I’ve been re-reading the articles in my blog since its beginning, and that is a very good way to reflect on my life from up to now. I’ve lived in and traveled to many places. I was involved in many adventures, thoughts and projects. I do not regret anything. I had a wonderful time […]
“And the winner is… KaoData!” Among 2 other nominees, Iron Mountain Data Centers and GlobeNet, this leading data center UK company won the Excellence in Corporate Social Responsability Award at the 16th Datacloud Awards Ceremony happening in Monaco last June 4th. Invited by the organizer of the event, Broadgroup, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) had the […]
It was with mix feelings of anxiety and excitement that I left Pau to Mozambique on March 22nd. I knew it was going to be an intense mission but I also knew it was going to be a tremendous life experience. One week after the deployment of the first members of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) […]
This year’s Global Carrier Awards was my first opportunity to talk on behalf of Télécoms Sans Frontières in front of a major audience: more than 400 members of the telecommunication community. This ceremony takes place during Capacity Europe; the largest carrier event in the continent that brings together more than 650 companies of the voice […]
At TSF all staff members, from ICT specialists to accountants, have to experience the field at least once. It is one of the requirements when one gets hired: “You must be ready to integrate TSF’s emergency teams abroad and carry out missions in the context of humanitarian crises.” As Head of Communication and International Relations, I […]
I first heard about Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) during hurricane Irma back in September of 2017. On the news, members of its team, ready to go, were carrying huge boxes of telecommunication equipment. At this point, I had no idea that these people were going to become my colleagues one day, but I started dreaming […]
One can master a skill, but transfer or explain it to somebody else is not always easy. To ensure that its personnel his providing the best knowledge transfer, the MSF France and MSF Switzerland learning units jointly organize, twice a year, a “training of trainers” (ToT). Before, they used to do these trainings at their […]
Creating e-learning material is made very easy with softwares like tt performance suite. In February, I attended, with some of my MSF colleagues working with me on Symphony*, a 4-day TTS workshop at the headquarter of MSF Spain. The training covered the admin part (overall configuration, user roles and preferences, document types, workflows etc.) and […]
“Happiness Manager.” That’s my new unofficial title at the office! And I am quite proud of it. In fact, I started working for Medecins Sans Frontieres - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in October but I was hired as “internal communication officer”, which is my official title. MSF embarked on a global HRIS project of design, […]
As far as I know the only WordPress “Female” Meetup that exists is in Berlin and has started only a few months ago. I attended one in July without really thinking about the meaning of the word “Female” in the title. To me it was just another Meetup, like many I have attended this year […]
I think I was born a “nomad.” I have always liked to explore new places and to challenge myself in new environments. At the age of 20, I left France to Spain with one suitcase and ended up spending eight years there. Then, curious to discover something new, I took my suitcase again and moved […]
That’s the title of an email I received when I still was in Thailand, doing my #WCAsiaRoadTrip. Yonit Tzuk, Chief Blogger at million eyez, was inviting me to join her team in Tel Aviv and attend TBEX International 2017, the largest conference and networking event for travel bloggers, online travel journalists, new media content creators, […]
I started blogging a little bit by accident. I was a student and one of my class midterm projects was to create a blog. I got so excited about this project that I not only passed the class with an A but I carried on writing my blog even after I graduated! Looking back, I […]
I am in transit. Sitting in a vast, crowded and noisy hall of an airport. Doesn’t really matter which airport, it could be anywhere, the feeling would be the same. I am not really hungry, however I can’t stop snacking. More than satisfying my stomach, it’s just a way to kill time. What time is […]
I went to WordCamps as volunteer, as contributor and as simple attendee. What I never did, is to attend as speaker. Last weekend, at WordCamp Toronto, I was close! With thecplab, I was the communication assistant of one of them: Florian Gottschall. Florian, and the Vinubis team, recently released a plugin , WP Video Editor, that […]
