This year, more than 5,000 entries from over 50 countries were submitted to the international jury of experts for the iF Design Award. The brand identity for the KKL Luzern, which has already won several awards, and the branding of the Sonect app convinced the jury in the Brand Identity category.

As in the previous year, those responsible for the Best of Swiss Web Awards have decided to extend the registration period for the award by seven days. Interested professionals from Switzerland can submit their projects until February 11. here submit

A press release from the organizers says: "By registering for the competition, you make your projects visible to a large business-savvy audience. Not to mention your chance to get the award your projects deserve! So if you're still working hard on your project documentation, you can now finish without time pressure."

By the way: The deadline extension does not apply to the Goldbach Crossmedia Award. No more projects can be submitted here. 

With Pesche Lebrument, a media expert and connoisseur of the canton of Graubünden will be entrusted with the management of the Bündner Tagblatt, according to a press release from Somedia. "I am excited to be responsible for the oldest newspaper in the canton and to deepen my knowledge of print journalism in this role."

Pesche Lebrument ran TV Südostschweiz for fourteen years before switching to broadcast development and becoming an author. You can read his weekly columns in "Schweiz am Wochenende". In addition to his management role at the "Bündner Tagblatt", Pesche Lebrument will remain loyal to television and continue to be responsible for the talk show "Südostschweiz Standpunkte", which can be seen on Swiss television and elsewhere. The programme "BT in der Beiz" on TV Südostschweiz, which was previously organized and hosted by Luzi Bürkli, will also continue.

Pesche Lebrument grew up in Domat/Ems. After completing teacher training and switching to the media, he graduated from the Media Training Center in Lucerne (MAZ).

In many a team, everyone fights only for themselves and there is a lack of common spirit. Others seem like an oasis of well-being: everyone likes each other, but work seems to be nothing more than a necessary evil. In both cases, it is high time to address the team culture. Consultant Axel Schweickhardt has compiled some benchmarks that can be applied to existing teams and provides tips for further development.

However, there is sufficient guidance only for those teams that have already reached a certain level of maturity. For tough crisis situations and fundamental conflicts, other guides are recommended. For all those who are slowly reaching their limits with a passably acting team, there are valuable tips here, finds getAbstract.

Developing team culture. The tool and mind set for leaders to make teamwork fun and productive.

Author: Axel Schweickhardt

Publisher: managerSeminare, 2018

Pages: 120

ISBN: 9783958910423

This article was written in cooperation with getAbstract, Lucerne

With the internet, speed, shock and scandal have become the priority for many media outlets. People no longer have the time to investigate, question and tell stories. The consequences are similar to those of food: you keep your mind busy without nourishing it. Now is the time to change the rhythm with "slow journalism".

Keystone-SDA is delighted to welcome a new member to the Marketing & Sales team. "We are delighted that we have been able to complete our key account team again with the appointment of Colette Stamm. Colette not only brings with her an excellent network in the media, but also fits perfectly into our new 360-degree agency concept," says Philip Hofmann, Head of Executive Sales at Keystone-SDA.

Colette Stamm (34) took up her new role as Key Account Manager on February 1, 2019. She replaces Roger Mosimann, who left Keystone-SDA last year to take on a new challenge outside the industry. Colette Stamm knows the media industry inside out: from inside sales to field sales, from traditional media sales to integrated strategy concepts and customized communication plans. Colette Stamm knows the whole range of the media keyboard.

Until the end of 2018, she worked in cross-media sales at Admeira. In this role, she was responsible for the sale of 360-degree solutions to direct customers and agencies. Previously, she also worked at 20 Minuten, most recently as Project Manager Communications. Colette Stamm has a degree in communication management from the BVS and has completed various further training courses in the field of media and communication.

In December 2018 and January 2019, Google conducted a representative study in 20 European countries on the topic of online security to mark this year's Safer Internet Day (February 5, 2019). Swiss citizens were also surveyed - including on phishing, hacker attacks and the use of security technologies. The results showed that Switzerland still has some catching up to do in international comparison.

In terms of internet security, Switzerland scores just below average in a European comparison. The Swiss fall victim to phishing less frequently (47 %) than their Austrian neighbors (49 %), but much more frequently than the Germans (40 %). The average of all respondents in other European countries is 45 %. In Europe, users in Poland (35 %), Finland (31 %) and Hungary (28 %) stated that they were the least affected by phishing.

The Swiss are more susceptible to virus and malware attacks than their European neighbors. 22 % state that they have already been affected by such an attack. In Austria the figure is 17 %, in Germany 10%. The European average is 16%.

