International Media Excursion Tour 2011

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Martina Kollig of Makopress and Andre Rauen

Martina and Andre have and run their business/house and we were able to visit and see how small mom and pop business works.
  • Visited a family run PR/tech services business In Koblentz
  • Martina's wise words: Networking is extremely important, and you must go to many enterprises to get clients
  • Discussed balancing family and work
  • Andre talked about how Germany consumerism is not as prevalent as the US, so Germans would be considered late adapters to technology
This was the first real small/local business we visited so it was especially helpful to compare where it seemed their are a different set of challenges and benefits

Hill and Knowltz PR firm

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Udo Becker discussing German Media
  • One of the biggest PR firms in Germany
  • 80 offices in 44 countries (and more than 50 associates)
  • Is a full service PR international communications consultancy, providing services to local, multinational and global clients
  • Udo Becker helps with crisis communication at Ford
This presentation was really helpful in learning some of the basics of German media and was interesting to compare a huge PR firm like H&K with the family run business run by Andre and Martina
Website for more information on Company:http://www.hillandknowlton.com/

University of Mainz Presentation

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Karl Renner and Judith of Gutenberg University explaining CTV
                                    Mainz university information
  • One of the oldest universities in the world, established in 1500
  • Journalism program is different in that there is no official requirement and you should any major and then upon completion study Journalism and multimedia.
  • Has a campus television program similar to CSU in that any major can join where they produce their own content with their own equipment. (An example of one of their videos is shown below)
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  • German college has a faster degree process similar to the Netherlands. Is this system of three years for Bachelor's degree common throughout Europe?
Fabien Gieser
Talked to us on a variety of topics including
  • His family restaurant (shown in picture)
  • Living in Colorado and CSU
  • Business and Media
In talking with him,  and being a American student in Germany, I now have a good idea of some of the pros and cons in living in a different country.
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