Leandro Sanchez and Simon Häusermann, who founded the company in 2002 and sold it to Ringer in 2008, want to take on new challenges outside the organization. However, they will continue to be available to Geschenkidee.ch as advisory board members and consultants.The change in leadership now initiated is a planned step that had been left open in terms of timing after the company sale, according to a Ringier release.
 
Following the integration of Geschenkidee.ch into the Ringier Group, the founders have decided, as planned, to initiate the change of management now. Ringier management has therefore searched for the new CEO in close consultation with the two founders.
 
Patrick Strumpf started his career at Philips Consumer Electronics before successfully building up a company himself with Pat Says Now. The graduate in business administration has international experience in IT retail and has known the Swiss e-commerce market for years. As a former supplier, he has been associated with Geschenkidee.ch since 2005 and is now to keep the Swiss online retailer on a growth course as CEO.

The city of Winterthur recently launched a mobile-optimized website. Now Winterthur is going one step further with an application for iPhone and iPad. The iApp, which can now be downloaded free of charge from the App Store, presents all the content of the mobile website in a clear and well-structured manner and supplements it with additional information. The centerpiece is the "Today" page, which lists the latest news, tips for going out and cultural events at a glance.
 
The website also includes a portrait of the city, a list of all administrative offices that can be contacted electronically or by telephone with a single click, and brief profiles of many cultural institutions. All addresses are linked to the interactive city map, which now also lists all waste collection points and public toilet facilities in the city.

Both the new and the earlier issues, which can be reordered on the DU website, are advertised with portraits that are presented as a magazine to leaf through. The resolution: "Great personalities and current issues - page after page an experience."

Responsible at DU: Oliver Prange (publisher), Oliver Burger(publishing/advertising manager).Responsible at Euro RSCG Zurich: Frank Bodin(overall responsibility), Axel Eckstein (CD), Ivan Madeo (text concept), Christina Wellnhofer (art direction), Dominique Magnusson (graphics), Suse Heinz (art buying), Milena Elias (consulting). Photo/image editing: Markus Graf and Martina Broennimann.

In the short feature film "Fabian's World," the little boy keeps discovering new ways to play. Many of them are harmless. But even a little carelessness can have tragic consequences. The prevention film, which lasts around six minutes, is aimed at parents of young children - with the aim of making them aware of the dangers to which young children are exposed.
 
The film is used in a variety of ways: As a DVD, it is enclosed with the Pro Juventute parents' letter in order to reach the target groups without wastage. The film can be found online on the Helsana website, on YouTube and with its own profile on Facebook. Further uses are being planned.
 
"Fabian's World" was created on the initiative of Helsana in collaboration with the BFU -Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung. In the role of general contractor, Seed developed the concept, wrote the script and realized the film.
 
Responsible at Seed:Alexandra Fisher (writer, director), Ralph Bätschmann (cinematographer), Claudio Cea (editor), Aiko Fukushima (music), Bettina Frymerman (production manager), Felix Courvoisier (producer).

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That's why some companies are making the journey from Hamburg to Munich on February 18 to take part in the "Recruiting Day" between companies from the games industry and Qantm students. This will take place at the Qantm Institute, a training facility for game developers and subsidiary of the SAE Institute. It is currently difficult for companies in the games industry to find suitable graduates, says Götz Hannemann, Head of Marketing at the SAE Institute. For many companies, neither the budgets nor the ideas and perspectives are an obstacle to economic growth, but rather the lack of specialists and managers.
In 2009, sales of computer and video games in Germany alone amounted to around 1.56 billion euros. Analysts estimate that a similarly good result was achieved in 2010. These figures illustrate the importance of the games industry as an economic sector. Well-known games companies such as Big Point, Gamigo, 49Games, DTP Entertainment and Innogames are planning a large number of new hires this year.
The Qantm Institute in Germany offers training programs in the fields of game design and development as well as animation. The so-called "Interactive Entertainment Program", with a focus on both programming and design, prepares students for a career in the professional computer games industry. One of Qantm's trademarks is its practice-oriented training concept. Qantm students are actively involved in projects right from the start and are quickly introduced to the work of game developers, so that they are prepared to earn money with games as soon as the entrepreneurs from the games industry arrive in Hamburg.

The various subjects appear throughout the year in the trade journal "Papeterie und Büro".
 
Responsible at Koellmann:Michel Schweingruber (Managing Director), Cornelia Frey (Product Management). Responsible at Interaction Communications: Tania Rodriguez (Creative Direction), Mario Agostino and Thomas Blumer (Text), Seraina Hoffmann (Consulting).

Reduced to the essentials, the single-page website presents all information on a single page with the support of an info and a film layer. The focus of the simple user guidance is on contacting the local natural gas supplier, writes the Mit Links agency in a press release. Inquiries are forwarded directly to the relevant contact person. The dramaturgy and design of the landing page and the banners are embedded in the framework of the current "Natural Energy" campaign by Zurich advertising agency Startbahnwest.

