs pour leurs cours de “civisme”, utilisé par les services d’aide aux victimes et de formation de la police en Belgique, sujet de reportage au Québec.  Une nouvelle façon d’aborder la violence conjugale, et restaurer l’image de la femme.

A propos de … => le processus de la violence conjugale : c’est une prise de contrôle. La face cachée. Guérir.

Vidéo et reportage télévision québecoise et l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec ” prise de contrôle”.

Le Québec, la Belgique et l’Espagne sont très en avance sur la compréhension et la gestion des violences conjugales.

Violences conjugales : la face cachée. Et violences psychologiques, sans coups, qui conduisent aussi à la mort, par suicide. Meurtre par procuration.

Prendre le temps de guérir.

Faites passer le message.
En plus d’encourager les victimes à dénoncer leur situation, parler ouvertement et prendre position contre les actes de violence conjugale permet de conscientiser la collectivité (gouvernement canadien).

http://www.violence-conjugale-aider-victimes-et-violents.com

Faire de la veille, c’est comme reconstituer un puzzle.

Il faut tout d’abord rassembler toutes les pièces du puzzle. C’est la collecte d’informations.

Ensuite, il faut remettre les pièces bout à bout, afin qu’apparaisse l’image. C’est l’analyse de l’information.

Enfin, il ne reste plus qu’à photographier le puzzle terminé pour envoyer la photo à un ami. C’est la transmission de l’information.

Grâce  à Internet, il est possible de tout comprendre, à condition d’effectuer ces trois phases.

Quiconque peut ainsi reconstituer la stratégie d’une entreprise grâce aux informations disponibles sur Internet.

La preuve avec la société Nespresso :

précédent billet, chacunsoncafe.fr profite de l’absence de son adversaire sur le Web conversationnel pour engager le combat sur ce terrain

Pour mémoire, le site de e-commerce a été créé en 2005 par Denis Fages. Un premier billet mentionnait le positionnement du site.

Et comme prévu, chacunsoncafe.fr joue la carte du petit Poucet face à l’ogre, avec en toile de fond la liberté d’informer. Exactement ce que j’écrivais dans mon billet.

La balle est dans le camp des helvètes.

Le procès qu’elle vient d’engager pourrait saper sa réputation. Nespresso, la filiale de Nestlé, qui fabrique des machines à café en dosettes, a assigné en justice ChacunSonCafé.fr pour “dénigrement et publicité comparative illicite“. Le comparateur a critiqué les machines à café à dosette unique car elles feraient du consommateur un “client captif“.

Au-delà de la controverse, qui trouvera son dénouement devant les tribunaux,  je me suis livré à une petite étude quantitative de l’image Nespresso sur Internet.

Voilà un premier constat qui tord le cou à une idée reçue : toute recherche devrait se faire sur Google puisque Google est le moteur de recherche le plus utilisé sur toute la planète. Le volume de contenu le plus important pour le mot-clé « Nespresso » se trouve donc sur Yahoo ! qui servira de base à notre étude quantitative. Cependant, cela ne remet nullement en cause la pertinence des autres moteurs sur un plan qualitatif.

La seconde étape consiste à définir la nature de la présence de Nespresso sur le Web. Pour cela, j’ai examiné les 50 premiers sites sur Yahoo ! à partir du simple mot-clé « Nespresso ». Voilà le résultat :

Le premier constat est que la filiale de Nestlé n’occupe que 20% de l’espace conversationnel : blog, fora, newsletters, etc. Elle ne bénéficiera donc que d’un soutien limité des internautes en cas de buzz négatif. En outre, toute action de communication sera difficile à mettre en place, puisque Nespresso ne bénéficie pas sur Internet de relais pour assurer la diffusion de ses messages, que ce soit sur le plan marketing ou Ressources Humaines. Le principal enjeu de sa politique de communication va donc être de mettre en place des opérations séduction en direction des internautes. Mais allons plus loin, en détaillant les supports institutionnels.

