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The Connectors
The Connectors: Life in Lucerne as an expat
Thursday, 17 May, 2012The Connectors comes to you from the beautiful city of Lucerne, where WRS was invited by the Swiss American Society Lucerne (SASL) to give a talk. Catherine Nelson-Pollard takes the opportunity to chat to the members of the SASL about life in Lucerne:
Thursday, 17 May, 2012The Connectors comes to you from the beautiful city of Lucerne, where WRS was invited by the Swiss American Society Lucerne (SASL) to give a talk. Catherine Nelson-Pollard takes the opportunity to chat to the members of the SASL about life in Lucerne:
The Connectors: Expat entrepreneurship and business networking
Thursday, 10 May, 2012The Connectors touch base with Amy Davis from Brits In Business, an entrepreneurial networking group in Geneva, about sharing business ideas as an anglophone in Switzerland. They are also joined by Avik Ray and Jonathan Edwards from So Money Productions, a duo who decided to quit their jobs in finance, start up their own video production company and pitch it to Brits In Business:
Thursday, 10 May, 2012The Connectors touch base with Amy Davis from Brits In Business, an entrepreneurial networking group in Geneva, about sharing business ideas as an anglophone in Switzerland. They are also joined by Avik Ray and Jonathan Edwards from So Money Productions, a duo who decided to quit their jobs in finance, start up their own video production company and pitch it to Brits In Business:
The Connectors: A guide to being 'Newly Swissed'
Thursday, 3 May, 2012Catherine, Margriet and Bruno have been looking at NewlySwissed.com, a website on all things Swiss for both expats and locals. The team chat to Dimitri Burkhard, founder of the site, to find out more about unusual aspects to this country, their section called “Oddities about Switzerland” detailing amphibious car races and other quirky things, and how the site can help newly arrived expatriates:
Thursday, 3 May, 2012Catherine, Margriet and Bruno have been looking at NewlySwissed.com, a website on all things Swiss for both expats and locals. The team chat to Dimitri Burkhard, founder of the site, to find out more about unusual aspects to this country, their section called “Oddities about Switzerland” detailing amphibious car races and other quirky things, and how the site can help newly arrived expatriates:
The Connectors: Students take us inside Model UN
Thursday, 26 April, 2012Our youngest Connector Sam Schoen brings in fellow students Jeremy Stevens and Maria Gomez de Olea from his high school in Ferney Voltaire to talk about the Model United Nations, a series of high school and university clubs around the world which debate geo-political topics around the format of the United Nations:
Thursday, 26 April, 2012Our youngest Connector Sam Schoen brings in fellow students Jeremy Stevens and Maria Gomez de Olea from his high school in Ferney Voltaire to talk about the Model United Nations, a series of high school and university clubs around the world which debate geo-political topics around the format of the United Nations:
The Connectors: Caribbean expats in Switzerland
Thursday, 19 April, 2012Our panel invites special guestDonna Thompson Clarke, a Jamaican expat married to an expat from Barbados, to find out a little about the Caribbean expat community here and the big anniversary party coming up in June that all listeners are invited to:
Thursday, 19 April, 2012Our panel invites special guestDonna Thompson Clarke, a Jamaican expat married to an expat from Barbados, to find out a little about the Caribbean expat community here and the big anniversary party coming up in June that all listeners are invited to:
The Connectors: Expats on stage in Switzerland
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
The Connectors: Life for an expat in Zug
Thursday, 5 April, 2012The Connectors talk to two experienced Zug expats—Natalie Albrecht, who runs Zug4You.ch, a site tailored to the needs of the international community, and Maite Plimmer, from ZiBF, the Zug International Business Forum, about life in this old Swiss-German city:
Thursday, 5 April, 2012The Connectors talk to two experienced Zug expats—Natalie Albrecht, who runs Zug4You.ch, a site tailored to the needs of the international community, and Maite Plimmer, from ZiBF, the Zug International Business Forum, about life in this old Swiss-German city:
The Connectors: Checking out the Zurich Comedy Club
Thursday, 29 March, 2012The Connectors speak to Ray Baer, president of the Zurich Comedy Club, an amateur theatre group for expatriates. We find out where the members of the club come from and we discover that behind every banker there is an extrovert keen to act on stage. They also talk to Sylvia Day from the “IMPROVables,” a performance troupe and improvisation arm of the club:
Thursday, 29 March, 2012The Connectors speak to Ray Baer, president of the Zurich Comedy Club, an amateur theatre group for expatriates. We find out where the members of the club come from and we discover that behind every banker there is an extrovert keen to act on stage. They also talk to Sylvia Day from the “IMPROVables,” a performance troupe and improvisation arm of the club:
The Connectors: Swiss summer music festivals
Thursday, 22 March, 2012The team, joined by WRS music programmer David Glaser, discusses the Swiss music scene and summer festival circuit:
Thursday, 22 March, 2012The team, joined by WRS music programmer David Glaser, discusses the Swiss music scene and summer festival circuit:
The Connectors: Life back then as a Brit in Switzerland
Thursday, 15 March, 2012The Connectors speak to Michael Type, Chairman of the British Residents’ Association in Switzerland, to find out a little bit about the association’s history and what life was like for Brits many years ago. They also hear from Penny Osti from the Ticino and Grisons region about the events that are organised for members in Eastern Switzerland:
Thursday, 15 March, 2012The Connectors speak to Michael Type, Chairman of the British Residents’ Association in Switzerland, to find out a little bit about the association’s history and what life was like for Brits many years ago. They also hear from Penny Osti from the Ticino and Grisons region about the events that are organised for members in Eastern Switzerland:
