Time: 18.00-19.30 CET
Date: 11 June 2020

Welcome to join the workshop on ‘virtual facilitation’ organized by one of our members, Ines Vaittinen. The interactive session will provide some insights to the different digital tools available, how these can be used to split participants into different teams or working groups during the session (as often done in physical workshops), how to collect ideas, how to prepare and report on a session, etc.

Ines Vaittinen: “Currently, we're all in a situation where the use of digital tools for communications have become an essential part of our daily lives and while many of us have experience in using these tools (skype, webex or zoom, for example) to host standard meetings and gatherings, the need has risen to also host more interactive and engaging sessions in a virtual setting that foster active participation and knowledge exchange. In my daily work before covid-19 I was often facilitating interactive workshops in a physical settings where we aim to engage all participants, ideating and brainstorming together by following various methodologies using whiteboards, post-its and colourful pens among a myriad of different techniques. Today, the question is how to foster a creative atmosphere online where all participants are invited to exchange in a virtual workshop setting?

In this workshop I am going to share my learnings on virtual interactive workshop facilitation through a hands-on approach: hosting an interactive workshop session online, where you as participants are invited to contribute with your ideas, experiences and knowledge on virtual meeting environments. I will present some information on the research that I have done and best practices I have found, but more importantly, the real purpose of this workshop is to guide you as participants through an interactive online methodology where each participant contributes with their own ideas. The session will provide some insights to the different digital tools available, how these can be used to split participants into different teams or working groups during the session (as often done in physical workshops), how to collect ideas, how to prepare and report on a session, etc.”

This session will involve active participation from all who attend. Are you interested in the topic, but don't have the time to participate in the hands-on exercises? Please let us know, and we can share a report of the event afterwards!

If you would like to sign-up to actively participate in the workshop, sign-up by sending an email to office ( a ) fdcc.eu.

And an answer to the question "What are the (virtual facilitation) needs that you're looking to solve by attending this virtual facilitation workshop?" Think about why you are attending, and let us know, so that we can prepare the session to fit your needs!

Organizer: Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce , Rotterdam

June 8th 2020
17-18:30 CET

Join our Women in Leadership webinar on the 8th of June to learn about leading policies, businesses and yourself during challenging times. Our speakers include Ms. Päivi Kaukoranta, Ambassador of Finland in The Netherlands, Caroline Thomas, Director modernization at KONE, and Laura Deletant, MBA at International Space Agency and founder of Victim to Winner Academy.

Continuing the success of last year's WiL event, we are organizing the Women in Leadership event again, this time virtually. The topic is maybe more actual than ever, now that the world is facing a new situation with Covid-19 and new leadership skills are needed. Coming together to learn and share is crucial in the times of change, and to discuss about women leadership during and after the crisis, and the impact it has to the world.

The purpose of this event is to bring people from all industries together to discuss and learn from each other. The focus is on personal stories of female leaders, how they lead the way to the new normal in challenging times, and how do they lead themselves. The intention is to trigger discussion, share experiences and to create a yearly forum around the topic. Gender equality is needed in order to maintain sustainable development across businesses and policies, and we are confident that this webinar will inspire everyone regardless or gender, to lead the way into new normal.

Speakers:

Ms. Päivi Kaukoranta, Ambassador of Finland, Embassy of Finland to The Netherlands
Caroline Thomas, Director Modernization, KONE
Laura Deletant, Victim to Winner Coaching with Laura Deletant

Agenda:
18.00: Opening by hosts from the board of FDCC: Johanna Raivio and Satu Schroderus
18.10: Ms. Päivi Kaukoranta, Ambassador of Finland to The Netherlands
18.20: Caroline Thomas, KONE
18..40: Laura Deletant; Women and victimization, entrepreneurship and leading towards equality

Registration:
Please send an email to office@fdcc.eu and we will send you the link for the webinar.

Organizer: Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce , Rotterdam

Tuesday, 2nd of June
17.00 - 18.00 CET

Virtual work, virtual meetings, virtual collaboration, virtual leadership. But How?

When your virtual workspace is your office, and your location is home, how do you lead your team? How do you connect and communicate effectively and how do you stay engaged? Leading a remote team is different than leading and working face-to-face but still same elements of good leadership apply.

We discuss the insights of virtual work with two of our member companies who are leading the way for many others; Mari Tasanto from HRM Partners and Art Maloku from Howspace share their best practices.

Please join our seminar to learn more and share your best learnings or burning questions with our virtual collaboration experts in the new era.

Agenda & Speakers:

Satu Schroderus; FDCC: warm-up and opening

Mari Tasanto; HRM Partners: The corner stones of virtual leadership:

• Coaching and sparring the team during the unexceptional time period

• How a manager can increase resilience in their team virtually –a stronger team beyond Covid-19?

Art Maloku; Howspace: How to manage effective virtual collaboration and engage the team members?

• Best practices and case examples

Way forward & closing Q&A

Registration:
This webinar is free of charge, however registration is compulsory.
Please send us an email office@fdcc.eu including your name and surname and you will receive a confirmation email. Prior to the event, you will receive the link to the webinar. Note: registration is closing on June 1st.

Organizer: Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce , Rotterdam

Tuesday, 2 June, 10.00am-10.40am
Online webinar, London
Hosted by Saari ltd.

Websites, websites, websites! Who needs a website when we have social media? Well, you all do: all serious businesses with the ambition to operate and sell internationally should have a professional SEO optimised and in most cases a multilingual website. A company website is the official representation of company values, identity and brand and functions as a tool for internal functions in addition to support marketing and sales (or eCommerce). Areas such as remarketing, analytics, intranets and traditional CRM take central place on company websites where digital (strategy) meets wider corporate strategy.

Read more and register