La présence écrasante de la communication consacrée à la marque et ses produits laisse sceptique. Elle explique néanmoins la réaction de Nespressso à ce qu’elle a considéré de la part d’un comparateur de prix qui ne figure pas dans les 50 premiers résultats de la recherche comme une attaque. La proportion de la communication consacrée aux produits de la marque pourrait être réduite si l’entreprise développait ses supports conversationnels. Elle bénéficierait ainsi d’un système de défense plus souple et, surtout, beaucoup moins médiatique que l’action judiciaire. D’ailleurs, chacunsoncafe.fr pourrait exploiter cette action pour se présenter au public, et notamment aux internautes, comme la pauvre victime de la toute-puissante multinationale. C’est ce qu’en rhétorique, on appelle argumentum ad lazarum.

L’entreprise, on le voit, est peu présente dans les conversations des internautes. Cette représentation graphique montre les faiblesses de ce qui pourrait être la force de l’entreprise : des vidéos qui permettent la diffusion de la culture d’entreprise, des réseaux sociaux qui fédéreraient une communauté autour de ses produits, des blogs qui serviraient de relais d’influence…Mais cela révèle aussi ce qui peut porter atteinte à la réputation de l’entreprise : des propos malveillants sur les blogs et les fora, des groupes hostiles sur les réseaux sociaux, des vidéos qui dévalorisent l’image de l’entreprise…Si de telles actions venaient à se multiplier, l’entreprise se trouverait alors en situation de crise.

Une simple étude quantitative est déjà riche d’enseignements, pour qui sait l’analyser. Voilà une nouvelle occasion de rappeler que la collecte d’information ne constitue, dans la mission globale du chargé de veille, que la surface émergée de l’iceberg. C’est l’analyse qui donne du sens à l’information recueillie.

La RATP a lancé une Campagne de Communication Interne :  

“L’environnement est précieux, respectons le!”

Elle a débuté en juin 2009 et s’appuie principalement sur 6 grandes politiques environnementales : l’air, le bruit, les déchets, l’eau, l’énergie et le papier.

Cette campagne vise à sensibiliser les salariés de la RATP à l’environnement. Elle permet également de répondre aux objectifs que la RATP a proposés pour sa politique environnementale : baisser la consommation d’eau et de production des déchets industriels d’environ 10% d’ici 2012, réaliser environ 20% d’économie de papier d’ici 2014 et parvenir  à une économie d’énergie et d’emission de gaz à effet de serre de 15% en 2020.

Les objectifs de la communication :

- Informer et faire prendre conscience aux salariés l’importance de cette politique environnementale et des plans d’actions mis en place.

- Sensibiliser, former et mobiliser le personnel de la RATP pour qu’il soit acteur et ambassadeur de cette nouvelle politique.

- Redonner la fierté aux opérateurs en revalorisant la pratique de leur métier sous l’angle du développement durable.

Les supports de communication :

Pour cela la RATP a organisé en juin et juillet 2009 des expositions et a mis également des outils de référence à disposition des salariés.

Autres supports : site interne, flyers, stickers, vidéomags ainsi que de nombreuses affiches représentant les 6 grandes politiques environnementales que la RATP soutient pour mieux comprendre les pratiques à adopter.

Quelques plans d’actions :

- Respecter les consignes de températures réglementaires.

- Réduire l’éclairage des stations de gares pendant l’interruption de service.

- Déployer la production d’électricité photovoltaïque sur les toits des ateliers.

- Respecter les règles d’utilisation des produits chimiques et de nettoyage.

- Equiper les sites de réducteurs de débit (boutons presto, chasses d’eau à double flux…)

- “Ecoconcevoir” les nouveaux projets en y intégrant la gestion de l’eau et la récupération des eaux de pluie.

- Former tous les agents en charge de la gestion des déchets à la réglementation sur le transport de matières dangereuses.

- Etablir un plan de réduction des déchets par département

- Rechercher, avec les collectivités, les solutions adaptées pour le déploiement du tri dans nos réseaux.

- Développer l’utilisation des technologies moins polluantes (bus hybrides…)

- Renforcer la ventilation mécanique.