On the positive side, the Swiss take better care of their online security than their German-speaking neighbors. Domestic users are more likely to use the latest security technologies to protect themselves from attacks. According to the study, 25 % of Swiss people use two-factor authentication for all their accounts. In Austria the figure is 21 %, in Germany 17 %. This figure also puts Switzerland above the European average (20 %). As many as 45 % use this tool for some of their accounts (Austria 41 %, Germany: 36 %, average: 42 %).

Furthermore, 27 % of respondents from Switzerland secure all their online accounts with a telephone number or second email address for recovery, while a further 44 % do this for at least some of their accounts. Austrians act in a similar way: 31 % of users take this precaution for all accounts and 44 % for at least some of their online accounts. The Germans are less prudent (23 % and 40 %). The European average is better when it comes to securing all online accounts (32 % for all, 40 % for some of their accounts).

Financial data is particularly close to the hearts of the Swiss. When it comes to online data security, Swiss users are most concerned about the security of their financial data (56 %). In Austria, the figure is 50%, while this is only a priority issue for 44% of Germans. In the UK, users are particularly concerned about their financial data: For 60% of respondents, this online data is the most critical. The European average is 57%.

Fabian Frank will take over the position of Chief Marketing Officer at Scout24 Schweiz AG in Flamatt on February 4, 2019.

The marketing professional has many years of experience in the brand management of renowned companies: He is moving directly from Swisscom AG, where he was Head of Online Marketing in the areas of business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) and was also responsible for the young sub-brands Wingo.ch and SimplyMobile, among others. His previous positions at the Kuoni Travel Group and the pan-European UPC Broadband Services also distinguish Fabian Frank as a proven expert in the digital marketing scene and the IT and telecommunications industry.

The position of CMO had been vacant for several months, as the predecessor Jan Hinrichs moved within the company to the position of Director Finance & Insurance Products. Gilles Despas, CEO: "We are delighted that Fabian Frank, an experienced marketing professional, is joining us to further expand the inspiration of our brand portfolio and make it even more tangible for our partners and customers."

Fabian Frank is highly motivated for the new challenge: "It is currently one of the most exciting tasks to strategically develop strong digital brands and to creatively align them with differentiated user requirements. Scout24's excellent image and impressive reach offer a great deal of potential. It is a very forward-looking sign that a digital company is consciously investing in the value and perception of its brand."

Violet Kiani (above) and her sister Wäis Kiani.

They offer their customers, including Neff Kitchens Switzerland and dermatologist Dr. Liv Kraemer, customized and authentic concepts and content to open up products to new target groups. With this start-up, both authors are leaving behind a successful period of their lives and an industry in order to write a new professional chapter with accumulated know-how and bundled capacities.

Before she started writing, Wäis Kiani worked for a long time as a fashion stylist. Her sudden breakthrough as an author came in 2004 with the bestselling men's book Stirb Susi, which made her a cult author and whose success brought her to Switzerland, where she quickly became very well-known with her lifestyle column at Annabelle magazine. By 2017, she was writing regular columns and texts in more than 12 major publications in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2012, her novel "Hinter dem Mond" (Behind the Moon) was published by Hoffmann +Campe, followed in 2014 by the sequel to her men's book "Die Susi-Krise" (The Susi Crisis) by Piper Verlag, in which she deals with the pitfalls of growing older in men and women.

Violet Kiani has written for publications such as Welt am Sonntag and Numeró, she also had a weekly column for Harpers Bazaar online. She was part of the developmental editorial teams of "Closer" and "Vanity Fair" in Berlin.

In 2014, the two cookbooks "Miss Violet Goes London" and "Miss Violet Goes Istanbul" were published - from these books, her event series "Miss Violet's Supperclub" and the food blog for 20min and Friday, Miss Violet's Kitchen, developed "Over decades, we have pursued our careers in parallel, gaining experience and expanding our skills. Through these separately grown areas of expertise, which are at the same time incredibly well linked and intertwined, we have an extremely broad expertise and complement each other perfectly. What one doesn't yet know, the other has already experienced."

Watch a YB match together with your neighbors, clubmates, coworkers, classmates, or community members: Radio Bern1 and BSC YOUNG BOYS are making it happen again. One village in our broadcast area has the chance to cheer on the team at the YB vs. FC Sion game on Saturday, March 2, and celebrate a village festival at the Stade de Suisse.

The only condition: the villagers must attend the match wearing YB's yellow-and-black colors.

