The European Union Delegation to Australia has a new amazing Web Editor, Media and Social Media Editor, Alia Papageorgiou. She interviewed me for their newsletter about my work and the activities run by the European Union pavilion at Expo Milano. Check out our chat and don't forget to follow her! Here is their piece. I'd … Continue reading A chat over Expo Milan with #EUinAusInterview
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An amazing Social Media Happy Hour!!!
Take a few minutes to think about the daily routine of a Community Manager at Expo Milano: running up and down the Decumano, answering hundreds of mails in a record time, posting on Facebook also during lunch break, collecting every kind of business card...This is why sometimes we need a moment to relax, to do … Continue reading An amazing Social Media Happy Hour!!!
Getting the Expo Milan 2015 Community Managers together
Last 20 May was a great day for me and for all the Community Managers working at Expo Milano 2015. I was invited to share my experience in live-covering Europe Day at a social media workshop in Expo. Europe Day at Expo Milan was a true success and as Head of Social Media Stefano Mirti … Continue reading Getting the Expo Milan 2015 Community Managers together
Expo Milano 2015: an outstanding opening of the European Union pavilion!
Last 9 May I had one of the most amazing days of my professional life. We inaugurated the European Union pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. All the work we have done for months has paid off amazingly with an incredible turnout and very inspiring words from both President Martin Schulz and High Representative Federica Mogherini. … Continue reading Expo Milano 2015: an outstanding opening of the European Union pavilion!
Shaping the Future of World Expos
It was a pleasure to be at the WECC World Expo Commissioners Club last 30 March in Milan, in an event linked to the theme of Future Expos, i.e. the forthcoming events related to Expos, after the one in Milan this year. “A unique event of its kind, talking about future Expos gave us the … Continue reading Shaping the Future of World Expos
An awesome day the Social Media Trends Summit
It was a fantastic day at the EUROVISION Social Media Trends Summit in London. I really had great fun but, most importantly, I had the chance to meet some incredible communication professionals and at the same time promote what the European Union will do at Expo Milan 2015. I'll write about my presentation in a … Continue reading An awesome day the Social Media Trends Summit
7 reasons to follow the EU at Expo
Expo Milan 2015 will be the first real "social media World Expo." Even though Shanghai 2010 did display a touch of social networks within their outreach efforts, Expo Milan invests and relies massively on social media. The goal of this intense use of social networks and digital connections is manyfold. Not only is this strategy … Continue reading 7 reasons to follow the EU at Expo
Visiting a local creative communication agency
I was "forced" at home in Italy for a few weeks over Christmas following some serious foot and ankle surgery. This sort of "constrained stay" gave me a chance to discover the local reality in my small native area in North of Italy about how communication and creative agencies work. Now, I know that not … Continue reading Visiting a local creative communication agency
I envy the ESN Ambassadors for the EU at Expo 2015
@marcoRecorder "I'm jealous of you." That's how I started my social media training to the ten ambassadors from the Erasmus Student Network in Italy (ESN) who have been awarded the chance to tour Europe and present the opportunity to volunteer at the EU pavilion at Expo 2015 in Milan. Indeed, since I was an Erasmus … Continue reading I envy the ESN Ambassadors for the EU at Expo 2015
The European Year for Development: a great opportunity to spark debate on millenium development goals
@marcoRecorder The EU is the biggest donor of the official development assistance in the world. Four years after the adoption of the Agenda for Change (the European Commission's blueprint to refocus its development aid to make sure that it reaches those sectors and countries which need it most), 2015 is the ideal time for donors … Continue reading The European Year for Development: a great opportunity to spark debate on millenium development goals
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