- Optimiser le lavage et l’aspiration des poussières dans les espaces.

- Diminuer les niveaux sonores des tronçons aériens les plus bruyants.

- Contrôler périodiquement les niveaux sonores et vibratoires et mettre en oeuvre un plan d’actions en cas de non-conformité.

-  Favoriser la baisse de la consommation de papier en installant des systèmes d’impression facilitant le recto-verso

- Utiliser du papier recyclé issu des forêts gérées durablement pour les impressions.

Sources : Dossier de Communication – Campagne de Communication Interne- Intranet RATP

We’ve just published the Autumn 2009 edition of Informer, which is the quarterly newsletter of the BCS IRSG. This edition features the following articles:

• Editorial by Tony Russell-Rose
• Conference Review: Search Solutions 2009 by Keely Flint
• Feature Article: UI Design Patterns for Search & Information Discovery by Tony Russell-Rose
• Book Reviews:
  • “A Generative Theory of Relevance” reviewed by Jianhan Zhu
    
  • “Introduction to Video Search Engines” reviewed by Nilesh Thatte
    
• Events listing edited by Andy MacFarlane
• Industry News, Featured Jobs, Contacts, etc.

Informer is free to download from the IRSG website. Enjoy!

I subbed and laid out the front page, which was to hold our lead story of the library’s closure. Because the library story was to fill the entire page I decided to extend the promo panels at the bottom slightly, so that more of the edition’s contents could be advertised to new students who would be unfamiliar with the type of writing the Informer typically contains.

I did this by increasing the box’s height and moving the text of each sell beneath its image, allowing more of them to be squeezed in horizontally (I also changed it from multiple Quark boxes into a single Quark table). This created the problem of differentiating between the sells as they lay next to each other, which I tried to solve by alternating bold/normal font weight. This was not very effective and the final page instead alternated between red/purple font colour, which did a much better job. I am not completely satisfied with this either though, since it introduces a one-off colour to the design. In future editions, we could try alternating between red and black and making page numbers grey.

Choosing the sell text was mostly a matter of adapting the headlines used for the articles I was advertising. Sometimes I had to add or remove words, but with only a couple of exceptions the others’ work fitted nicely and created a strong link between the sell and the actual story.

As well as extending the promo panel, I condensed the title piece. The strip beneath it containing the web address for Informer Online and the university’s logo was wasteful, and the actual title piece itself has too much blank space above and below the text. I moved the URL to the imprint area, added our email address, and positioned a translucent white UoC logo in the bottom right corner. I was happy with this except for the UoC logo, which became lost when the page was put onto newsprint. Future editions should make it larger and possibly a little less translucent.

When it came to adding copy to the page, it became apparent that a turnover would need to be arranged with Conny, who was subbing the second page. This was hazardous since Quark’s text overflow feature only works between boxes in the same project, but we were working in two separate files. Thankfully however, I managed to keep the breakpoint at the same position and no text was duplicated or lost between our pages. I had to ad-lib a style for the turnover text, and I think made a good choice with larger, italic letters followed by an ellipsis.

I also broke from the stylesheet with the first two paragraphs. Normally they are the “para 1” then “para 2” style, followed by the standard body copy style, but I felt that this used up too much space due to the sheer length of the first paragraph, which I could not effectively shorten. I opted to skip the para 1 style and start instead with para 2, making it bold to ensure it stood out in a similar manner to the para 1 style. I was also happy with this decision.

The furniture surrounding the story was my main area of creativity on the page. Given the distinct lack of drama from photos of the library either before or after the move, I opted instead for photos of the three figures prominently involved. I was pleased with my captions for these, which told a sequential story that described both their involvement and, in general terms, the chain of events that led to the story being written: he decided, he agreed, and now she opposes. In terms of the images themselves, I was surprised by just how much more approachable the page was when people’s faces were added. I went through the sell pictures after changing the story’s and found faces for each one where possible.

My original headline was “Library Protests”, but Terry pointed out that this was a label. He also rightly advised that readers would most likely already know that the library had closed, so the headline should reflect developments that have followed from that. I’m not terrifically pleased with “Library Outrage”, since it isn’t entirely reflected by the copy, but it’s the best anyone could come up with.

I was very pleased with my bullet point subheads however, which neatly sum up the latest developments for anyone who is aware of the story but has not been keeping a close eye on it.

Bandeau copyright association “gendarme et citoyen”, publié avec l’aimable autorisation écrite des responsables.

Voici une plaquette de défense du commandant Matelly. En pdf et en flash (se présente comme un magasine dont on tourne les pages). Mise à jour 21 10 09 contenant l’appel à souscription pour financer des pages dans la presse. Le flash a été agrandi pour une meilleure visibilité.

Vous pouvez récupérer ces  plaquettes pour les diffuser, imprimer, distribuer dans le cadre de la défense du commandant Matelly. Diffusez-les le plus largement possible. Urgent.

A peine quelques heures après avoir été informée, la mobilisation est engagée de mon côté.

Des soutiens se manifestent à haut niveau parmi les contacts que j’ai pris.

C ‘EST TRES REACTIF: LA SANCTION NE PASSE PAS.

Si la presse officielle reste frileuse, elle est en crise, cherche des sous, les médias libres, eux, en plein essor, et très prisés du public, vont très largement et précisément informer l’opinion, et remplir leur devoir citoyen.

Cette sanction ne sera pas.

Et surtout pas avec tout ce qu’on voit en ce moment.

S’il y a des hommes de valeur, gardons les à la tête du navire… on va en avoir besoin.

J’attends réponse pour une intervention auprès d’un membre du gouvernement, pris via un de ses proches collaborateurs, qui est aussi l’une de mes connaissances personnelles.

Nous ne laisserons pas étouffer cette affaire.

C’est une question de justice, au sens premier et noble du terme, avec toutes ces conséquences pour les citoyens.

Voir l’un des commentaires que j’ai reçus : éloquent. A ne pas rater.

Please see below the fold for this week’s upcoming internationally-focused events. Don’t forget to check out job and internships opportunities listed at the bottom.

If you have events or job postings that you would like included in upcoming Informers, please send them to IpsaInformer@gmail.com by 1:00PM on the Sunday before the event.

Monday, October 5

No events

Tuesday, October 6

What: How to Get Rich without Knowing How: The Paradox of Development Economics with William Easterly
When: Tuesday, October 6, 5:00p-6:00p
Where: Silver Center, Room 101A, 100 Washington Square East
About: Development economists have had a long series of failures in attempts to raise growth and promote rapid development. Yet economic development in the past half century happened anyway. This lecture discusses how some of the basic principles of economics help us understand this paradox and provide useful guidance on how to achieve economic development. Don’t forget to bring valid photo ID!

*IPSA Event*
What: Conversation with Arif Islam (BRAC-Uganda) Co-sponsored by NYUMI
When: Tuesday, October 6, 6:00p-7:00p
Where: Puck, Jersey Conference Room
About: Mr. Arif Islam is the Country Head of BRAC Uganda. He has played an instrumental in launching BRAC’s programs in country November of 2005, and growing it become one the largest microfinance institutions in the country, within a span of three years. BRAC Uganda has disbursed $35 million in loans to more than 90,000 borrowers through its network of 85 branch offices. Under Mr. Islam’s visionary leadership BRAC has emerged as the largest non-profit in the country, employing more than 1500 people and touching the lives of more than half a million poor in Uganda.

Mr. Islam joined BRAC in 1983 as a Program Organizer, and has since served as Regional Manager, Zonal Manager, and Program Manager of BRAC’s education program in both Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He holds a Masters in Education and Development from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

Wednesday, October 7

*IPSA Event*
What: Off-the-Record with Prof. Karen Grepin
When: Wednesday, October 7, 12:00p-1:30p
Where: Puck, Rice Conference Room
About: Come join us for lunch with Professor Karen Grepin, Wagner’s newest international health faculty member. Students will have an opportunity to learn more about Professor Grepin, her research, and what she has planned for her time at Wagner. Co-sponsored by Wagner Health Network (WHN) and Global Health Alliance (GHA).

