Follow @marcoRecorder In a couple of posts already I have bashed Belgium's appalling services and the notorious mobility problems that afflict the city by interviewing the famous @STIB_fail Twitter account. In an effort to investigate on people's reaction about the poor Belgian service culture, I talked to another Twitter account's manager who collects all these … Continue reading Interview with Bad Service Belgium
Category: Brussels
A few lessons from #Europcom 2013
Follow @marcoRecorder I only managed to attend one panel at this year’s Europcom. I really like this event. The topics are always very interesting and the participants' level of expertise is always quite high. I noticed that comms2point0, a regular invitee to this event, made a very good and comprehensive summary of both day one … Continue reading A few lessons from #Europcom 2013
Discerning the Belgian social media sphere from the Eurobubble: mission impossible?
Follow @marcoRecorder When analyzing the social media sphere in Belgium I always find it hard to differentiate the Eurobubble from the "real" Belgian environment. Belgium has a very active and engaged online population, with users from many segments of society. In addition to politicians and journalists, many entrepreneurs, consultants and professors active on social media. … Continue reading Discerning the Belgian social media sphere from the Eurobubble: mission impossible?
Interview with Berlaymonster
Follow @marcoRecorder Inhabitants of the Eurobubble know this little hairy figure very well. He's there to drink gin, eat gravy and bash EU affairs. Many know his videos and his Twitter account which was even endorsed by EC spokesperson Olivier Bailly as "really good fun." Enough about what we think we know about him. Let the … Continue reading Interview with Berlaymonster
Some insights from the International Communication Summit in Brussels
Follow @marcoRecorder How is it possible to distinguish and understand the values of European citizenship? How should civil society and institutions move in order to define new models for dialogue, values and services? How is it possible to make decisions, when faced with an ever wider and undifferentiated dissemination of content that contrast with the … Continue reading Some insights from the International Communication Summit in Brussels
Interview with captain Europe
Follow @marcoRecorder It's a bird, no it's an aeroplane, no it's a eurocrat, nooooooooo it's Captain Europe. For the inhabitants of the Eurobubble, Captain Europe is not an outsider. Captain Europe, mild mannered civil servant by day and superhero... well, mostly at weekends and at other times on request. This is the description you can … Continue reading Interview with captain Europe
Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
Follow @marcoRecorder I recently found out about "Rock the Union" ,a project intended to raise awareness about the coming European Parliament elections 2014. Together with a team of 5 people plus bus driver, Hans Mund the project's manager wants to go through all 28 EU Member States in an old English Routemaster between October 14th … Continue reading Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
@STIB_Fail: born to be bashing
Follow @marcoRecorder "Brussels is the most congested city in the world" says a recent report from Forbes. Even though Forbes' analysis only actually considers Europe and North America, thinking that the capital of the European Union doesn't offer adequate solutions for the life of drivers is pretty disappointing. Cities that have to deal with congestion … Continue reading @STIB_Fail: born to be bashing
Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
Follow @marcoRecorder Belgium's service culture is disgraceful. This is not an assumption, it's a fact. Especially in the horeca business, staff is almost always rude, sloppy or unwilling to help. As a friend of mine well says : When you ask for food in a Belgian restaurant, waiters and cooks act like they are doing … Continue reading Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
Too much for too little… the death of a Bank of America intern must herald reform of the internship industry
Follow @marcoRecorder This letter from the European Youth Forum has been widely circulated around various business in Brussels. The tragic death of Moritz Erhardt, a German student who was working at Bank of America as part of a summer internship programme, has sparked huge debate over the exploitation of young graduates in Europe especially as … Continue reading Too much for too little… the death of a Bank of America intern must herald reform of the internship industry
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