The landing page is also clearly displayed on mobile devices. Using a browser switch, an optimized version is delivered for mobile devices. Thanks to the use of web standards, the mobile version works on a wide range of devices such as iPhone, Blackberry or Android. The interactivity of the site is ensured through the intensive use of jQuery, as the press release explains further. Nearby natural gas filling stations are displayed via the Google Maps API. Depending on the browser and operating system, the cinema spot is played as a Flash or HTML5 version. The use of this technology mix ensures the greatest possible compatibility with a variety of platforms and screen sizes, Mit Links continues.

Responsible at Mit Links: Nicole Schnell (Consulting), Lorenzo Mutti (Creative Direction), Roland Hunziker (Project Management), Balz Rittmeyer (Interaction Design). Responsible at Gasverbund Mittelland: Kurt Schmidlin (Marketing Management), David Linder (Project Management Communication). Responsible at Startbahnwest: Hartmut Vetter, Chantal Weibel (consulting).

Nicole Frank has been working as a journalist for Swiss Radio DRS for more than ten years. This was announced by SRF on Tuesday. Frank was on assignment for 7 years as a reporter in Central Switzerland. She was also involved in setting up the information channel DRS 4 News. Since July 2009, she has hosted the early morning show "Heute Morgen".
 
Stephan Rathgeb worked as a freelance journalist for various print media. In between, he trained as a secondary school teacher at the Zurich University of Education, was Gunther von Hagen's press spokesman for his anatomy show "Body Worlds" and an independent entrepreneur of a doughnut bakery. After a stint in the editorial departments of 10 vor 10 and Eco, Rathgeb will take up the post of correspondent in Zurich on March 1. He takes over from Jonas Projer, who becomes the new correspondent in Brussels.

This is placed on the radio, online and in print. Zattoo introduces the claim: "The biggest video recorder of all time". According to Presseportal.ch, the service must be started once by the user free of charge. From this point on, Zattoo Recall records the TV programs. The recorded programs can be displayed using a search function or a program guide that also goes back in time.
 
The recordings are deleted after 30 days, but Zattoo Recall is ready to start again immediately afterwards.

The full-service agency is managed by Andreas Troxler, former copywriter/concept developer at Scholz & Friends, Zurich and Contexta, Bern. After moving to Club Golf as marketing manager, Büro Troxler has now been founded. A testimonial campaign with Ariella Käslin for the CellaNova wellness drink marks the launch of the new agency.

With the red pen weeks of Möbel Pfister, Omnisec, Radio 24, TeleZüri and the management consultant Walkerproject, the agency wins substantial new business at the beginning of the year. In addition to the Mobitare design house and the Avanti take-away market, the agency is now also responsible for advertising the Pfister clearance sale for the Möbel Pfister Group.

The conditions are that the reportage must be related to a company or brand and have appeared in a CP medium between March 2010 and February 2011. The aim of the new category is to further emphasize the journalistic competence of CP media, says Michael Höflich, Managing Director of Forum Corporate Publishing. Reportage is regarded as the supreme discipline in journalism and is therefore ideally suited for the new BCP "CP Excellence" award.

Companies and corporate publishing service providers have until February 26, 2011 to submit their publications to Europe's largest competition for corporate communications. The jury for the CP Excellence Award will include well-known editors-in-chief; Roland Tichy from Wirtschaftswoche and Dr. Arno Balzer from Manager Magazin have already confirmed their participation. Ulrich Brenner, head of the German School of Journalism, will also be judging the reports.
 
The BCP trophies will be awarded in a total of 28 categories and four special prizes: Steinbeis Papier honors publications with a high sustainability factor with the "Green Publishing" award, the "Cover of the Year" is awarded by Corbis and Lingua Kraft Language Services in cooperation with Transatlantic Translations honors international communication concepts. There will also be the "Print & Innovation" award for outstanding print finishing and print processing, sponsored by the Laserline printing company from Berlin.

The application phase lasts until February 26, 2011 and company reports can be submitted for the BCP 2011 until April 7. The awards for corporate communication will be presented on July 6, 2011 in Hamburg - following the international BCP congress "Corporate Attitude - Companies Show Attitude".

The competition is organized by Forum Corporate Publishing (FCP) together with the media partners Acquisa, Horizont, W&V and Schweizer Werbewoche.
 
All dates at a glance:
26.02.11 - Closing date for entries
16.03.11 - Jury meeting I
17.03.11 - Jury meeting II
07.04.11 - Deadline for submission of company reports
14.04.11 - Jury session III - Company reports/special prizes
06.07.11 - BCP 2011 in Hamburg