Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Meltwater blog has a few major topics: professional tips, career reflections and a bit of Meltwater fun. The goal of the blog is to be a resource for anybody seeking to shape their career or looking for exciting opportunities. In that vein, some of our blog posts give readers practical work tips. I think some of the advice given on this blog is important to keep in mind on a daily basis and I wanted to highlight those posts here:
Closing the Loop
Nicole Amsler, Executive Director of Communications, writes:
“Three simple words: “close the loop.” It sounds so simple, so obvious, but…
Wikipedia:
“Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general.”
I have no harvest to reap and I am not American. However, I am lucky to celebrate this day with turkey, family and friends nevertheless.
What is Thanksgiving Day to me, a Swede living and working in the U.S?
• Traffic jams
• Expensive travel
• Delayed flights
• Time to see family and friends
• A long weekend
• Lots of great food
• Happy times ☺
As a Controller within a sales organization, I find the holiday eats…
My career at Meltwater consists of training that takes place on a daily basis. Every day, we ”spar” our sales cases and strategies, discussing the details with our colleagues and supervisors. In addition, we occasionally get external training from top business & leadership coaches and professors around the world.
Last year, the Meltwater executive leadership training took place at Stanford University, where we worked on improving our negotiation skills and analysed our body language in a business setting.
This year our executive leadership training took place at the University of Oxford, UK. We participated in a tailor-made executive training that gave us some…
On November 19, 2009, Meltwater was recognized as the winner of the Schroders Next Gem Award, which celebrates young, emerging European technology companies that have demonstrated an ability to bring a unique and original concept to market….
photo from http://us.movember.com/
There’s only one thing that could be better than raising money to benefit Prostate cancer research: growing a fantastic moustache!!
Welcome to Movember.
There isn’t a month at Meltwater that goes by in which friendly competition isn’t encouraged. This month, a friendly regional office competition has blossomed into a mustache showdown – and donor check books are at stake. Meltwater has regional offices around the world competing in a philanthropic game of facial-hair-farming in the name of Prostate cancer research.
Rules of the game: Teams go head-to-head to see who can raise the most money.
What’s at stake: Fierce bragging rights!
To contribute to…