What: Managing Identity Conflicts in Africa, with Dr. Francis Mading Deng, United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
When: Wednesday, October 7, 5:00p-7:00p
Where: Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law (40 Washington Square south)
About: Please join CHRGJ and NYU’s African Law Association in welcoming Francis Deng as he addresses the of role identity in conflict, drawing on a lifetime’s worth of prolific scholarship on human rights, as well as his experiences as UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Event to be followed by Q&A and a brief reception.

What: Africa during the Global Downturn: An Opportunity for Alternative Approaches to Development?
When: Wednesday, October 7, 6:00p
Where: Woolworth Building, Room 430
About: The global financial and economic crisis has engendered adverse consequences for the development of Sub-Saharan Africa. Dwindling external financial flows, remittances and ODA from developed countries is forcing state governments to make tough decisions about their future. How can Botswana, Ghana and other African nations, regain sustained economic growth? Will the global downturn stem the progress of developing competitive economies in the international system? Africa is at a critical point in its development; it is time for a realistic assessment and evaluation of approaches to development. Is the prevailing aid model viable in assisting the development of African nations; or, are internal measures to build institutional capacity, spur social development, and growth more relevant? This panel will discuss the current realities facing African nations and generate ideas and dialogue on possible potential solutions.

Please RSVP to gags.nyu@gmail.com

Thursday, October 8

*IPSA Event*
What: Off-the-Record with Prof. Jonathon Morduch
When: Thursday, October 8, 12:30p-1:30p
Where: Puck, Lafayette Conference Room
About: The International Public Service Organization (IPSA) and the Financial Access Initiative (FAI) present lunch and a discussion with Professor Jonathan Morduch. Join us for an informal discussion on microfinance initiatives around the world. Professor Morduch will talk candidly about his most recent research and the future of microfinance as a development tool. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Caitlin Ostomel at cro227@nyu.edu by Friday, October 2, 2009. Space is limited, but a waitlist will be created.

Jonathan Morduch’s is co-author of The Economics of Microfinance and Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day. He has taught on Economics faculty at Harvard University, and has held fellowships or visiting positions at Stanford, Princeton, and the University of Tokyo. Morduch is the Managing Director of the Financial Access Initiative. Previously he has been chair of the United Nations Committee on Poverty Statistics and been a member of the UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors and the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Financial Empowerment. He advises Pro Mujer and the Grameen Foundation and is a member of SafeSave in Dhaka and the Editorial Boards of the “World Bank Econimic Review,” “Journal of Economic Perspectives,” and “Journal of Globalization and Development.” He holds a BA from Brown and Ph.D. from Harvard, both in Economics. Morduch was awarded an honorary doctorate form the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in December 2008 in recognition of his work on microfinance.

What: Conflict, Security and Development Series: Building Refugee Livelihoods: Food Security, the Economic Crisis, and Long Term Development
When: Thursday, October 8, 12:30p-1:30p
Where: Puck, Rudin
About: With Dale Buscher, director of protection, Women’s Refugee Commission. The worldwide financial crisis, occurring on the heels of a global food crisis, demonstrates that the world has changed in dramatic ways, and it is the most vulnerable people who suffer disproportionately. These crises, however, also offer occasion to rethink our business model and the structure and practice of humanitarian aid. Many argue that it is time to end dependency-inducing programs and focus as early and as soon as possible on helping affected populations resume their lives and livelihoods.

What: International Specialization Advisement Session
When: Thursday, October 8, 5:00p-6:30p
Where: Puck, Rudin
About: Learn about the requirements and various aspects of the International Program at NYU Wagner.

Friday, October 9

*IPSA Event*
What: The Economist Reading Group
When: Friday, October 9, 4:30p
Where: Housing Works Café, 126 Crosby Street
About: The Economist Reading Group (ERG) is a group of Economist enthusiasts discussing the current topics that they are reading about in The Economist (and probably studying in their Wagner courses!). ERG will allow people to be critical about the analysis presented by The Economist and provide a jumping-off point to have a fun discussion about the important issues impacting the world. Since ERG will only meet once a month and the magazine covers a wide-variety of topics, the group will focus on the main issues presented (i.e. the head-liners/ briefings), but also allow flexibility to discuss the individual interests that members bring to the table. We also anticipate inviting a professor to one meeting per semester, giving us an additional opportunity to discuss these important issues with our experienced faculty, yet in a more casual setting than the classroom or brown-bags.

What: Iran in Context: A Roundtable Discussion
When: Friday, October 9, 5:00p-7:00p
Where: The Kevorkian Center, 50 Washington Square South (At 255 Sullivan Street)
About: Hosted by the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. Four researchers will discuss the 2009 presidential elections and subsequent events by situating them within Iran’s larger history of social movements, political participation, and authoritarian rule. Featuring: Kaveh Ehsani, International Studies, DePaul University; Norma Claire Moruzzi, Gender and Women’s Studies, Political Science, University of Illinois in Chicago; Ali Mirsepassi, Gallatin School, NYU. Moderated by: Arang Keshavarzian, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU

What: CineALAS: Where Film Meets Public Service presents “La Americana”
When: Friday, October 9, 6:30p
Where: Vanderbilt Hall, Room 210, 40 Washington Square South
About: A Screening of the Documentary “La Americana” with Director Nicholas Bruckman and Muzaffar Chisti, the Director of the NYU School of Law Office of the Migration Policy Institute. La Americana is an intimate documentary following an undocumented immigrant, Carmen, on her journey from Bolivia to New York City and back, as she struggles to save the life of her ailing daughter. Her unforgettable story is woven into the current immigration crisis in the United States, putting a human face on this timely and controversial issue.

This event is sponsored by the Alliance of Latino and Latin American Students, in association with the Wagner International Public Service Association, Latino Law Student Association, the Women of Color Policy Network, the Research Center for Leadership in Action, the Wagner Women’s Caucus, and the Wagner International Student Society. Following the screening, Director Nicholas Bruckman will discuss his film, and Muzaffar Chisti, the Director of the Migration Policy Institute at NYU’s School of Law, will discuss the current immigration policy implications in the United States.

Jobs/Internships/Etc.

Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Each year a distinguished jury awards a $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. Entries are now being accepted and the deadline is midnight, Eastern Time on October 30, 2009.

http://challenge.bfi.org/

Deputy Director at ENCOUNTER

Link to full posting on Idealist:

http://idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/default?asset=Job&asset-id=347697-248

Tijdens de 90’s Week op 3fm hebben diverse Serious Talents nummers uit de jaren 90 gecoverd. Skiggy Rapz koos voor Informer van Snow. Ik vind dat het hem wel goed gelukt is!

To download issues 1-3 Thanks to Sparkman

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It’s Saturday, hooray!  It’s also the day that I’m supposed to get back in to the swing of blogging, so I don’t have to resort to No Time To Blog next week.  I’m not feeling particularly motivated, but I’m hoping to get in to the swing of it, once I start.

Last night’s entry, At The Wedding, was so short that it might as well have been a tweet, but then I was at a wedding reception, and blogging for any more than a minute is somewhat frowned upon.  You’ll all be extremely pleased to learn that I had a good old-fashioned boogie, but it took a while for me to ‘feel the music’, I didn’t even get up when the DJ had a Motown section, which I think is shocking.  The DJ had some interesting song choices, including the theme tune to Cagney & Lacey and Informer by Snow.  I said jokingly that the next song would be Oh Carolina by Shaggy.  And it was.  I was coerced in to doing a bit of jiving at one point and somehow got through it even though I had no clue what I was doing.  I must be a natural.

Liverpool play West Ham later, and it’s on ESPN.  I will have to start making plans on how I’m going to watch it.   After I’ve done some more blogging, of course.

Fonte: http://www.sabatoseraonline.it/home_ssol.php?site=1&n=articles&category_id=190&article_id=120418&l=it