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swissnex San Francisco is pleased to announce a new program aimed at boosting the use of social media by Swiss academic institutions. This two-year program is made possible by GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research.

Between early 2011 and early 2013, we will assess barriers and advantages for Swiss academia in taking up tools such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the like as part of a communications strategy. We will carry out hands-on training, study tours, and monitoring as well as publish an online resource for participants on how to integrate social media into established plans to expand reach globally and locally. Relevant participants from all Swiss higher education institutions including Universities of Applied Sciences and federal laboratories are invited to participate.

If you’re a Swiss institution of higher education or research and want to participate in this program, please contact us.

Read the full press release for more information.

Meet the Team

swissnex San Francisco is an initiative of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER), managed in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs as an annex of the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco.

A public-private venture, we are part of a network of outposts in Bangalore, Boston, Shanghai, and Singapore. Along with individual science and technology counselors around the world, we work on behalf of Switzerland to expand education, research, and innovation.

Learn more about swissnex San Francisco and read our 2010 annual report.

The program “Swiss Academia and the Social Media Landscape” is spearheaded by five members of the swissnex San Francisco team:

	Christian Simm Executive Director & Founder of swissnex San Francisco T: (415) 912-5901 x104 Email
	Florencia Prada Head of Digital Marketing T: (415) 912-5901 x118. Email
	Megan Williams Head of Communications T: (415) 912-5901 x110. Email
	Julia Kuhn Mirza Communications Manager T: (415) 912-5901 x103 Email
	Melanie Picard Junior Communications Manager T: (415) 912-5901 x301 Email

Meet the rest of the team at swissnex San Francisco here.