Comments for grenniMEDIA http://www.grennimedia.com Communications Services for German and American Media & Markets Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:04:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Communications Series: Understanding your (Foreign) Neighbor - and Ultimately Yourself by How to Communicate Better by Following American Virtues and Values : GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE http://www.grennimedia.com/2009/06/01/communications-series-understanding-your-foreign-neighbor-and-ultimately-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-335 How to Communicate Better by Following American Virtues and Values : GERMAN WORLD MAGAZINE Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:33:07 +0000 http://www.grennimedia.com/?p=180#comment-335 [...] In the first part of my Communications Series I looked at how we can communicate better by following German virtues and values. This time I want to take a closer look at the values Americans live by and see how those can possibly help improve our communication skills. I take L. Robert Kohls‘ monograph “The Values Americans Live By,” written in the 1980s, as a guideline for what exactly American values are. Kohls, a former director of training for the U.S. Information Agency and the Meridian International Center in Washington, wrote this monograph to help foreign visitors to the United States avoid potential cultural pitfalls. Being a German living in Los Angeles, I am influenced by both cultures – and my communication practices have been influenced by principles that are common on either side of the Atlantic. The good thing about living in 2 cultures is that you sometimes can pick the best of both worlds and implement them in your daily life. It’s like eating pancakes for breakfast and schnitzel at lunch! [...] [...] In the first part of my Communications Series I looked at how we can communicate better by following German virtues and values. This time I want to take a closer look at the values Americans live by and see how those can possibly help improve our communication skills. I take L. Robert Kohls‘ monograph “The Values Americans Live By,” written in the 1980s, as a guideline for what exactly American values are. Kohls, a former director of training for the U.S. Information Agency and the Meridian International Center in Washington, wrote this monograph to help foreign visitors to the United States avoid potential cultural pitfalls. Being a German living in Los Angeles, I am influenced by both cultures – and my communication practices have been influenced by principles that are common on either side of the Atlantic. The good thing about living in 2 cultures is that you sometimes can pick the best of both worlds and implement them in your daily life. It’s like eating pancakes for breakfast and schnitzel at lunch! [...]

]]> Comment on European Golden Globe 2010 Winners by Interview with Austrian Designer Emil Gampe, Expert Winner of BRAVO TV's "Launch My Line" | grenniMEDIA http://www.grennimedia.com/2010/01/18/european-golden-globe-2010-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Interview with Austrian Designer Emil Gampe, Expert Winner of BRAVO TV's "Launch My Line" | grenniMEDIA Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:27:33 +0000 http://www.grennimedia.com/?p=600#comment-321 [...] recently, I reported about 2 successful Austrians in Hollywood: actor Christoph Waltz and filmmaker Michael Haneke. Now, Hollywood honors another talented [...] [...] recently, I reported about 2 successful Austrians in Hollywood: actor Christoph Waltz and filmmaker Michael Haneke. Now, Hollywood honors another talented [...]

]]> Comment on A Word on PR Spam by Adam Parker, Chief executive, RealWire http://www.grennimedia.com/2010/02/02/a-word-on-pr-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Adam Parker, Chief executive, RealWire Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:22:53 +0000 http://www.grennimedia.com/?p=646#comment-303 Hi Nina Thanks for covering the campaign and I couldn't agree more with your point that investing more in storytelling will encourage people to send less stories in the first place. In fact this issue has been close to our heart for a lot longer than the last few days as this post from last year hopefully shows http://www.showmenumbers.com/news-release-distribution/social-media-news-releases-achieve-double-the-coverage-of-%E2%80%9Ctraditional%E2%80%9D-press-releases One of our team is native German and is out there at the moment starting to build up a presence. You might find it worth a chat at some stage - you can find him on Twitter here @mweinelt. Thanks again and just let me know if I can help with anymore info on SMNRs or the campaign. Best Adam Hi Nina

Thanks for covering the campaign and I couldn’t agree more with your point that investing more in storytelling will encourage people to send less stories in the first place. In fact this issue has been close to our heart for a lot longer than the last few days as this post from last year hopefully shows http://www.showmenumbers.com/news-release-distribution/social-media-news-releases-achieve-double-the-coverage-of-%E2%80%9Ctraditional%E2%80%9D-press-releases

One of our team is native German and is out there at the moment starting to build up a presence. You might find it worth a chat at some stage - you can find him on Twitter here @mweinelt.

Thanks again and just let me know if I can help with anymore info on SMNRs or the campaign.

Best
Adam

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