Starting immediately, residents of villages within Radio Bern1’s broadcast area can register via the website –radiobern1.ch Enter the contest. The deadline for entries is February 10 at 10 p.m. Afterward, two villages will be selected by random draw to advance to the finals, where they will compete against each other in an online vote. The village with the most votes wins and will receive 1,000 tickets to the YB vs. FC Sion game.

The winning village will be announced on February 21. For more information: Simon Schär, Marketing, RADIO BERN, 031 327 11 33 / [email protected]

Our morning show team, Tobi Flückiger and Nicole Zaugg, with the 1,000 tickets.

The Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television UBI has upheld a complaint against a humorous contribution broadcast by SRF television as part of its coverage of the Football World Cup.

A sequence in which the editorial team referred to women's breasts with a play on words and images of a female football fan violated the prohibition of discrimination under broadcasting law.

SRF television reported extensively on the Football World Cup, which took place in various Russian cities from June 14 to July 15, 2018, with numerous broadcasts of matches and special programs. Following the round of 16 final match between Argentina and France on June 30, 2018, SRF television broadcast a humorous review of the completed group phase with the first 48 matches at around 6 pm. A woman lodged a popular complaint against this and criticized the sequence "Tears, goals, defending champions' frustration". In it, a woman in a red T-shirt was shown jumping for joy with the comment "Tiiii - defending champion frustration" to her bouncing breasts.

This constituted discrimination against women, as they had been degraded to their secondary sexual characteristics. In the controversial discussion, a majority of the commission considered the complaint to be well-founded. The sexist content was an end in itself and thus discriminated against women. The fact that the sequence was only short and the word "tits" was not used does not change this. A minority of the UBI, on the other hand, found that the objectionable sequence in a humorous contribution was primarily a question of style or taste, which is not for the UBI to judge.

In the vote, the UBI narrowly approved the complaint by five votes to four on the grounds that it violated the prohibition of discrimination under broadcasting law. However, the members agreed that the contribution was neither immoral nor did it violate the protection of minors under broadcasting law. The documentary "Welcome to Switzerland", which was broadcast by SRF television as part of the "CH-Filmszene" program on 17 August 2018, was also the subject of today's public deliberations at the UBI.

The film focused on the events in the Aargau municipality of Oberwil-Lieli, which had become known throughout the country because it refused to accept asylum seekers allocated by the canton. Contrary to the opinion expressed in the popular complaint lodged against it, the UBI came to the conclusion that the events were presented in an appropriate manner. The key facts about the events in question were correct and the protagonists were given ample opportunity to speak. The UBI therefore unanimously rejected the complaint.

The UBI also judged a contribution by the consumer magazine "A Bon Entendeur" from Radio Télévision Suisse on the dangers of water sports to be appropriate. The complaints about the instructor shown in the report only concerned program law to a limited extent. The UBI also unanimously rejected this complaint.

The UBI is an extra-parliamentary federal commission that has been chaired by lawyer and communications consultant Mascha Santschi Kallay since January 1, 2019. In response to complaints, the UBI must determine whether radio and television broadcasts by Swiss broadcasters or publications from the SRG's other journalistic offerings have violated provisions of radio and television law or whether there has been an unlawful refusal of access to a program or publication. Decisions of the UBI can be appealed to the Federal Supreme Court once the written reasons for the decision have been submitted.

Every year, Zürcher Kantonalbank awards a total of CHF 150,000 to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that make an outstanding contribution to sustainable development as part of their business activities. The Zurich-based digital marketing agency was founded in 2009 by Tom Hanan and Tobias Zehnder and today has around 170 employees. The topic of sustainability was important to the founders right from the start: from sustainable growth, sustainable customer and employee relationships to reducing the ecological footprint through initiatives such as "Bike to Work" and ZVV travelcards for employees, as well as measures to reduce waste and electricity, (almost) everything is covered.

Tom Hanan, CEO Webrepublic: " I am delighted to receive this award: Since our foundation almost 10 years ago, it has always been very important to us to operate as sustainably as possible in the fast-moving digital world. We do everything we can for long-term, productive relationships with our employees and our customers. The fact that ZKB has recognized our corporate sustainability makes me proud and is a nice confirmation of the team's excellent work "

Partner quote (ZKB): "Webrepublic AG operates in a future-oriented, rapidly changing and highly competitive industry. It has experienced impressive growth and has customers all over the world. At the headquarters in Zurich, cultural diversity is lived and it is ensured that employees enjoy their work and give their all. The office space encourages creativity and exchange. This results in innovations that generate value. For the jury, one thing is clear: "Webrepublic deserves a ZKB SME Award for this", was the verdict of the jury for the "ZKB SME Award 2019".