[2012/01/24]

SVSM Award 2012
This year will be the sixth time that the award of the Swiss Association for Location Management SVSM will be conferred. It honors outstanding achievements in location marketing, site management, and business development. The application form and prize rules are available for downloading on the SVSM website. An overview of previous winners and applicants can also be found there.
The deadline for applications is 16 April 2012, with the award ceremony to take place on 13 September 2012.
[2012/02/03]
Our financial clients in the media
- Vanguard: Article by James Norris
    NZZ.pdf
- LGT: Article by Martin Langer
    
NZZ.pdf
- BNY: Article by James Harris

    finanzen.ch.pdf
Investec: Article by Peter Eerdmans
     LAgéfi Indices.pdf

[2012/01/23]
Kantonsspital Glarus is positioning itself
Competition among hospitals has intensified with the introduction of case-based lump sum rates at the beginning of 2012. For health care providers it is essential to strengthen their positioning among patients and referring physicians. With the first three folders, «Your Stay at the Kantonsspital Glarus», «Orthopedic Surgery» and «Psychiatry» , the Kantonsspital Glarus has launched an information series to make its service areas more visible. The Healthcare team of Communicators is responsible for the series conception and realization.

[2011/11/29]
Health insurances neglect customer relation
The survey results from Santésuisse regarding a single health insurance scheme are clear: Two thirds of the respondents would not be opposed to exchanging their long-time private health care plans for a single insurer. In a technical article in the magazine "Marketing + Kommunikation", Robert E. Gubler, Senior Partner, explains what went wrong with the private health care plans in terms of communication, and where there is potential for improvement.

[2012/01/16]
Ballot campaigns for economiesuisse
In 2012 Communicators will again serve as the support point of economiesuisse in the canton of Zurich for a number of ballot campaigns. The campaign has already begun against the Travail.Suisse initiative «6 Weeks of Vacation for All», which will be decided by the electorate on 11 March 2012. In addition, planning has begun for the campaign against the AUNS initiative «State treaties put before the people!».

[2011/11/22]
Communication for music managers
The course outline of the MAS program in Music Management at the Bern University of the Arts has given rise to the publication of Guidelines for Music Managers. Andreas Weidmann, Partner with Communicators, is one of 18 co-authors and contributed to the chapter on Communication and Publication Relations.

[2012/01/06]
Open positions at Communicators
Communicators is seeking an experienced Consultant to begin this May in the Financial & Investor Relations department. In addition, a commercial apprenticeship beginning this fall and an internship in the financial area with start-date this June are available. You can find more information here (in German)

[2012/01/26]
Communications value-added for PensExpert
Communicators is supporting PensExpert AG with its media relations and in lobbying. For more than ten years
PensExpert has been the market leader for personalized supplementary options within Swiss occupational pension
plans
. Communicators has successfully positioned PensExpert as the leading authority in the pension market through
the placement of articles about key issues in the financial media.