Being a member of the WordPress community is a great way to travel the world and make great connections. While in Vienna, volunteering for the WordCamp Europe Communication Team, I met with the CEO of Vinubis, Florian Gottschall and his business partner Miriam Selzle. All started with a normal conversation about business, at the WCEUBall, […]
“So you were the one with the pink computer?” realized one of the WordCamp fellows I hung out with in the streets of Vienna on Sunday night… Indeed, if you attended the WordCamp Europe, last weekend, chances are that you saw me running around, taking pics with an iPad or seated somewhere between two conference […]
I have never been to Vienna. I know its fame for classical music and empirical architecture. But what most attracts me there, is its popularity for international congress and conventions. Thus, when I heard that the WordCamp Europe 2016 will be hosted in the MuseumsQuartier of the Austrian capital, I did not think twice. I […]
My friends sometimes call me “Social Butterfly:” One day I’m here, the day after, I’m somewhere else. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but what I know is that when I’m here, I enjoy every second of the experience. That’s what I did for over four months at the Brooklyn Chamber of […]
After BedStuy, AirbnBrooklyn hits Bushwick, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Join the upcoming meetup, organized by Explore Brooklyn, Airbnb and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with One Brooklyn and the Greenpoint Chamber.
We expected about around 60 guests. We got even more! So many business owners and Airbnb hosts that they could barely fit into this amazing place that is bed-vyne brew. Last night, Explore Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Airbnb organized the first AirbnBrooklyn meetup. The purpose of this event was to “connect local […]
If you have read the first post of my last adventure you know that I am back at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce not to work on Go Digital but to kick off a new project involving Airbnb. However, Go Digital ran a “get your business on the map” workshop yesterday, to which I voluntary […]
I was so thrilled, last Thursday, to take the elevator up to the 27th floor of one of downtown Brooklyn’s skyscrapers. For those you follow my adventures since last year, you might know that this is where the Brooklyn of Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has its headquarter. Yet, you might also know that I already […]
Last year I was in the audience. I remember listening to the speakers with excitement and admiration. I was about to start one of the most interesting adventure of my life: CUNY Service Corps! Today I was on the stage! Sharing with the 3rd cohort of students my experience working for the Brooklyn Chamber of […]
When I was a kid my parents used to send me to summer camps where I was always having great time discovering all kinds of news things and making a lot of new friends. Last weekend felt exactly like a summer camp to me; from July 16 to 19, the NYC Camp was held at […]
One of the first place I visited upon my arrival to New York was the United Nations Headquarters. I still remember the feeling I had when I contemplated in real life the famous building built by Le Corbusier that I saw so many times in pictures before. At the entrance, the flags of all member […]
Six months ago I published this post. It was the beginning of a great adventure that ended up today with our last meeting at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce presenting the Go Digital report. Yes, that’s it. The 288 hours that the CUNY Service Corps program allows me to work have come to […]
32, is the total number of small businesses “getting online” since The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce started Go digital! this past September. With 2015 around the corner, I am happy to announce that next year, the Go digital! Team, which I am proud to be part of, will team up with Google to “enroll at […]
The Go digital! team is definitely ready and eager to go out there and reach out to businesses. Last week we went to Sheepshead Bay with Luc from The Chamber on the Go and observed how he was approaching business owners to inform them about his program and have them filling the survey. This survey […]
Almost two weeks from our first meeting at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and I already have the feeling that this is going to be a great experience. This upcoming Monday, we will have our first bi-weekly meeting with our supervisor Quintana and we want to show her that we are ready to “go out […]
From the 27th floor of 335 Adams St, Downtown Brooklyn, I had the privilege today to meet with the full Go! Digital team and get briefed on the project by Quintana, our supervisor.
Nice crowd at BMCC today for the CUNY Service Corps Kick Off. So proud to be one of them. Till May 2015, starting this month, I’ll be a CUNY Corps for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. With a team of 4 others Corps Members from colleges like City Tech or Queens College, I’ll be […]